News coverage + the majority of threads on r/AskLE and r/AskLEO give me the impression that cops are broadly sympathetic to the use of Flock cameras. Tell me why you support them, I’ll tell you why I do not, and maybe we can inform each other a least a little bit.
DeFlock.org is an activist site that maps flock cameras around the country as well as organizes protests. Unbelievably baseless and vile to claim them as terrorists. Garrett Langley is a liar.
For folks voting in the democratic primary in CO, here’s some info on who to vote for if you’re interested in curbing mass surveillance:
Attorney General - David Seligman is by far the most vocal in his condemnations of the surveillance state + tech billionaires. He has called out Flock and Palantir in particular. He plans to make a task force (whatever that means) specifically dedicated to fighting for Coloradans’ digital privacy rights. Jena Griswold has spoken to some extent about how we need to reign in Flock but hasn’t said much. The other two attorney general candidates don’t speak on surveillance.
Governor - Phil Weiser is the better pick over Bennett. Weiser has promised to support legislation banning surveillance pricing (where companies raise their online prices for customers they know are willing to pay more based on data) and is vocal about valuing consumer data privacy. His opponent Michael Bennett (currently in the US senate) has voted for surveillance expansion, has ties to US intelligence, and is pro-Palantir + says it was a loss for Colorado when they moved from Denver to FL.
History: AHI of like one point something, RDI of 11.9, RERA-dominant sleep disturbances. Years of non-restorative, fitful sleep. Tons of waking up in the middle of the night unable to fall back asleep.
For 5 weeks or so I’ve been doing the following before bed: saline nasal rinse w squirt bottle, 2 sprays per nostril of Flonase, wearing a nasal dilator to sleep (I use an air max but other brands work too), and running a humidifier (just because the nasal dilator on it’s own was causing my nostrils to burn due to influx of cold dry air). Also about once a week I’ll use afrin in one nostril when the above stack doesn’t free up my breathing enough). I am now sleeping 70% better. Restorative nights I would normally have once every 3 months I can now have for 3 days in a row. When I wake up in the middle of the night to pee (which I always do) it’s drastically easier to fall back asleep quickly because my sleep has been deep and my nervous system is settled and returns to deep relaxation easier.
I was worried initially seeing people having these years long battles and thought I was in for the long haul with figuring out how to deal with my symptoms but this has been amazing and was basically the first thing I tried after plugging my sleep study results into Claude and asking what to do. If sleep doesn’t feel 100% improved with just this, I’ll consider trying a CPAP too, but it looks like this is probably enough on its own. Just want to post a success story since usually the only stories you hear on the internet are the unsuccessful ones.