Flock Safety CEO calls for national 'compromise' amid camera sabotage and public revolt

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley addressed balancing privacy and safety amid Americans' oversight concerns in an interview Saturday with Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany.

From destroyed camera poles to viral signs blocking surveillance lenses, Americans are pushing back against neighborhood surveillance cameras.

Automated license plate readers, known as Flock cameras , are used by law enforcement in dozens of states to record vehicle data that can aid criminal investigations, but residents in communities with the cameras have raised concerns about privacy and potential misuse by law enforcement.

The pushback has even reached Capitol Hill, where Sen.

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposed banning the technology outright and Rep.

Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. , has pushed to cut federal funding for local installations.

LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS ARE TRACKING DRIVERS EVERYWHERE Speaking on " Saturday in America, " Langley argued the technology is vital for safety and called for compromise.

"When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they're prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise," Langley told Fox News.

"How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?" SIGNALTRACE CAN LINK DEVICE SIGNALS TO YOUR CAR Flock Safety’s website describes the tools as "technology that helps communities deter crime, respond to emergencies, and investigate safety incidents." The company's website states that it aims to balance public safety and privacy.

Some opponents have taken their concerns directly to the cameras.

Earlier in August, Fox News correspondent Danamarie McNicholl reported on a man in St.

Petersburg, Florida, who held a "Down with the Flock" sign in front of a camera lens as a form of peaceful protest. ‘DARTH VADER’ USES DARK SIDE TO MOCK CONTROVERSIAL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS: 'THE EMPEROR IS A FAN OF FLOCK' "My biggest concern is I don’t want people to know where I go and when I go.

That’s my business, not anyone else’s," Carl Gunn told McNicholl.

Flock cameras have also been reported vandalized or stolen in New York, Minnesota, California and Illinois.