🌱 Patch AM: How Manhattan’s police chief defends Flock cameras amid growing misuse scandals.

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• How Manhattan's police chief defends Flock cameras amid growing misuse scandals.

Also on today's calendar: Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education and 12 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system (dailyrecordnews.com) — Manhattan's police chief says the village's roughly 15 Flock license plate cameras have become a key tool for speeding up investigations and finding missing residents, but he stresses strict oversight and transparency. The story details how Manhattan and other Illinois communities are tightening audits, shortening data retention, and debating new state limits as misuse cases and privacy concerns grow across the region.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 23
• Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education →
  North Central College, 131 S Loomis St, Naperville
  5:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• MEDICARE SEMINAR! Thurs. @ 3:30 pm →
  1890 Silver Cross Blvd, New Lenox
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Free Shredding Event and Food Drive! →
  550 W North St, Manhattan
  9:30 am
• Fall Family Day →
  20601 LaGrange Rd, Frankfort
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Bootanical Bash - Bingo & Costume Contest →
  20601 LaGrange Rd, Frankfort
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 22
• Teen Volunteering →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country vs. Summit Hill, Mokena, Homer
  Heritage Park, 14240 W 151st St, Homer Glen
  4:15 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Boys Soccer vs. Hickory Creek (Away)
  Hickory Creek Middle School, 22150 S Owens Rd, Southwest Suburbs
  4:00 pm
• Boys Volleyball vs. Liberty (Away)
  Liberty Junior High School, 151 Lenox St, Southwest Suburbs
  4:15 pm
• Restorative Yoga and Soundbath →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Boys Soccer vs. Homer (Away)
  William E. Young School, 16240 S Cedar Rd, Homer Glen
  4:30 pm
Friday September 25
• Summer Storytime →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:15 am
• Stay and Play →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:45 am
Saturday September 26
• Recycled Craft →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  10:15 am
• Teen Recycle Craft →
  Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District, 240 Whitson Street, Manhattan
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Illinois Tool Works Inc posted a job opening for Machine Operator (Day) in Frankfort. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

New Lenox

• Munch's Supply Raises More Than $9,800 for St. Jude (achrnews.com)
• Providence Catholic vs Lincoln-Way Central (maxpreps.com)

Frankfort

• Frankfort, Illinois couple turned five acres into a farm with a life-changing purpose (cbsnews.com)
• Titans lead pack at IWU Fall Classic (herald-review.com)
• Lindsay Clancy: The Plot Thickens (thescarlet.org)

Mokena

• Defense powers Illinois Wesleyan to 3-0 at Augustana (herald-review.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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