The Buffalo Chronicle
Flock Safety
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UB pauses its Flock camera pilot indefinitely, and hands the decision to a committee that has met twice
President Caroline Attardo Genco has paused the University at Buffalo’s planned 20-camera license plate reader trial and asked a police advisory committee to gather campus input. Some committee members say they were…
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UB enrolls its 20 paused license-plate cameras in a seminar on how to be properly socialized
Satire: After UB paused its license-plate camera pilot because the plan “wasn’t socialized,” the cameras themselves have been sent to a seminar and a committee that has met twice. This column is…
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UB will test 20 Flock license plate cameras this spring. Students and faculty want to know why
The University at Buffalo plans a free 60-day trial of 20 Flock license plate readers at campus entrances next spring. Police say it will help solve crimes, while students and faculty are…
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Flock cameras, crime and party-funded TV ads shape the 143rd Assembly race between Chludzinski and Taughrin
Republican Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski and Democrat Ryan Taughrin are sparring over license plate readers after a Cheektowaga police scandal, while party money pays for most of their TV ads.
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The Feed: Cheektowaga’s camera discipline, Alberta’s vote and Trump’s gas-price remark dominate the week online
A Cheektowaga police camera case, radioactive backyards in Niagara, Alberta’s referendum and a U.S. Embassy fact sheet, and President Trump’s oil-profits remark led the week’s public conversation online.
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Suspensions, not firings, for Cheektowaga employees who ran 219 Flock searches on a co-worker
A Cheektowaga police officer and two dispatchers who used the town’s license plate cameras to track a colleague got 20- and 45-day suspensions and last-chance agreements. The discipline sets up another round…
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Erie County drivers deserve license plate camera rules written by lawmakers, not by Flock
Cheektowaga’s Flock misuse case shows how little stands between drivers’ movements and anyone with a login. Town boards, the Erie County Legislature and Albany should write license plate camera rules into law.
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No charges in Cheektowaga Flock camera misuse, leaving discipline and oversight as the open questions
Erie County prosecutors won’t charge three Cheektowaga police employees who used Flock cameras to track a co-worker for months. Residents now want answers on discipline, audits and who watches the system.
