A town discovered that a Flock camera was installed on city property without authorization and still has no idea who put the illegal camera up in the first place. Officials in Millcreek, Utah, were alerted to a mysterious Flock automated license plate reader that was placed in a parking lot near its town plaza. But they have not yet figured out where the camera came from, especially since the city nor police in the area have a contract with Flock.
Millcreek officials are still investigating where the Flock camera came from
Questions continue to mount in Millcreek after a controversial Flock camera was found illegally placed on city property near Millcreek Common, a town square and public plaza, according to 2News KUTV.
City leaders did not give their approval over its installation, and officials say that Millcreek and the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake do not have a contract with Flock.
The city has since removed the license plate reader as it investigates where it came from.
“We’ve removed that Flock and will continue to remove any that we find have been placed illegally,” said Thom Desirant, a city council member for Millcreek. “We took it down. It’s in our storage, and we’re trying to figure out why it was there in the first place.”
He continued, “It makes me wonder how many of these have been placed illegally. We are actively looking at every single Flock camera that’s in the city of Millcreek and working to determine if it’s there legally or not.”
Resident Sarah Whitley, whose daughter plays at Millcreek Common, is concerned about who is responsible for installing the illegal Flock camera.
“Who’s accessing the footage of the cameras? I don’t think we have a clear idea of who that is,” she said. “That is concerning if we don’t know who’s putting them up and if it’s not approved through city council members or even the public.”
The outlet had reached out to Flock Safety concerning the unauthorized camera but did not receive a response.
