‘We want people to know’: Police Chief explains reasoning behind Red Bay’s community meeting over flock cameras FRANKLIN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - One Franklin County community has placed a flock security camera up within city limits. Over the last few months, multiple cities nationwide have seen push back against flock cameras— citing concerns about misuse. Some cases even leading to criminal charges. Recently, one Franklin County department put them up, and some people aren’t too happy. Red Bay Police Chief Janna Jackson wants to set the record straight. That’s part of the reason why they’re holding a meeting on August 17th at 7 p.m. for the community: to educate. A new roadside pole has drawn the attention of residents in Red Bay. “We do have one camera in place and that’s on golden road,” Chief Jackson said. “That’s just south of hospital road. We are looking for another camera to be installed in the next few weeks.” Several residents have taken to social media calling for these flock cameras to be taken down. “Our device is a license recognition device only which means when a person in a vehicle passes by this device will take a picture of their tag,” Jackson explained. Red Bay Chief Janna Jackson says this isn’t new technology. In fact, businesses around Alabama use far more invasive programs. This camera is strictly for license plate recognition. “There’s no facial recognition on this device,” Jackson said. “It will not issue citations. This is a license plate reader only.” A lot of the push against the cameras is because of national stories where law enforcement has misused them. But that’s why Chief Jackson says there are safeguards in place to protect against that. “When we access the information, we have to do an access log and that information