Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.' We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access.
ICE agents detained a Columbia University student in a dorm building early Thursday morning, allegedly making misrepresentations to gain entry to the building, according to acting Columbia President Claire Shipman. Shipman wrote in a Feb. 26 message to the school's community that the university is working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support.
The City of Mountain View wants the public to know that data collected by its Flock cameras was accessed by federal agencies -- and, allegedly, without the city's consent. An internal audit also found that the data was accessed by California law enforcement agencies, which was not approved by the Mountain View Police Department. From August to November 2024, the City of Mountain View says several federal law enforcement agencies accessed a Flock license plate reader camera located at San Antonio Road and Charleston Road.
Flock, the automatic license plate reader and AI-powered camera company, uses overseas workers from Upwork to train its machine learning algorithms, with training material telling workers how to review and categorize footage including images people and vehicles in the United States, according to material reviewed by 404 Media that was accidentally exposed by the company. The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based.
