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Rhode Island’s 60-day freeze on new Flock cameras ends Monday
A statewide pause on installing new Flock cameras is scheduled to expire Oct. 19, reopening the question of whether municipalities can add the systems. Gov. Dan McKee ordered the freeze while reviewing privacy concerns and police data-sharing practices.
Rhode Island’s 60-day moratorium on installing new Flock cameras is set to end Monday, Oct. 19, bringing a temporary halt to new deployments to a close without resolving concerns about privacy and police access to camera data.
Gov. Dan McKee ordered the pause and review amid questions about how information collected by the cameras is shared among law enforcement agencies. The cameras have become a point of debate in Rhode Island and Massachusetts communities weighing their potential public-safety role against privacy risks.
The end of the moratorium means the restriction on new installations is scheduled to expire. The available information does not specify what conclusions McKee’s review reached or whether the state plans to adopt new rules governing camera use and data sharing.