Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Flock cameras were installed across Rhode Island with the promise of helping solve crime and enforcing traffic violations. But after reports of misuse, communities across the state have begun turning against the surveillance technology. Lively Host Jim Hummel unpacks the controversy with former RI Attorney General Arlene Violet and former chair of the RI Democratic Party, Bill Lynch.

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