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City council wants more info on Flock Safety data collection By DYANA BAGBY newsroom@appenmedia.com
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Flock cameras record license plates and descriptions of vehicles that pass by them. Most Metro Atlanta cities use the devices, including Dunwoody.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council is pausing renewal of a contract with Flock Safety until it gets answers about how the company secures data and what it does with information collected from its public safety technology. Dunwoody Police Chief Mike Carlson asked the council at its Jan. 26 meeting to approve renewing its $200,000 contract with Flock to continue use of its AI-driven surveillance technology at its Real-Time Crime Center. The contract would be funded by the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts. The PCIDs helped fund the department’s Real-Time Crime Center two years ago where Flock’s technology,
such as license plate readers, live-view cameras, gunshot detection sensors, third-party video cameras and call geolocation, are all linked. A vote on the contract renewal has been deferred to the Feb. 23 meeting when Flock representatives can attend to answer questions specifically about data security, Mayor L ynn Deutsch said. “I want to point out that I know that there is a balance here,” Deutsch said. She noted the Dunwoody Police Department’s Flock drone recently located a woman in crisis and police were able to save her life. “This is a fine line we're walking,” the mayor said.
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Chamblee basketball splits in matchup with Lakeside DeKalb By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
GIRLS: VIKINGS 66, BULLDOGS 14 BOYS: BULLDOGS 78, VIKINGS 43
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — The Lakeside High girls dominated host Chamblee Jan. 27, blasting past the Bulldogs 66-14. It was a different story in the boys match where the host Bulldogs made easy work of Lakeside, 78-43. In the girls match, Chamblee
took their only lead of the game with a running floater by senior Emma Harron. That was their only basket of the first quarter, while Lakeside charged ahead to improve to 15-7 overall this year. Chamblee recently had a change in coaching, with softball coaches stepping up to fill an ab-
sence. Nathaniel Berryman is the current head coach of the varsity basketball team in addition to his post as the leader of the softball team. Senior guard Alyssa AustinPerry led Lakeside with 24 points and eight steals. Austin-Perry transferred this season from Greater Atlanta Christian School.
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Chamblee’s Zoe Lauthan, in white, prepares to tip off against Lakeside’s Ngozi Ndukwe at Chamblee High School Jan. 27. Ndukwe and the Vikings routed the Bulldogs 66-14.
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