California will install 480 high-tech cameras around Oakland

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29th March 2024

It has been announced that the California Highway Patrol has signed a $1.6 million (for the first year) contract with Flock Safety to install 480 high-tech cameras on Oakland's streets and freeways to identify licence plates and catalogue passing vehicles by make, model, colour, and other features. An official asserted that footage obtained from the cameras would be deleted after 28 days and not shared with third parties or other states that might use the information to track people seeking or providing abortions.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11981263/newsom-announces-contract-to-install-nearly-500-high-tech-surveillance-cameras-in-and-around-oakland

Publication: KQED

Writer: Kelly O'Mara

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