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Honestly, this lawsuit is crucial. Flock cameras specifically, with their plate readers and integration into wider networks, are a different beast than just a static security camera. The whole point of public records laws is transparency, and if a private company is building a pervasive surveillance network with public/police agency cooperation, we absolutely have a right to know where those data collection points are. It's not about hiding crimes, it's about preventing a panopticon state by default.
It's not about *if* you're on camera, it's about the *extent* and *purpose* of the data collection and how easily accessible that information is. Flock cameras feed directly into private databases that police can query. That's a huge difference from a corner store's CCTV.
My city just put up a bunch of these. No public notice, nothing. Just suddenly there's these new poles with weird boxes on them. You just *know* it's some sort of surveillance tech. Super unsettling.