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• 🔗 Flock cameras are a 'gamechanger,' Henrico Police chief says, but residents' privacy concerns still abound
  Henrico Citizen · 2026-08-12
  VA Henrico County Pushback
• 🔗 Providence mayoral challenger says he would remove Flock cameras
  Boston Globe · 2026-08-12
  RI Elections Providence
• 🔗 After Flock camera system misuse, Goodyear officer disciplined
  KTAR 92.3 FM Glendale · 2026-08-12
  AZ Goodyear Abuse

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  • 🔗 Goodyear officer quits amid Flock probe. Chief says he would have been fired
    The Sacramento Bee
• 🔗 Winona police will not replace stolen Flock cameras
  KTTC NBC 10 Rochester · 2026-08-12
  MN Winona Success Terminated
• 🔗 Flock cameras are spreading nationwide. What Iowa drivers should know
  The Des Moines Register · 2026-08-12
  IA Overview
• 🔗 Pflugerville Council Delays Flock Safety Decision
  KLBJ-AM 590 AM Austin · 2026-08-12
  TX Pflugerville Pushback
• 🔗 Audit of Flock Safety use underway in Atlanta Police Department
  WSB-TV 2 Atlanta · 2026-08-12
  GA Atlanta
• 🔗 League City voters to give input on Flock cameras in November — but council reserves final say
  KUHF NPR 88.7 FM Houston · 2026-08-12
  TX Elections League City
• 🔗 What are Flock cameras? What to know as vandalism, complaints persist
  WJBK Fox 2 Detroit · 2026-08-12
  MI Novi West Bloomfield Overview Vandalism
• 🔗 Streetsboro City Council votes no on Flock cameras
  Ravenna Record-Courier · 2026-08-12
  OH Streetsboro Blocked
• 🔗 Manitowoc Residents Looking to Get Flock Cameras Removed
  Seehafer News · 2026-08-12
  WI Manitowoc Pushback
• 🔗 National backlash against Flock cameras reflected in Iowa communities
  The Des Moines Register · 2026-08-12
  IA Ankeny Johnston Pleasant Hill Wapello County Vandalism
• 🔗 The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse
  Institute for Justice · 2026-08-12
  Abuse Overview
• 🔗 Opposition to LPRs grows among Tennessee politicians
  Nashville Banner · 2026-08-12
  TN Elections
• 🔗 Flock camera map: Check your neighborhood for devices
  Mashable · 2026-08-12
  DeFlock
• 🔗 10 facts about Flock cameras in Florida and why they're controversial
  Tallahassee Democrat · 2026-08-12
  FL Overview Pushback Vandalism
• 🔗 Flock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women
  The 19th · 2026-08-12
  Abuse Overview
• 🔗 NCSO and reps from Flock address concerns of personal and global safety
  The Union · 2026-08-12
  CA Nevada County Pushback
• 🔗 The Supreme Court has a message for Kentucky on surveillance: Get a warrant
  Kentucky Lantern · 2026-08-12
  KY Court Ruling Fourth Amendment Legislation
• 🔗 Harrisonburg takes down Flock cameras
  Daily News-Record · 2026-08-12
  VA Harrisonburg Success Terminated
• 🔗 Stanford cuts ties with Flock Safety for new security camera system
  KPIX CBS 5 San Francisco · 2026-08-12
  CA Genetec Stanford Campus Switcheroo

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  • 🔗 Stanford cuts ties with Flock Safety for new security camera system
    KPIX CBS 5 San Francisco via YouTube
• 🔗 Monterey Park residents debate Flock camera use, privacy concerns at community meeting
  KABC ABC 7 Los Angeles · 2026-08-12
  CA Monterey Park Pushback
• 🔗 Pflugerville City Council delays Flock camera contract vote amid privacy concerns
  KEYE CBS 42 Austin · 2026-08-12
  TX Pflugerville Pushback
• 🔗 Cleveland's surveillance debate may grow beyond Flock
  Signal Cleveland · 2026-08-12
  OH Cleveland Expansion Scope Creep
• 🔗 Greers Ferry says it will remove its 2 Flock license plate reader cameras
  Arkansas Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-12
  AR Greers Ferry Paywall Success Sunsetting

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  • 🔗 Greers Ferry to remove Flock Safety Cameras from the city
    KATV ABC 7 Little Rock
  • 🔗 Greers Ferry Police Chief to remove Flock Cameras amid privacy voncerns
    KWOZ 103.3 FM Mountain View
• 🔗 League City council puts Flock license plate readers on November ballot
  KTRK ABC 13 Houston · 2026-08-11
  TX Elections League City
• 🔗 City removes unauthorized 'Flock' license plate reader camera
  KUTV CBS 2 Salt Lake City · 2026-08-11
  UT Millcreek Just Weird

  "A Flock automated license plate reader was recently discovered on Millcreek city property. City leaders say they did not authorize its installation and do not know who did. The camera has since been removed, but its discovery raises broader questions about how it got there and whether unauthorized cameras have been installed elsewhere."

• 🔗 Town Officials Address Flock Cameras In Lengthy Statement
  Nantucket Current · 2026-08-12
  MA Nantucket Axon
• 🔗 What are Flock cameras, and why do some people oppose them?
  KCCI CBS 8 Des Moines · 2026-08-12
  Overview

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  • 🔗 What are Flock cameras, and why do some people oppose them?
    KCRA NBC 3 Sacramento
• 🔗 Flock camera privacy concerns spark nationwide debate over the license-plate reading technology
  WGRZ NBC 2 Buffalo · 2026-08-11
  Abuse Overview
• 🔗 GVPD: Grass Valley to 'indefinitely suspend' use of Flock Safety cameras
  The Union · 2026-08-12
  CA Grass Valley Success Sunsetting

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  • 🔗 Grass Valley Police suspends fixed-point license plate readers, cancels Flock Safety contract
    KXTV ABC 10 Sacramento
  • 🔗 Grass Valley cancels Flock contract for license plate reading cameras
    KCRA NBC 3 Sacramento
  • 🔗 Grass Valley police leave Flock over data privacy concerns
    KTXL Fox 40 Sacramento
  • 🔗 Grass Valley Police Department indefinitely suspends the use of fixed-point ALPR readers within City limits
    YubaNet
  • 🔗 Grass Valley police halt use of Flock license plate cameras amid privacy concerns
    The Sacramento Bee
• 🔗 ACLU of Iowa points to public frustration over surveillance
  KCCI CBS 8 Des Moines · 2026-08-11
  IA Story County ACLU
• 🔗 CT police chiefs work to address camera enforcement concerns
  CT Mirror · 2026-08-11
  CT Statewide Overview
• 🔗 Renton Council to vote on ending Flock Safety contract as city prepares to cover cameras
  KOMO ABC 4 Seattle · 2026-08-11
  WA Renton Suspended
• 🔗 Tempe ends Flock camera data sharing amid privacy concerns
  KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix · 2026-08-11
  AZ Tempe Restricted Sharing
• 🔗 Summerset to discuss proposed Flock Safety camera system amid surveillance concerns
  KOTA ABC 3 Rapid City · 2026-08-11
  SD Summerset New Outbreak
• 🔗 Chadron Police Places Restrictions on Access to Flock Cameras
  KCSR 610 AM Chadron · 2026-08-11
  NE Chadron Restricted Sharing
• 🔗 CT's license plate reader debate intensifies as Flock Safety speaks out and one town removes cameras
  WFSB CBS 3 Hartford · 2026-08-11
  CT Statewide Pushback

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  • 🔗 CT's license plate reader debate intensifies as Flock Safety speaks out and one town removes cameras
    WFSB CBS 3 Hartford via YouTube
• 🔗 Multiple Flock cameras cut down in Summit County, prompting sheriff's office investigation
  The Denver Post · 2026-08-11
  CO Summit County Vandalism
• 🔗 'Americans just don't want to be surveilled': Growing backlash against North Texas Flock cameras
  KERA-TV PBS 13 Dallas · 2026-08-11
  TX Carrollton Denton Pushback
• 🔗 Pekin puts off renewal vote on contract for its 54 Flock cameras
  WCBU NPR 89.9 FM Peoria · 2026-08-11
  IL Pekin Pushback
• 🔗 New Bedford police to temporarily suspend use of Flock technology; Officer placed on leave
  WJAR NBC 10 Providence · 2026-08-11
  MA New Bedford Abuse Suspended

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  • 🔗 Another Mass. city hits pause with license plate camera provider Flock Safety
    WCVB ABC 5 Boston
  • 🔗 New Bedford Police Department temporarily suspending use of Flock cameras
    The New Bedford Light
  • 🔗 New Bedford temporarily suspends use of Flock as the surveillance cameras come under increased scrutiny
    Boston.com
  • 🔗 New Bedford police provide update on Flock cameras audit after alleged misuse
    WCVB ABC 5 Boston
  • 🔗 Massachusetts Communities Watch as Trump Considers Flock Controversy
    WBSM 1420 AM New Bedford
  • 🔗 City Council advances four motions on Flock cameras
    The New Bedford Light
• 🔗 Duluth Police Department decides to not renew Flock Safety contract
  KQDS-TV Fox 21 Duluth · 2026-08-11
  MN Duluth Switcheroo
• 🔗 CT lawmakers seek pause on Flock camera installations amid safety vs. privacy debate
  WNPR NPR 90.5 FM Meriden · 2026-08-11
  CT Statewide Pushback
• 🔗 Greenwood City Council, city residents discuss use of Flock system
  Talk Business & Politics · 2026-08-11
  AR Greenwood Pushback
• 🔗 Monterey Park police set to host meeting to discuss Flock cameras
  KNBC NBC 4 Los Angeles · 2026-08-11
  CA Monterey Park
• 🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Recently Added Two More Flock Cameras to Its Surveillance Network; 11 Now in Operation
  Lost Coast Outpost · 2026-08-11
  CA Humboldt County Expansion
• 🔗 Woodland stays with Flock cameras amid local opposition and privacy concerns
  Abridged · 2026-08-11
  CA Woodland Pushback
• 🔗 Three Arkansas cities suspend Flock Safety cameras as debate over surveillance grows
  KATV ABC 7 Little Rock · 2026-08-11
  AR Cabot Fairfield Bay Mayflower Pea Ridge Blocked Success Sunsetting Suspended Terminated

  "We caught up with the mayor of Fairfield Bay, Seth Connell, who disagrees with cities promoting these cameras, and we asked him simply: "Does Fairfield Bay have any Flock cameras?" Connell responded: "No, we wouldn't be stupid enough to do that.""

• 🔗 Vandals target Michigan license plate cameras amid growing privacy concerns
  Detroit Free Press · 2026-08-11
  MI Overview Vandalism
• 🔗 Weed shop fights city over Flock surveillance of its store
  Crain's Detroit Business · 2026-08-11
  MI Madison Heights Paywall Pushback
• 🔗 Map Of Flock Cameras In Wyoming
  KTWO 1030 AM Casper · 2026-08-11
  WY DeFlock Overview
• 🔗 Akron Flock cameras: What data is shared nationwide
  Signal Akron · 2026-08-11
  OH Akron Overview
• 🔗 Centerton City Council votes to remove Flock Safety cameras from town
  Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-11
  AR Centerton Success Sunsetting

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  • 🔗 Centerton City Council votes to end Flock camera use
    KNWA FOX 24 Fayetteville
  • 🔗 Centerton says goodbye to Flock cameras after residents raise concerns
    KFSM CBS 5 Fort Smith via YouTube
  • 🔗 Centerton joins growing list of Arkansas cities to terminate Flock contracts
    KFSM CBS 5 Fort Smith
  • 🔗 What happens now that Centerton has cut ties with Flock Safety
    KNWA FOX 24 Fayetteville
• 🔗 Greenwood residents voice thoughts on Flock Safety license plate reader cameras
  KFSM CBS 5 Fort Smith · 2026-08-11
  AR Greenwood Pushback
• 🔗 Flock cameras explained: How automated plate readers work and their impact in South Texas
  KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio · 2026-08-11
  TX Bexar County San Antonio Overview
• 🔗 A look at Flock police cameras in Denton — and the backlash against them
  Denton Record-Chronicle · 2026-08-11
  TX Denton Pushback

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  • 🔗 A look at Flock police cameras in Denton — and the backlash against them
    KERA-TV PBS 13 Dallas
• 🔗 Privacy vs. Public Safety: Greenwood Residents Sound Off on Flock Cameras
  KHBS ABC 40 Fort Smith · 2026-08-10
  AR Greenwood Pushback
• 🔗 Proposition on November Ballot Regarding City's Use of Flock Cameras
  City of League City · 2026-08-10
  TX Elections League City
• 🔗 Two Houston-area cities could put Flock license plate cameras before voters
  KPRC News 2 Houston NBC · 2026-08-10
  TX Conroe League City Pushback
• 🔗 Jerome City Council votes to pull Flock Safety camera funding from 2027 budget over privacy concerns
  KIVI ABC 6 Nampa · 2026-08-10
  ID Jerome Blocked Pushback Success

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  • 🔗 Jerome City Council votes to pull Flock Safety camera funding from 2027 budget over privacy concerns
    KIVI ABC 6 Nampa via YouTube
  • 🔗 Jerome City Council votes to pull Flock Safety camera funding from 2027 budget over privacy concerns
    KMVT CBS 11 Twin Falls
• 🔗 Anti-Flock rally planned for Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz Sentinel · 2026-08-10
  CA Santa Cruz Pushback
• 🔗 Greenwood residents, city officials weighing use of Flock Safety cameras
  KNWA FOX 24 Fayetteville · 2026-08-10
  AR Greenwood Pushback

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  • 🔗 Greenwood residents, city officials weighing use of Flock Safety cameras
    KNWA FOX 24 Fayetteville via YouTube
• 🔗 Flock Safety cameras become key issue in Tuesday primary election
  WTNH ABC 8 New Haven · 2026-08-10
  CT Elections Statewide Video

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  • 🔗 Flock Safety cameras become key issue in Tuesday primary election
    WTNH ABC 8 New Haven via YouTube
• 🔗 Protesters gather, City Council holds hearing on Flock cameras
  The Columbus Dispatch · 2026-08-10
  OH Columbus Pushback
• 🔗 Flock alters system tracking transparency while shadow of alleged misuse cases expands
  InvestigateTV · 2026-08-10
  IN North Manchester Abuse Overview

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  • 🔗 Flock alters system tracking transparency while shadow of alleged misuse cases expands
    WPTA ABC 21 Fort Wayne
• 🔗 Henderson County residents push to remove Flock cameras over privacy concerns
  WLOS ABC 13 Asheville · 2026-08-10
  NC Henderson County Pushback
• 🔗 Sarasota police investigate first damaged Flock camera | Exclusive
  Herald-Tribune · 2026-08-10
  FL Sarasota Vandalism
• 🔗 West St. Paul joins cities suspending or ending Flock camera programs
  Twin Cities Pioneer Press · 2026-08-10
  MN West St. Paul Success Sunsetting

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  • 🔗 West St. Paul suspends contract with Flock Safety, starts taking down cameras
    KARE NBC 11 Minneapolis
• 🔗 Indiana residents launch 'Block Flock' campaign against Flock Safety cameras
  WPTA ABC 21 Fort Wayne · 2026-08-10
  IN Fort Wayne Owen County Pushback
• 🔗 Privacy concerns spark push to end Lexington's Flock camera contract
  Spectrum News 1 · 2026-08-10
  KY Lexington Pushback
• 🔗 League City voters could decide the fate of flock cameras in the city
  KUHF NPR 88.7 FM Houston · 2026-08-10
  TX Elections League City
• 🔗 Man discovers how many times cops scanned his license plate
  Atlanta News First via YouTube · 2026-08-10
  IN North Manchester Abuse Video
• 🔗 2 Houston suburbs may let voters decide Flock camera fate
  Houston Chronicle · 2026-08-10
  TX Conroe League City Pushback
• 🔗 Columbus Council Public Safety & Justice Committee: Flock Safety Cameras Audit Review
  ACLU of Ohio · 2026-08-10
  OH Columbus ACLU Pushback
• 🔗 PD: Apache Junction officer resigns after misusing Flock cameras to track wife
  KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix · 2026-08-10
  AZ Apache Junction Abuse

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  • 🔗 Flock cameras in Arizona: Which cities use license plate readers?
    KPNX NBC 12 Phoenix
  • 🔗 Useful tool or surveillance threat? Experts weigh in on Flock camera debate
    KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix
  • 🔗 Records detail Arizona officer's misuse of Flock cameras to find wife
    KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix
• 🔗 Columbus weighs future of Flock cameras amid mounting criticism
  The Columbus Dispatch · 2026-08-10
  OH Columbus Pushback
• 🔗 Are Flock cameras in your neighborhood? Here's how to check
  USA Today · 2026-08-10
  DeFlock Overview
• 🔗 Khan and Colleagues Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Pennsylvanians from Misuse of Flock and License Plate Reader Data
  Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus · 2026-08-10
  PA Statewide Legislation
• 🔗 Vandalized Flock cameras prompt Sheriff's Office investigation
  Summit Daily · 2026-08-10
  CO Summit County Vandalism
• 🔗 Mayflower Police Department ends use of Flock cameras
  KARK NBC 4 Little Rock · 2026-08-10
  AR Mayflower Success Terminated

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  • 🔗 City of Mayflower discontinuing use of Flock cameras | Here's why
    KTHV CBS 11 Little Rock
  • 🔗 Mayflower joins Cabot, Pea Ridge in stopping use of Flock license plate readers
    Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  • 🔗 Mayflower Police Department announces they'll no longer use Flock cameras
    KATV ABC 7 Little Rock
  • 🔗 Mayflower removes its Flock Safety cameras
    KATV ABC 7 Little Rock via YouTube
• 🔗 Interim Report: Joint Committee on Government Organization
  Wrap Up · 2026-08-10
  WV Legislation
• 🔗 Some Houston-area residents have growing concerns with the expansion of Flock cameras
  KUHF NPR 88.7 FM Houston · 2026-08-10
  TX Harris County Pushback
• 🔗 I Spy with My Little Eye . . . a Spy
  The New Yorker · 2026-08-10
  GA Atlanta Pushback
• 🔗 The Surveillance Network Tracking Cars Across the U.S.
  The New York Times · 2026-08-10
  Overview
• 🔗 I, Spied
  The New York Times · 2026-08-10
  Overview Paywall
• 🔗 City addresses Flock Cameras
  JC Post · 2026-08-09
  KS Junction City Pushback
• 🔗 West Virginia lawmakers unsatisfied with lack of data from Flock Safety
  WOWK CBS 13 Huntington · 2026-08-10
  WV Legislation

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  • 🔗 West Virginia lawmakers unsatisfied with lack of data from Flock Safety
    WOWK CBS 13 Huntington via YouTube
• 🔗 Flock Safety cameras need constitutional guardrails before further deployment, Tennessee mayor argues
  Fox News · 2026-08-09
  TN Knox County Blocked Success

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  • 🔗 Flock Safety cameras need constitutional guardrails before further deployment, Tennessee mayor argues
    Fox News
  • 🔗 Flock Safety cameras need constitutional guardrails before further deployment, Tennessee mayor argues
    FOX News Videos via Yahoo

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  • 🔗 Knox County bans Flock cameras amid surveillance backlash
    Knoxville News Sentinel
• 🔗 Arizona man arrested after damaging Flock license plate camera
  KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix via YouTube · 2026-08-09
  AZ Pinal County Vandalism
• 🔗 Stanford ends contract with Flock cameras
  The Stanford Daily · 2026-08-09
  CA Genetec Stanford Switcheroo
• 🔗 Lawmakers press Flock on sharing, hacking and warrants
  MetroNews · 2026-08-09
  WV Legislation
• 🔗 'Work boots and Subarus': Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan
  Politico · 2026-08-09
  Overview Pushback
• 🔗 Draconian spy cameras that vigilantes are tearing down pop up in America's most beautiful national park
  New York Post · 2026-08-09
  CA Yosemite National Park New Outbreak
• 🔗 Flock Camera Cut-Down At Ball State, Muncie Officials Discuss System
  Ink Free News · 2026-08-09
  IN Ball State University Muncie Campus
• 🔗 Flock camera map: How many are in your neighborhood?
  The Hill · 2026-08-09
  DeFlock Overview

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  • 🔗 Flock camera map: How many are in your neighborhood?
    KLFY-TV CVS 10 Lafayette
  • 🔗 Flock camera map: How many are in your neighborhood?
    WFRV CBS 5 Green Bay
• 🔗 Flock surveillance is spreading across the Houston region. So is the backlash.
  Houston Chronicle · 2026-08-09
  TX Houston Pushback
• 🔗 Greenwood City Council expected to hear public comment on Flock cameras at Monday study session
  River Valley Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-09
  AR Greenwood Paywall
• 🔗 Jefferson City police defend Flock cameras amid privacy concerns
  News Tribune · 2026-08-09
  MO Jefferson City Pushback
• 🔗 Flock camera abuse allegations mount after company rolls out audit tool
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 2026-08-09
  Abuse Overview Paywall