Amid public cries of over policing a relatively safe community, the city of Stoughton will become the seventh local entity to discontinue the use of AI-powered Flock Safety cameras, just two months after their installation, according to a report by Channel 3000.
Under a unanimous resolution passed Tuesday by the Stoughton City Council, the city will terminate its two-year, $25,000 contract with Flock Safety, and the company will have 48 hours to remove the cameras before the city covers them.
After the cameras were installed in mid-May, Stoughton residents objected to having their daily movements tracked and many questioned whether the company could be trusted to delete the data after a period of time.
Under the resolution, Stoughton will pay a $12,500 buyout fee to exit the contract early, remove all cameras as soon as possible, and delete any data the city collected through the system.
