Notwithstanding the Ting Tang Tangy Tang Tang's false equivalency (gaslighting?) attempt and once again, shoving his MAGA vomit onto the pages of PunaWeb, but consider this:
Flock Safety is now a corporation valued at 8 Billion, with 300 Million a year in subscriber revenues and employs around 2,000 people.
Its business model is to get each law enforcement agency, hence here it would be Hawaii County Police to sign up and buy the cameras and thus get access to the data of THOSE cameras it owns, BUT, depending on other agreements, may let that data be shared with other law enforcement agencies and vice versa.
Further, a duly organized HOA, such as HPP, or large property owners, could in effect, do the same.
So, anyone who has a "log in" can view the data collected by those cameras as well as other cameras depending on any share agreements with other subscribers.
I know there are Flock cams up around Hilo, but I am not too sure who owns them - Police or other businesses.
Having said all that, only way I see this from NOT being abused is to either pressure our local law enforcement agencies, Council, State Reps and Senators, along with HOA's and large property owners to "Just Say NO!" (we know how good that worked in the past) or to regulate WHO gets access to the collected data, which, at a minimum, SHOULD require a court issued search warrant that is in full compliance with the 4th Amendment. The allowance of some sick twisted (no doubt proud MAGA red hatter) cop/deputy to search for suspected women going for an abortion, or the whereabouts of former jilted lovers, or some ego driven HPP Board Member to see who might be speeding down Shower Drive, ruins ANY good these cameras can ever provide.
So, I guess you could call me a supporter of Flock Cameras "as long as it's done right."
Flock Safety is now a corporation valued at 8 Billion, with 300 Million a year in subscriber revenues and employs around 2,000 people.
Its business model is to get each law enforcement agency, hence here it would be Hawaii County Police to sign up and buy the cameras and thus get access to the data of THOSE cameras it owns, BUT, depending on other agreements, may let that data be shared with other law enforcement agencies and vice versa.
Further, a duly organized HOA, such as HPP, or large property owners, could in effect, do the same.
So, anyone who has a "log in" can view the data collected by those cameras as well as other cameras depending on any share agreements with other subscribers.
I know there are Flock cams up around Hilo, but I am not too sure who owns them - Police or other businesses.
Having said all that, only way I see this from NOT being abused is to either pressure our local law enforcement agencies, Council, State Reps and Senators, along with HOA's and large property owners to "Just Say NO!" (we know how good that worked in the past) or to regulate WHO gets access to the collected data, which, at a minimum, SHOULD require a court issued search warrant that is in full compliance with the 4th Amendment. The allowance of some sick twisted (no doubt proud MAGA red hatter) cop/deputy to search for suspected women going for an abortion, or the whereabouts of former jilted lovers, or some ego driven HPP Board Member to see who might be speeding down Shower Drive, ruins ANY good these cameras can ever provide.
So, I guess you could call me a supporter of Flock Cameras "as long as it's done right."