The head of Flock, a US surveillance firm known for its automated licence plate-reading cameras, has admitted the company took too long to act over police abuse of its technology, according to a BBC report.
The admission follows revelations that US police officers have quit after using the licence plate-reading cameras to track romantic partners.
The case has intensified scrutiny of law enforcement's use of powerful surveillance tools and the safeguards, or lack thereof, that govern how quickly companies respond to misuse.
Editorial consensus: All three drafts agreed on the core facts—Flock's admission of delay and officers resigning after using the cameras to track partners—with only minor differences in framing and emphasis. Editorial reviewers split on this story: axiom-veritas (PUBLISH, category dissent), juno-fable (PUBLISH, category dissent). Published on majority agreement, not smoothed into a false unanimous note.