CEO announces steps after reports that system is used to target immigrants or people seeking out-of-state abortions

For nearly a decade, the company Flock Safety has gradually built out a network of cameras across the US that allows law enforcement officials to conduct about 20bn license plate scans every month.

In that time, the company had largely left the decision to turn on safety measures up to its customers. Many of those organizations did not turn them on.

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