Hear Cheyenne Police Chief Francisco’s Interview On Flock Cameras

Last week Cheyenne Police Chief Mark Francisco sat down for an interview with Townsquare Media on the subject of Flock cameras in the city.

You can hear the entire interview, which aired on the Weekend in Wyoming" program on Saturday, January 24, below.

There are 23 such cameras in use in the city of Cheyenne, according to a Cheyenne Police Department transparency portal.

The chief in his interview stressed that the cameras read license plates. They do not take photos of the driver or any passengers in the car. He also said the data is only accessed as part of an investigation, and random drivers are not tracked nor is their privacy violated.

The ACLU Of Wyoming Has A Different Opinion

The ACLU of Wyoming takes a very different view, posting the following on it's Facebook page:

Indeed, there has been a fair amount of discussion of the cameras on local social media pages from various sources. That includes a petition being circulated by the Laramie County Democratic Party.

The company itself on one of it's websites devoted to privacy and ethics says the cameras are limited in terms of information collected: "Flock collects images of vehicles, vehicle characteristics, and license plates, which are government documents required to be displayed on vehicles as a condition of using public roadways. Flock does not have access to any PII (such as names, addresses, SSNs, or DMV records)."

We asked Chief Francisco about all of this and more. You can hear what he had to say in the audio file attached to the interview: