Moody Street surveillance camera damaged
Waltham Police are investigating after a Flock Safety camera on Moody Street was vandalized Sunday evening.
The camera, which is used to assist law enforcement investigations by capturing vehicle license plate information, was found defaced with black marker. Officers responded to the area, documented the damage and began an investigation.
The extent of the damage and any repair costs were not immediately available. No arrests had been announced as of Sunday evening, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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if you are not breaking the law why would you care !!
I agree with Jeremy. These Big Brother cameras have no place in our town. They reduce privacy, promote bogus arrests, and ultimately reduce our freedom. They can be used to target whoever they want and monitor everyday citizens. Who knows where they actually share the data. They are likely using it to train ML face detection algorithms. Also LOL “vandalism”… they just put easily-removable Sharpie on the lens. If you look at the Waltham Residents Facebook group, people overwhelmingly support the vandalism.
This is great. These cameras should have never been installed in Waltham or any other city, they are wildly unsafe/not secure and are known to be used by bad actors like ICE, corrupt police officers, and even Flock employees to stalk and monitor innocent people without warrants. On top of that, it has been proven that anybody with a little bit of knowledge and a computer can gain access to these cameras and see whatever they’ve captured.