Flock cameras in Illinois
Flock cameras in Illinois
Noah Jahn
What are those little black cameras all over the northwest suburbs? They're all over Illinois, and the country. An estimated 90,000 of them watch our roadways nationwide. Student reporter Noah Jahn looked into it, and interviewed a variety of different sources for a video story on what these cameras are and the controversy surrounding them. These are the long, unedited interviews, for a deeper look at what the cameras do.
What are those little black cameras everywhere?
May 14
4 min
A Illinois police officer on Flock and ALPR cameras
Noah sits down to talk with Gregory Sill, a Crime Prevention Officer with the Mount Prospect Police Department. They talk about how the cameras help law enforcement, address common concerns and questions about the cameras, and chat about what's next for the technology.
Apr 18
19 min
State Senator Laura Murphy on regulating Flock and ALPRs
Noah sits down with Democratic State Senator Laura Murphy to discuss Flock and ALPR technology in Illinois, and the wider challenge of regulating them while still allowing natural growth of new technology.
Apr 18
30 min
An Illinois technologist on the privacy ramifications of Flock cameras
Noah talks with an anonymous technologist for the Niles Coalition, a group working to ban Flock cameras in Illinois and local municipalities, to introduce the idea of Flock cameras
Apr 18
34 min