▲ 499 ▼ Rep. Thomas Massie Announces Federal Bill to Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras - Don't Flock (www.dontflock.com) submitted 1 week ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 week ago (2 children) Aren’t most of them funded by local governments anyway? (And then when the city councils or residents vote to stop it, the cops leave them up anyway?) permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago federal bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock-style automated license plate reader cameras This is so such local governments have other funding withdrawn until they get rid of the cameras, presumably permalink fedilink source parent [–] hash@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children) My local government had funds offered by a federal grant they didn't apply for. A neighboring county had applied for the federal grant, received a ton of money, and was dishing it out to police across the region. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago Between this and local police working with ICE, it feels like a federal government takeover of everything. The sheriff of a neighboring county has his salary paid by ICE/DHS, and that isn't right. Federalized police departments. permalink fedilink source parent [–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Sounds like the police have too much money... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago federal bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock-style automated license plate reader cameras This is so such local governments have other funding withdrawn until they get rid of the cameras, presumably permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hash@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children) My local government had funds offered by a federal grant they didn't apply for. A neighboring county had applied for the federal grant, received a ton of money, and was dishing it out to police across the region. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan1101@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago Between this and local police working with ICE, it feels like a federal government takeover of everything. The sheriff of a neighboring county has his salary paid by ICE/DHS, and that isn't right. Federalized police departments. permalink fedilink source parent [–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Sounds like the police have too much money... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago Between this and local police working with ICE, it feels like a federal government takeover of everything. The sheriff of a neighboring county has his salary paid by ICE/DHS, and that isn't right. Federalized police departments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Sounds like the police have too much money... permalink fedilink source parent