by Brett Wilkins | Jul 4, 2026 | AI, Facial recognition, ICE, News, Policing, Surveillance
Resistance is mounting across the United States against the increasing use of surveillance tech company Flock Safety’s cameras, with a growing number of cities canceling contracts as the artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers are quietly being installed in thousands of locations nationwide. State and local police departments first used the Atlanta-based company’s automated…
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by Ed Vogel | Jan 17, 2026 | Anti-Black racism, Facial recognition, ICE, Interview, New Orleans, New Orleans Police Department, Organizing, Policing, Privacy, Racism, Surveillance, Surveillance Technology
While New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago have all received significant attention when it comes to police use of surveillance technologies, the small city of New Orleans has for years been the laboratory for a sophisticated surveillance apparatus deployed by the city’s police department and other policing bodies. Just last year, New Orleans was in the news as the city considered setting a…
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