Oh no!

That's EVERY SINGLE FLOCK CAMERA in the city of Winona, Minnesota, sawed off and stolen. And two more on the Mississippi River Bridge belonging to Buffalo County, for extra credit!

One quote from Matt above:

Police are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, but the public has been leaving comments like:

'The Flock cameras tore themselves down'
'Whoever did it, was fishing with me'
'Whoever it was, was at Bible study with me'

I don't know why I love this part of the story so much, but I do — from Valley News:

A patrol officer first noticed the cameras had not sent any alerts in 24 hours. When officers checked the locations, they found the cameras had been cut from their poles and taken. The poles were left behind.

These cameras go for about $3,000 apiece, so that's a good $30,000 in police funding flushed down the drain — but hey, maybe they'll find a better way to spend their money next time instead of spying on their citizens 24/7.

Here's how the media and our overlords would like you to think of these spy cameras:

Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate readers that capture images of plates along with a vehicle's make, model, and color. Police use the technology to investigate crimes such as hit-and-runs and to locate missing persons. Camera data is owned by the police department and permanently deleted after 30 days.

Police have also been found to misuse the information from these cameras, as you might expect. Oh, and they also spy on you all the time, so there's that.

The investigation in Winona is ongoing.

If you know anything about the people who did this, you should definitely do the right thing and turn them in.