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Huntington’s City Council just greenlit a sweeping surveillance deal with Flock Technology — deploying 46 license plate readers, 17 live cameras, 2 drones, and gunshot detection — all aimed at tracking violent criminals and drug dealers. But the move sparked outrage from over 50 residents and triggered a lawsuit from the ACLU over procedural violations. While Mayor Patrick Farrell insists it’s about targeted crime-fighting, not Big Brother, critics like Councilwoman Sarah Rumbaugh highlight Flock’s nationwide legal troubles and the contract’s murky data-sharing clauses. Meanwhile, neighboring towns like Barboursville and Putnam County are resisting — one banning the tech outright, the other pausing deployment to study public reaction. The debate captures a national tension: can tech tools for safety coexist with civil liberties?

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