Flock Cameras Are Taking Over New Jersey. Are You Being Watched?

A vast network of surveillance cameras has popped up up not all over New Jersey, but across the country. The cameras are automated license plate readers, logging the make, model, and color of passing cars as we traverse the Garden State. Law enforcement agencies say these cameras have become crucial to investigating crimes. But many across New Jersey believe they create a surveillance state, violate privacy and rights and can easily be misused. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by NJ.com investigative reporter Jana Cholakovska Follow us! ⁠@jerseysbestpodcast⁠ on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky ⁠Subscribe to NJ.com⁠, our journalists need you! Follow Jana Cholakovska @JCholakovska and read her story on Flock cameras here Buy Jersey’s best podcast merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices