Following controversy over concerns about privacy and misuse of Flock Cameras across Louisiana and the country, the Kenner Police are issuing a message regarding the cameras.
“It is a license plate recognition tool that helps our officers identify vehicles associated with crimes and wanted individuals,” said Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley.
Kenner police say it is important to note that the Flock system used in Kenner is used only as a license plate recognition camera, and this technology has been in place for approximately 15 years.
Police are also warning residents who are threatening to damage Flock Cameras that this is a felony in Louisiana, which could carry a 2-year maximum sentence and a fine.
Here is the full statement from Kenner Police:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤-𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭—𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴: 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤-𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢—𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶: 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.”
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