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The North Dakota Legislature is putting a bipartisan effort forward to place restrictions on Flock camera-type surveillance devices, according to Ceilidh Kern from the North Dakota Monitor.
Fargo Democratic Senator Jamie Selzer says he is drafting a bill for the upcoming legislative session, after months of complaints from constituents voicing their concerns on surveillance. Selzer tells the Monitor that he’s working with a bipartisan group of legislators on the proposal, which would require a 30-day notice before new installations, ban placement near schools, churches, and hospitals, and would only store data for 14 days. In addition, the bill would make misuse of the data a crime, as well as require an open criminal case for searches.
Law enforcement agencies in several North Dakota cities have credited the cameras and license plate readers with solving crimes, but privacy advocates say that constant tracking is vulnerable to overreach and can be a security risk.
Read Kern’s full reporting here.
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