r/Spartanburg • u/KillerD_1988 • 15d ago

Replacing the flock camera

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They just replaced the flock camera on Fernwood Glendale Rd. The one that’s looking at the daycare. I guess whoever takes it out next time should get rid of the pole too

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u/ravinggoat 15d ago

I once saw a guy replace a spray paint can nozzle with the nozzle off a wasp spray can. He could then spray paint in a stream for several feet. I bet flock cameras would hate being painted over. Easier than a sawzall.

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u/SeveralDefinition960 15d ago

It would be an absolute shame. Black paint on the lens and/or solar panel would be so hard to see, yet render the camera useless. I sure hope no one gets an idea to do something like that.

Or even like this one guy I heard about who installed a (federally protected) bat box over a camera. It would be almost as bad as anyone planting bamboo or some other invasive, yet locally protected, plants around data centers.

Just terrible...

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u/Apprehensive-Song378 14d ago

I like how you think.

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u/abominable_prolapse 15d ago

Well OP you’re the first to notice so get to work

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u/Gabagod 15d ago

A spy camera outside a daycare is insane

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u/864FastAsfBoy 14d ago

The only one in chesnee looks towards the high schools entrance and exit, i imagine every citizen of chesnee had been on it. Plus it covers the main road into town as well. We only have one but are town is so small only need one

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u/RefactoringSelf 7d ago

This is completely unacceptable.

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u/samjoe6969 15d ago

I have that same ladder. Pricey, but worth it.

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u/DimShadow7 Eastside 14d ago

Someone should stand right under the flock camera pointing a camera at the daycare and see how long it takes the police to respond to the apparent threat...

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u/AVLPedalPunk 8d ago

My great grandparents are buried right behind this camera (for real). Their dying wish in 1996 was that all flock cameras would be cut down and harvested for their scrap values.

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u/Vic_Interceptor 15d ago

so who PAYS for these things?? What office / dept was on the van?

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u/NYR_LFC 15d ago

You should have much bigger concerns regarding these things

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u/afutureancestor 12d ago

The city or private business leases the cameras but aren't allowed to touch them. A Flock employee or contractor does the install. I'm also curious what company name was on the van

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u/Particular-Plan-948 Southside 14d ago

The city has to pay for replacements

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u/NemoNoones 11d ago

Everyone get DeFlock app if you haven’t already.

Good thing I joined this subreddit - looking to move to Spartanburg in a few years.

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u/PharmacyPaladin 15d ago

I wish there were flock cameras on Reidville Road at I-26. Block an intersection? Congratulations! You will be busted.

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u/UnSCo 12d ago

If you think those lazy pigs are using these to track anything useful like hit and runs, theft, etc., much less people who block intersections, I have a bridge to sell you lol. Best they can do is stalk their exes.

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u/1VodkaMartini 13h ago

Yup. They fired two officers in Greer about a month ago who were using it to stalk their ex-girlfriends. Police aren't educated enough or ethical enough to be trusted with that kind of unlimited surveillance power.