Comment by akerl_

There always ends up being a real world to digital interface and it always has the potential for abuse, and thus always requires some level of monitoring and validation.

The department in this article appears to be doing just that:

> Every search run through the Flock Safety platform is automatically logged — who ran it, when, and the reason they gave for doing it. SPD said they also have other safeguards in place, including mandatory training, role-based access controls and supervisory oversight.