Help 404 Media Find Out How Your Local Police Are Surveiling You
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- Cities across the U.S. are replacing Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras with Axon’s, partly due to 404 Media’s reporting on police misuse, including searches for ICE and an abortion case.
- 404 Media is investigating how Axon ALPRs are used and who data is shared with, having filed records requests for activity and sharing reports from several agencies.
- The requested reports (Internal/Network ALPR Activity, Data Sharing, Hotlist Management Audit) provide detailed data on officer searches, license plates, reasons, and data sharing with other agencies.
- 404 Media is asking local residents to file their own public records requests using a provided template and to submit any obtained data to the outlet to help reveal surveillance use in communities.