"Milliman was convinced that Elser had stolen a package off someone's stoop. As evidence, Milliman had obtained records compiled by Flock, a controversial police surveillance startup that's taking the United States by storm. As a display of the department's technological panopticon, Milliman noted the woman had driven through Bow Mar "20 times the last month." "Like I said, we have cameras everywhere in that town," the officer reiterated."
"Specifically, the officer alleged that Elser had been in Bow Mar from "11:52 until 12:09 exactly" on the day the package was stolen. "Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing," Milliman said. Though the officer refused to show her any concrete evidence, he ended their chat by serving her a December court summons for petty theft."
A Colorado resident, Chrisanna Elser, was approached at home by Sergeant Jamie Milliman, who accused her of stealing a package and cited records from Flock, a commercial police-surveillance company. Milliman asserted precise presence in the neighboring town of Bow Mar and emphasized pervasive camera coverage. The officer served a December petty-theft court summons while declining to display concrete evidence. Elser gathered consumer-device evidence—store surveillance images, her truck dashcam and GPS logs, phone location records, and home-security footage—that showed she drove through Bow Mar without stopping and countered the allegation.
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