Flock cameras: Public safety or surveillance state?

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | Aug 12

Over the past several years, a license-plate tracking company called Flock has partnered with over 40 percent of police departments nationwide, allowing local law enforcement to track people's whereabouts across state lines. 

On Today's Show: 
Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media, unpacks how officials, including ICE, are using the technology, and why anti-surveillance activists on both sides of the are pushing back against the cameras.

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