Subtitle: Why young college minds are the key to redefining public safety through smart technology, policy innovation, and social justice. ⸻ Introduction: What is GoVia? GoVia is a revolutionary community policing and safety app designed to foster transparency, trust, and dialogue between civilians, law enforcement, legal advocates, and mental health […]
Daily Archives: May 18, 2025
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The Dual Landscape: GoVia’s “Highlight A Hero” and Flock’s Surveillance Network In an era where police encounters and mass surveillance intersect, two technologies dominate the discourse: GoVia’s “Highlight A Hero” app and Flock Safety’s license plate recognition (LPR) cameras. While Flock’s ALPR systems track vehicles across thousands of communities—raising Fourth […]
The Rise of Flock Cameras and Fourth Amendment Challenges Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) have sparked a nationwide debate over mass surveillance. With over 5,000 communities using these cameras, including Norfolk, Virginia (172 cameras) and Illinois (652 cameras), law enforcement agencies track vehicles in real-time, creating “vehicle fingerprints” […]
The American pretrial justice system exhibits profound racial disparities that disproportionately impact Black and Latino communities. From higher bail amounts to longer pretrial detentions, communities of color face significant barriers in navigating a system designed to ensure constitutional rights but often falling short of its ideals. GoVia represents an emerging […]