Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation

警察局长在 Flock 无视合同终止后拔掉摄像头电源

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Four months ago four police officers in their squad cars wrongfully ambushed my wife and me after tracking us with Flock cameras for days. A month ago Tuesday our city council voted to cancel its Flock contract. Today, the Flock cameras are still installed around the city. Flock’s refusing to acknowledge the canceled contract. 四个月前，四名警察驾驶警车在用 Flock 摄像头跟踪我和我妻子数天后，错误地伏击了我们。上个月的周二，我们的市议会投票决定取消与 Flock 的合同。今天，Flock 摄像头仍安装在城市各处。Flock 拒绝承认合同已被取消。

Plymouth Police Chief Eric Fadden told The Drive, “As you’re well aware, the City Council voted to discontinue the use of Flock ALPRs at the Sept. 22 meeting. On the morning of Sept. 23, we suspended all Plymouth user Flock accounts and notified Flock Safety of the Council’s decision. We followed up with a formal letter of cancellation via US Mail and email after consulting with our City Attorney’s Office.” 普利茅斯警察局长埃里克·法登（Eric Fadden）告诉《The Drive》：“正如你们所知，市议会在 9 月 22 日的会议上投票决定停止使用 Flock 的自动车牌识别系统（ALPR）。9 月 23 日上午，我们暂停了所有普利茅斯用户的 Flock 账户，并将议会的决定通知了 Flock Safety。在咨询了市检察官办公室后，我们通过美国邮政和电子邮件发送了正式的取消函。”

Fadden said, “We did not hear any reply from Flock Safety Corporate or Legal, other than some communication with our local representative.” 法登表示：“除了与我们当地代表进行了一些沟通外，我们没有收到来自 Flock Safety 公司总部或法务部门的任何回复。”

Flock’s silence and refusal to comply with the canceled contract forced the Police Chief to take matters into his own hands. “After hearing nothing for more than a week, I directed our staff to disconnect the power cords from the cameras in order to be sure that they are not functioning or recording plates,” Fadden said. Flock 的沉默和拒绝遵守已取消合同的行为，迫使警察局长亲自采取行动。法登说：“在等待了一周多没有任何消息后，我指示我们的工作人员拔掉摄像头的电源线，以确保它们不再运行或记录车牌。”

I went and checked two Flock cameras in Plymouth and sure enough the power cords were unplugged from the cameras. 我亲自去检查了普利茅斯的两个 Flock 摄像头，果然摄像头的电源线已被拔掉。

Flock is a subscription service. When police departments sign a contract Flock installs and supplies the hardware along with software access. “The cameras are the property of Flock and we continue to reach out to them asking for a timeline in which the cameras will be removed. I do not have a definitive answer to share with you at this time,” Fadden said. Flock 是一项订阅服务。当警察局签署合同时，Flock 会安装并提供硬件以及软件访问权限。法登说：“这些摄像头是 Flock 的财产，我们一直在联系他们，要求提供拆除摄像头的时间表。目前我还没有确切的答案可以分享。”

The Drive reached out to Flock multiple times requesting insights into what the process is supposed to look like when a contract is cancelled and the corresponding timeline, but the company did not respond. 《The Drive》多次联系 Flock，询问合同取消后的流程应如何进行以及相应的时间表，但该公司未予回应。

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