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California deploys hundreds of freeway surveillance cameras in Oakland to fight crime
Critics say system will infringe on privacy and fuel police abuse of marginalized communities
Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in a news release that the California highway patrol (CHP) has contracted with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company, to install 480 cameras that can identify and track vehicles by license plate, type, color and even decals and bumper stickers. But Newsom, who has deployed state attorneys and CHP officers to assist Oakland in its crackdown on crime, said the surveillance network would give law enforcement tools “to effectively combat criminal activity and hold perpetrators accountable – building safer, stronger communities for all Californians”. Cat Brooks, executive director of the Anti Police-Terror Project and a 2018 Oakland mayoral candidate, said on Friday that money would be spent on faulty technology and placed in poor communities to further terrorize Black, Latino and other vulnerable residents.
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