Flock Cameras: Public Safety or Mass Surveillance? (Early Listen)

Stephen Henderson and producer Jake Neher drive around Detroit with Kyle Zawacki, legislative director for the ACLU of Michigan, looking for Flock cameras — automated license plate readers used by police departments across the state.Police say the cameras help solve serious crimes and find missing people. Civil liberties advocates say they also create a searchable record of where ordinary drivers go, raising questions about privacy, surveillance, data sharing and public oversight.The full live show airs tonight (8/27) at 8 p.m. on Michigan Public. We’ll ask: Do these cameras make communities safer, less free, or both? And what rules should Michigan have for technology that can track where cars move through public space?Listen live tonight at 8 p.m. on Michigan Public and join the conversation.Call us anytime at 734-412-7155, or email us at [email protected] our online community at www.MIweneedtotalk.org