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🔗 Flock cameras spark debate over safety and privacy in Davidson County NC
Davidson County
Paywall
Pushback
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🔗 Retailers say they use Flock cameras, ALPRs responsibly. Privacy groups aren't buying it OH
Business Usage
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🔗 Ardmore police renew license plate camera contract OK
Ardmore
Renewal
🔗 Flock license plate cameras prompt privacy, public safety debate MI
Grand Traverse County
🔗 Banning AI traffic cameras has Democrats and Republicans flocking together ME
Portland
Video
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🔗 Flock cameras spark bipartisan pushback among Maine politicians ME
Portland
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🔗 SF tech investor pours $9M into illegal dumping fight in Oakland CA
Oakland
Scope Creep
"The city's anti-trash surveillance system may also grow again if city leaders approve a proposal to let the Oakland Police Department share data from its 293 Flock Safety cameras with Public Works."
🔗 Norfolk mayor limits 'repetitive' comments at public meeting VA
Norfolk
🔗 Flock Leaked Cops' License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing Analysis
Security Problem
🔗 Over 1800 License Plate Cameras Track Vehicle Details Beyond Plates in NC NC
Statewide
🔗 Mayor directed Flock installation to proceed as opposition mounted TX
Bandera
🔗 Cleveland may extend its Flock license plate reader contract. Here's what we know OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 CMSD faces questions about its 201 Flock license plate readers as contract renewal approaches OH
Cleveland
🔗 Council approves zoning change, hears Flock camera update OH
Green
Summit County
🔗 Rep. Boyer is right. AI license plate readers have no place in Maine ME
Legislation
🔗 Supervisors field epic debate over video policing, policies - Mad River Union CA
Humboldt County
Pushback
🔗 Paris renews Flock Safety contract IL
Paris
Paywall
Renewal
🔗 Residents tell council Flock cameras lack data security, limits on use | Local News NY
Lockport
Niagara County
Paywall
🔗 Vallejo City Council votes to cut 10 employees in first 2026-27 budget talks CA
Vallejo
Pushback
"In public comment, Shea Grove asked the council to reject spending $332,000 in Measure P funds for Flock Safety, which provides automated license plate readers for the city, noting the growing cancellation of support for the company at many other cities including in Mountain View and El Cerrito. The Measure P Oversight Committee in May recommended use of the funds for renewing the contract with Flock.
Matias and Councilmember Peter Bregenzer agreed that the council will hear from the Surveillance Advisory Board and the Police Oversight and Accountability Commission before committing Measure P funds to the current Flock contract."
🔗 South Portland will stop using Flock cameras ME
South Portland
Success
Terminated
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🔗 College Place police will turn Flock cameras back on beginning June 15 WA
College Place
Backsliding
🔗 Residents call on Newburgh City Council to end city's contract with Flock NY
Newburgh
🔗 Newburgh residents call on council to end Flock camera contract NY
Newburgh
Pushback
🔗 Safety advocate questions roadside installation of Flock cameras as company says Colorado installs meet requirements CO
Golden
Video
Notes: Raises interesting questions about whether the poles Flock mounts their cameras on are a crash hazard due to lack of "breakaway" capability.Copies at:
🔗 Flock cameras spark debate over public safety and privacy in Southeast Idaho ID
Bonneville County
🔗 Deflock, an open-source project mapping license plate readers - Adafruit Blog Activism
🔗 Neenah police chief defends Flock camera system amid public outcry WI
Neenah
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People Abuse
Analysis
🔗 Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office holds Flock drone presentation NY
Rensselaer County
Drones
Pushback
🔗 Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums Analysis
🔗 Neenah discuses Flock safety camera usage WI
Neenah
Pushback
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🔗 Tampa's latest crack down on speeding violations draws criticism Tampa
Pushback
Scope Creep
Notes: Just a reminder that when you're told Flock Safety cameras aren't used for traffic enforcement, that may mean "unless they're laundered through RedSpeed."
🔗 Avondale final budget prioritizes parks, safety, growth AZ
Avondale
"One of the major projects the city of Avondale is funding for Public Safety in the coming fiscal year is the $359,000 Drone as First Responder and Flock Safety cameras programs."
🔗 Residents Express Privacy Concerns with Flock Cameras GA
Fayetteville
Paywall
🔗 Signs, surveillance and safety: Milford drivers question license plate reader cameras DE
Milford
Pushback
🔗 Following procedural error, Edmonds unanimously cancels Flock contract WA
Edmonds
🔗 Everett settles Flock cameras records lawsuit WA
Everett
Lawsuit
"The City Council last week approved a $25,000 settlement with Jose Rodriguez, who the city had sued in 2025 to prevent releasing Flock camera photographs to him."
🔗 Yakima City Council hears updates, pushback as Flock contract renewal decision approaches WA
Yakima
Pushback
Renewal
🔗 Utica Police looking to deploy drones as first responders NY
Utica
Drones
Scope Creep
🔗 College Place police plan to restart Flock cameras June 15 WA
College Place
🔗 Wausau police defend Flock camera program as other Wisconsin communities pull back WI
Wausau
🔗 Washington to trial Flock license plate readers PA
Washington
New Outbreak
🔗 Cheektowaga residents debate adding more license plate reader cameras NY
Cheektowaga
Expansion
Pushback
🔗 Neenah officials hear concerns over Flock cameras, make no decision on contract WI
Neenah
Pushback
🔗 Cheektowaga looks to fund more Flock Safety roadside cameras NY
Cheektowaga
Expansion
🔗 Brunswick resident starts petition initiative regarding Flock Safety cameras OH
Brunswick
Pushback
🔗 Panama City leaders clarify flock camera at MLK JR. Rec Center FL
Panama City
🔗 Motorists sue Westchester County over 1.6 billion license plate scans NY
Westchester County
Lawsuit
🔗 Ballot initiative to ban Flock cameras is begun in Brunswick OH
Brunswick
Pushback
🔗 How high tech surveillance led to political turmoil in a Colorado Mountain town CO
Elections
Paonia
Pushback
🔗 Troy residents to rally against Flock cameras, drones despite new surveillance policy NY
Rensselaer County
🔗 Push to install license plate readers comes amid questions about how data are shared CA
Los Angeles
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🔗 Council proposes checks on Troy mayor's emergency powers NY
Troy
Legislation
Pushback
🔗 Idexx appears to have plate-reading cameras monitoring Maine properties ME
Portland
Business Usage
Illegal
🔗 CITY POLICE TO ADD MORE FLOCK CAMERAS - KSCJ 1360 IA
Sioux City
Expansion
🔗 NC law enforcement may track your next visit to a home improvement store NC
Statewide
🔗 New group launces campaign against Fort Wayne Flock cameras ahead of July council vote IN
Fort Wayne
Pushback
🔗 Your car is being tracked. Here's who can access that data in Arizona AZ
Chandler
Pushback
Video
Notes: This video makes a lot of good points, especially about backdoor sharing and how agencies turn a blind eye to it. The secondary video includes Paris Lewbel stalling out when asked pointblank if sharing agencies search for "fugitive" instead of immigration. The reporter pushes him on obvious violations she found in the records and he dodges straight back to unrelated talking points.Copies at:
🔗 This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers Scope Creep
SignalTrace
🔗 Sioux City Council to approve grant for police department IA
Sioux City
Expansion
"The federal grant would provide $77,250 to expand the flock safety License Plate Reader Camera system from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027."
🔗 Auburn lawmakers launch petition drive to ban Flock cameras in city ME
Auburn
Pushback
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🔗 AirSight and Flock Announce Strategic Partnership Following Grant Parish Smuggling Bust Flockaganda
Scope Creep
"The partnership feeds real-time AirGuard detections — including operator location — directly into FlockOS, placing airspace threats in the same operating picture agencies already use for License Plate Reader (LPR) alerts, video, and other live data."
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🔗 Imperial Beach approves license plate reader, public safety cameras CA
San Diego
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🔗 Next time you go to a Lowe's store in NC, ask yourself who might be watching NC
Statewide
Business Usage
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🔗 'No plate? No problem': High-tech cameras capture more than license plates NC
Statewide
🔗 Bow Mar moves to install gates on Sheridan Boulevard, drawing criticism from Denver and Littleton CO
Bow Mar
"The town has been fighting for years to block and track unwanted outsiders. It has embraced surveillance, installing Flock Safety cameras at its entrances — with police once using the data to falsely accuse a Denver woman of package theft."
Notes: Just more evidence that the primary thing that Flock sells is fear.
🔗 Activists to take aim at Flock cameras at tonight's Springfield council meeting MO
Springfield
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 UC Berkeley must ensure data is not shared with unaccountable parties CA
Berkeley
Pushback
🔗 Binghamton Residents Want Flock Plate Readers Unplugged NY
Binghamton
Pushback
🔗 Glenwood Springs approves Axon public safety technology contract CO
Glenwood Springs
Switcheroo
🔗 Police records show Milwaukee's surveillance infrastructure is growing WI
Milwaukee
"MPD risk manager James Lewis said the department currently uses three separate ALPR platforms operated by different vendors: Flock Safety, Genetec and Axon."
🔗 Texarkana council faces questions on Flock surveillance cameras, advances Golf Ranch land swap TX
Texarkana
Pushback
🔗 Norfolk lawsuit that showed location of IW license plate-reader cameras dismissed VA
Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 Oakland Police Swamped by Over One Million Camera Alerts as Stolen Vehicle Notifications Are Switched Off CA
Oakland
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🔗 Temple neighbors notice more Flock Camera Systems as program investment continue TX
Temple
Expansion
🔗 Columbia Heights poised to remove all of its city-owned Flock cameras MN
Columbia Heights
Success
Suspended
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🔗 A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away. CA
San Diego
Oops
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🔗 It's time to turn off the Flock Safety cameras VA
Richmond
Pushback
🔗 Flock's Story Doesn't Add Up GA
Dunwoody
Video
🔗 Flock cameras captured over 600 million license plates in Oakland last year CA
Oakland
Notes: Flock is both a "force multiplier" that helps departments do more with less AND requires extra staffing to respond to all the alerts it generates. Which is it?
🔗 LA City Attorney Pursues $1 Contract with Flock Safety CA
Los Angeles
Backsliding
🔗 'We Are CASA' joins Delegate Rasoul in fight against Roanoke Flock cameras VA
Roanoke
Pushback
🔗 Lubbock license plate cameras spark privacy debate TX
Lubbock
Pushback
🔗 Automated license plate readers and public surveillance cameras are coming to Imperial Beach CA
Imperial Beach
New Outbreak
🔗 Madison Village renews pact to keep operating Flock cameras OH
Madison Village
Renewal
🔗 Humboldt Supervisors Hash Out Privacy Concerns Over Flock's Automated License Plate-Reading Cameras, Direct Sheriff's Office to Improve Transparency CA
Humboldt County
Pushback
🔗 Olmsted Township adding Flock cameras around community OH
Olmstead
New Outbreak
🔗 Surveillance cameras tracking every vehicle on the road now being questioned OH
Columbus
Pushback
Video
🔗 Flock Cameras are in the spotlight again, and this time Cleveland's Schools are under pressure OH
Cleveland
Pushback
🔗 Flock Off! Ithaca Demonstrators Cover Five Flock Cameras Downtown NY
Ithaca
Pushback
🔗 Lenoir County Sheriff's Office confirms use of Flock license plate reader cameras NC
Lenoir County
Flockaganda
🔗 $61,000 for Flock camera funding removed from city's Capital Improvement Plan FL
Perry
Paywall
🔗 Where's the line between safety and surveillance? | Editorials | mtexpress.com ID
Analysis
Pushback
Notes: This is a particularly cogent analysis of how thorny it is when abstracts concepts come into conflict with everyday life.
🔗 Questions raised about mayor's Flock Safety cancellation WA
Edmonds
Paywall
🔗 Wisconsin communities end contracts with surveillance company Flock over privacy, misuse concerns WI
Dane County
Fitchburg
Oshkosh
Sturgeon Bay
Terminated
🔗 ASI Board calls for removal of Flock Safety cameras - Mustang News CA
San Luis Obispo
Pushback
🔗 Grand Chute cancels Flock contract, signs deal with new license plate reader company WI
Grand Chute
Switcheroo
Video
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🔗 Use of Kettering Flock cameras for immigration violates prior police pledge OH
Kettering
Immigration
Oversharing
"A change by Kettering police to no longer allow its Flock automatic license plate reader system to be used for immigration purposes comes four years after the police chief told city councilmembers that the cameras wouldn't be used for immigration."
🔗 Citizens and leaders trade talks on Flock cameras and Shotspotters at commission meeting GA
Macon-Bibb County
Audio Surveillance
Pushback
🔗 NC Senate considers tax on obscene materials, social media age limits, license plate readers NC
Legislation
"House Bill 206, which, among other public safety changes, empowers the State Bureau of Investigation to set up automated license plate readers on North Carolina highways, was met with consternation from some lawmakers and civil rights advocates."
