InvestigateTV+: Tracking the trackers

(InvestigateTV) — As the number of cameras capturing vehicle information multiplies, so do concerns of privacy for everyday people. InvestigateTV+ explores what can happen when the tool is misused and meet one man on a mission to track every police camera in the country.

Plus, four-legged companions jump into action to help heal our heroes. We share the recent gift bringing military members support in the form of service animals.

Tracking the trackers

Flock Safety says its cameras don’t track people.

But the company’s own training videos show police using the system to track suspects “from location to location to location.”

And some of its cameras are designed to follow people as they walk.

“And they quite literally use AI to zoom in and follow you around whether you’re a person of interest or not,” said Benn Jordan, a security researcher who found dozens of Flock cameras streaming openly online.

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Service dogs helping vets

Veteran James Poggi served in the Marine Corps working in aviation. His time in the military led to a lifelong strain on his body, including five back surgeries and a below-the-knee amputation.

To help ease some of the emotional toll, Poggi’s wife, who is also his caregiver, suggested he get a service dog.

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Undiagnosed diabetes

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, the No. 1 cause of kidney disease, and an estimated 40 million people are living with it nationwide.

Despite decades of prevention education and major breakthroughs in treatment, doctors say diabetes continues to hit the South especially hard — including North Carolina.

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A barbershop quartet

The group, Southern Tradition, has been around since 1999. The quartet is a place where a traditional American art form forges a friendship.

“The main attribute to be a barbershop quartet singer is to not be embarrassed, just keep going,” said Karl Hansen.

Four men with four different careers create one sound.

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