Flock camera use raises privacy concerns across the region

FARGO — In the past five years, hundreds of communities and police departments have dropped their use of Flock cameras because of privacy concerns. That includes Horace, North Dakota, where the City Council voted to remove the cameras, and in Duluth, where the police department decided to not renew its contract with the company. The Moorhead Police Department is currently reviewing its contract with Flock, and may switch to another vendor. And just this week, communities in Ohio, Georgia and Wisconsin also dropped the use of Flock cameras. Local attorneys say the laws on the subject may need updating, as surveillance methods have evolved. With how many questions have been raised about cameras like the ones Flock makes, an attorney says the key piece to the future is potentially regulating how data for those cameras is taken in. "People seem to not like to be tracked by the government, that's nothing new, it's just the way they do it kind of changes and evo