The Flock camera controversy has landed on island shores. Last week, news broke of state Department of Law Enforcement plans to install 75 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) on Hawaii island as the first step toward building a statewide crime-fighting network integrating some 400 cameras. Big I sland community members have voiced concerns about mass surveillance practices and personal privacy, valid worries that will either be proven prescient warnings of government overreach or much ado about nothing — it all depends on how the DLE chooses to move forward. ...read more read less