{"id":3577,"date":"2026-07-22T18:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:37:59","slug":"york-county-sheriff-defends-flock-camera-usage-promises-more-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3577","title":{"rendered":"York County sheriff defends Flock camera usage, promises more transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>York County Sheriff Tony Breeden is touting the effectiveness of the department\u2019s Flock license plate readers, and promised transparency with the community on how the cameras are utilized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3575\">Nolan Wells was not found \u2018fully clothed.\u2019 How false reports started, spread<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a two-minute video posted on the sheriff\u2019s office Facebook page on Tuesday, Breeden said the cameras are an ample crime-fighting tool, saying that citizens who have not committed wrongdoing should not be worried about the cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just felt it was time to address as a whole what Flocks are and how we\u2019re using them,\u201d Breeden said in the video.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Breeden said the department\u2019s cameras have helped solve over 250 cases, including 27 car break-ins, an armed robbery at a Burger King and a July 2025 homicide at Lake Wylie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur main priority at the York County Sheriff\u2019s Office is to protect the county, and we\u2019re going to use these tools to continue to protect the county,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The video had over 5,000 likes and 8,300 comments as of Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Breeden said he also wanted to clear up misconceptions about Flock. He said the sheriff\u2019s office doesn\u2019t watch cameras in real-time, and there are restrictions on which officers can access camera data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said the county is in the process of adding a \u201c<u>Flock Transparency Portal<\/u>,\u201d which shows a department\u2019s policies and camera usage statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3573\">This busy, growing Lexington County road is getting a new business. What we know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the number one things we want to do is remain as transparent as possible while also protecting the county,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>What are Flock cameras?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Flock manufactures automatic license plate readers, which use artificial intelligence to collect vehicle data and license plates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta-based company has partnered with over 5,000 law enforcement agencies across the U.S.\u00a0The <u>American Civil Liberties Union<\/u> estimates there are between 90,000 to 100,000 Flock license plate reader cameras in the country.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The <u>York County Council<\/u> most recently approved the $51,000 purchase of eight additional Flock cameras in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Critics of the cameras call them an invasion of privacy and an infringement of civil liberties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Police officers have been accused of <u>misusing the cameras <\/u>to track people, and false Flock hits have led to people being <u>held at gunpoint<\/u> or jailed. Two police officers in Greer, S.C., were fired this month on allegations of misusing Flock cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3571\">Search for missing teenager who might be in danger, Richland County sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Staff writer John Marks contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York County Sheriff Tony Breeden said Flock cameras has assisting in solving over 250 crimes, including an armed robbery and a homicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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