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Thinking of Moving to Pawtucket - Safety

Hello! My husband and I toured the new Dexter St Commons apartments today and are considering to moving to the area, but we don't know much about that area. It's right next to the train station which partially our reason for being interested. Could someone share what that area looks like day to day. Thank you!

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u/Annual-Telephone-103 — 5 days ago

DeFlock Pawtucket! City Council Meeting Wed Aug 19 12:00pm

Let's join the next Pawtucket City Council meeting to SPEAK UP to remove Flock cameras from our community.

The more people we have, the more time we get to express our concerns.

Wednesday Aug 19 12:00pm.

Public input period starts at noon, but you need to sign-in in person or join the Zoom call by 11:50am.

Not sure what to say? deflock.org has tips: https://deflock.org/council

Can't appear in person? Send an email to cityclerk@pawtucketri.gov  with subject "COUNCIL INPUT: Get The Flock Out"

Please share with your friends.

DIAL: 1-888-475-4499

MEETING ID: 843 8714 4394

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84387144394

PASSWORD: CC26

Full agenda: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=\Notices\3984\2026\563843.pdf

u/DeflockPawtucket — 5 days ago

Water bill in the last 2 months

Hi everyone, my water bill in the last two months went from $37-$40 to $75 and $100 . Of course I have been checking for leaks and my meter doesn’t show any water running. I think that price has gone up but not that much. Any Idea? Thx!

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u/Ulises31OA — 5 days ago

Flock Cameras in the News

Washington court rules Flock videos are subject to public records requests, and Walla Walla police end their Flock contract in response. Wonder why they didn’t want the public to see the data?

https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/walla-walla-police-end-flock-license-plate-cameras-over-safety-and-legal-concerns/article\_ec96e8f8-a14e-43b3-b6b2-7d53846dd659.html

Mountainview CA police suspend Flock contract after an audit showed Flock violated their contract and shared data with Federal agencies.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/mountain-view-alpr-cameras-use-suspended-automated-license-plate-reader/

We’ve had Flock cameras for years, who knows where the data is going.

Have Grebien or Goncalves even done an audit to check?

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u/QTippus — 5 days ago
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Rhode Islanders for Personal Privacy (RIPP) is holding an informational event this Saturday, August 15th regarding Flock cameras and their invasion of our right to privacy

Hi all, RIPP will be hosting an event this Saturday, August 15th at 10 am in the Providence Public Library.

For those that have previously attended one of our events, thank you! We hope to see you again as the movement against ALPRs is growing rapidly in our little state, its communities, and the nation.

This event will be slightly different than previous because we will have several wonderful guest speakers:

  • Madalyn McGunagle, Policy Associate with the RI ACLU
  • Dr. Robyn Linde, Professor of Political Science at Rhode Island College

WHEN: Saturday, August 15th at 10 am

WHERE: Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St.

As always, this event is about education, asking questions, and organizing.

Please also see the event listing on the PPL events page: https://provlib.libcal.com/event/17249229

Please feel free to checkout our website: www.RIPersonalPrivacy.org

We also now have an instagram account. Please give it a follow: @ri4personalprivacy

We hope to see you there!

u/QTippus — 8 days ago
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This guy served 7 years as a police officer but was forced to resign due to speaking out about Flock Safety being used by his department. Flock now have AI drones and AI human tracking software being sold all over the country to build an illegal private panopticon.

u/Ellogar — 10 days ago
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Does anywhere know of a store in the Pawt area that has physical wave bus cards? I need a card, the app won’t scan.

Anyone know of what CVS, 7-Eleven, etc whatever store idc which one, has physical Wave cards and which location? I checked their website of course, but the CVS I went to didn’t have physical cards there, you could only reload. The app won’t scan every time I get on the bus and I feel like a giant douche when they just let me on or I have to scramble for coins at the bottom of my bag. It’s happened every time and my car is shot rn so I need it ASAP.

I don’t care what store it is, I know you can get one at the stations and in the mail but I need one now as I’m limited on physical cash/change and can’t get dollar bills at this exact moment.

TIA :)

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u/xAllets — 8 days ago
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Will the Pawtucket City Council protect us from Flock cameras?

Both the South Kingstown Town Council and Narragansett Town Council have voted to protect their citizens' privacy and remove Flock cameras. Will the Pawtucket City Council stand up for us???

If not, I say vote 'm out.

https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/goncalves-says-pawtucket-flock-cameras-arent-going-anywhere/article_a8007a5e-4ccb-4679-9865-8f3439984a9d.html

https://www.golocalprov.com/news/anti-flock-sentiment-spreads-another-ri-community-ends-contract-with-security-camera-company

u/QTippus — 12 days ago