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🔗 Council OKs Flock camera expansion during final meeting of 2025 IA
Marshalltown
Expansion
🔗 Huntsville gathering to inform residents about Flock cameras AL
Huntsville
Video
🔗 Fired By Joliet Police: Lt. Jeremy Harrison Learns His Fate From His Police Administration IL
Joliet
Abuse
🔗 Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves Analysis
Security Problem
More coverage (6 related entries):
🔗 Wright Twp. receives donation for two Flock Safety cameras PA
Butler
Hazleton City
Wright
🔗 Concerned about legal liabilities, Walla Walla police disable Flock Safety cameras WA
Walla Walla
Success
Suspended
🔗 Flock Safety AI Cameras Exposed: Privacy Breaches and Surveillance Fears Analysis
Security Problem
🔗 Sedro-Woolley and Stanwood appeal ruling regarding Flock camera data WA
Sedro-Woolley
Skagit County
Stanwood
FOIA
Paywall
🔗 DeKalb County cuts ribbon on real-time crime center GA
DeKalb County
Scope Creep
"In the center, the officers have three computer monitors at their desks and a large monitor at the front of the room that shows the drone flight area, live video feeds from Flock and Georgia Department of Transportation cameras, a gunshot detector, and a map of the officers' locations."
Notes: Live video feeds and drones? But "they're just license plate cameras!"
🔗 City to Terminate Contract with Flock Safety for License Plate Readers VA
Staunton
Success
Terminated
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🔗 55 out of 57 Flock Safety cameras removed by Eugene staff amid delays by the company OR
Eugene
Video
More coverage:
🔗 AI-powered police cameras face pushback from Wisconsin communities WI
Pushback
🔗 Authorities used license plate readers to find the Brown suspect's car. Some want them removed. MA
RI
Boston
Providence
More coverage:
🔗 Louisville police commanders entangled in internal investigation of license plate reader searches KY
Louisville
Illegal
Immigration
🔗 Whiteland council denies installing Flock cameras in split vote amid concerns IN
Whiteland
Blocked
Success
🔗 Sheriff and Eugene PD end Flock contracts -Florence keeps its cameras on OR
Eugene
Florence
Lane County
🔗 Flock denies sharing license plate data with private investigators after employee comments in recorded call CO
Denver
Video
Notes: Documents a recorded conversation in which a Flock sales rep talks about 'partnering' with private investigators.
🔗 DPS says it is investigating Flock Safety camera company over claims of operating without license TX
Flocked Up
Illegal
🔗 Bay County is already covered in Flock cameras. Here's a look FL
Bay County
Panama City
🔗 Exclusive: Texas investigating Flock Safety over claims it operated without a license TX
Flocked Up
Illegal
"From 2019 to 2024, the company operated without a required private investigator license, a lapse that led the state to issue a cease-and-desist letter in 2024."
🔗 Breckenridge has over a year left in its contract with Flock Safety. Here's how and where the cameras are being used. CO
Breckenridge
🔗 When It Comes To Mass Surveillance, We Are Totally Flocked MA
Cambridge
Natick
Watertown
Success
Terminated
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🔗 Poestenkill community members push back against license plate reader cameras NY
Poestenkill
Blocked
Success
"Last week, the Poestenkill Town Board unanimously rejected the proposal from the sheriff's office."
🔗 Green Bay approves first-responder drones, with stipulation WI
Green Bay
Expansion
Scope Creep
Video
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🔗 Nearly 200 license plate readers keep watch on Louisville drivers. LMPD won't say where they are KY
Louisville
Expansion
🔗 Flagstaff City Council votes to end use of contentious Flock license plate cameras AZ
Flagstaff
Success
Terminated
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🔗 Tallahassee City Commission to receive briefing on controversial Flock cameras FL
Tallahassee
Copies at:
🔗 Monongalia County Commission Faces Privacy Concerns Over New Surveillance Technology WV
Monongalia County
🔗 Forbidden Flock: Temple city officials block access to Flock information that details surveillance camera system TX
Temple
"The request to release the information to the public was denied by the attorney general's office, stating it was "a danger to officers and the general public.""
🔗 UA Police ran searches for U.S. government, despite claims of not sharing license plate data with feds AZ
Tucson
🔗 Who Has Access to Santa Barbara's Automated Traffic Cameras? CA
Santa Barbara
🔗 City ends Flock pilot program over federal data base concerns VA
Charlottesville
Success
Terminated
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🔗 Timeline: The brief, troubled history of Flock cameras in Eugene, Springfield OR
Eugene
Springfield
Paywall
🔗 Despite ICE concerns, Oakland revives possible $2 million deal for surveillance cameras CA
Oakland
🔗 Birmingham approves new Flock cameras to strengthen public safety AL
Birmingham
Expansion
🔗 Oakland renews $2 million Flock license plate camera deal amid ICE data concerns CA
Oakland
Backsliding
Renewal
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🔗 Town council to probe renegotiating license plate surveillance system WY
Jackson
Pushback
🔗 AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America's New Surveillance High Schools Analysis
Scope Creep
"License plate detection company Flock Safety and partner Raptor Tech are promoting a service called DismissalSafe to monitor arrivals and departures at pickup time, sending alerts when a pupil's ride home has arrived in the parking lot and confirming they've been safely collected."
Notes: These aren't surveillance cameras... but we do offer a service for tracking innocent kids.
🔗 New eyes in the sky for law enforcement in Wicomico County MD
Salisbury
🔗 Temple officials expand, defend surveillance secrecy, deem critics as possible lawbreakers TX
Temple
""I am not aware (of cancellations across Texas). We have had good luck and they operate as advertised," Temple Mayor Tim Davis said. "I would bet that the same people complaining are the same people who are breaking the law.""
🔗 LETTER: Former City Councilor Weighs in on City Using Flock License Plate Capturing Cameras MA
Watertown
Notes: Letter from former city councillor highlights lack of public disclosure and discussion during the adoption of Flock.
🔗 Oregon lawmakers may set ground rules for automatic license plate readers in new year OR
Legislation
🔗 'Creeped out' or crime solvers? License plate readers in South Florida a controversial tool FL
Copies at:
🔗 Decatur City Council approves $50k for new police surveillance cameras IL
Decatur
Expansion
Scope Creep
"Decatur City Council approved $50,000 for the Decatur Police Department to install 10 new Flock surveillance cameras on Monday. These will be live surveillance cameras versus just license plate readers."
🔗 Village of Massena enters agreement with Flock for village surveillance system NY
Massena
🔗 Regular People Are Rising Up Against AI Surveillance Cameras Analysis
🔗 Our view: Surveillance state CO
Durango
🔗 Privacy Advocates Worry About "Robot Army" Of Surveillance Cameras In Jackson WY
Jackson
Pushback
🔗 Oakland's License Plate Camera Contract Is Back Up for a Vote. Critics Are Crying Foul CA
Oakland
🔗 The Woodlands, Montgomery County expand Flock camera network to improve public safety TX
Montgomery County
The Woodlands
Expansion
🔗 Emails between Flock CEO and Staunton, VA Police Chief VA
Staunton
"You've been dealing with this for forever, and we've been dealing with this since our founding, from the same activist groups who want to defund the police, weaken public safety, and normalize lawlessness."
Notes: Flock CEO never misses an opportunity to defame opponents of the company.
🔗 TPD confirms use of controversial Flock cameras amid commission concerns FL
Tallahassee
Paywall
🔗 Cedar Rapids Police: Automated license plate reader use strictly regulated in the agency IA
Cedar Rapids
Video
🔗 Students protest Flock Safety cameras, Choi's stance on crime MO
Columbia
Pushback
🔗 Council extends contract with Flock camera surveillance despite residents concerns about ICE CA
East Palo Alto
🔗 Flack against the Flock IA
Oelwein
🔗 Norwell Select Board Approves Flock Camera System to Aid Crime-Solving Efforts MA
Norwell
🔗 San Diego leaders push police to seek alternatives to Flock for surveillance CA
San Diego
Pushback
🔗 Suffolk man charged with destroying 13 Flock cameras VA
Suffolk
Vandalism
🔗 Durango residents talk Flock with ACLU and DeFlock founder CO
Durango
🔗 Iowa license-plate cameras may be invading your privacy, ACLU says IA
Des Moines
🔗 Anti-Flock group finds that state agencies accessed SCPD camera data thousands of times on feds' behalf since mid-2024 CA
Santa Cruz
Oversharing
Paywall
🔗 Junction City slows on Flock after metros end contracts OR
Junction City
Paywall
🔗 Medford PD searched Eugene's Flock data. The reason? 'hehehe' OR
Eugene
Medford
Paywall
🔗 Closed doors: how Flock Safety sells its surveillance technology to anytown, USA. MA
Waltham
Analysis
Notes: Mostly local, but good analysis of Flock's sales tactics and how they fly under the radar to get a foothold before community members can find out and object.
🔗 Automated License
Plate Readers In Iowa:
Review and Recommendations IA
ACLU
Analysis
🔗 Flock Cameras: City Manager Working Out Details of Contract for License Plate Reading Devices MA
Watertown
🔗 Longmont halts Flock license plate reader data sharing and weighs ending contract as Boulder plans to renew CO
Boulder
Longmont
Renewal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Richmond Police Department Community Update: Flock ALPR System CA
Richmond
Notes: Indicates that although the cameras are currently suspended, the department intends to reactivate them.
🔗 Lawmakers revoke permission for 2 SU-adjacent Flock readers, target other LPRs NY
Syracuse
Pushback
🔗 Bellevue approves installation of new 'Flock' cameras OH
Bellevue
Expansion
🔗 Longmont pauses Flock data sharing as residents push for stronger privacy protections CO
Longmont
Pushback
🔗 Warren rejects proposal to install 'Flock' camera RI
Warren
Blocked
Success
🔗 ACLU report: Automated license plate readers not uniformly regulated IA
Cedar Rapids
ACLU
Video
🔗 Commission fields questions on Flock license plate reader cameras WV
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Pushback
🔗 Group urging Staunton officials to remove license plate readers VA
Staunton
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 San Diego City Council passes FLOCK surveillance ordinance CA
San Diego
Copies at:
🔗 City cancels deal for license plate tech MA
Cambridge
Success
Terminated
Unauthorized
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🔗 Ferndale weighs new ALPR camera providers ahead of meeting, vote MI
Ferndale
🔗 Suffolk man charged with destroying over a dozen Flock cameras VA
Suffolk
Vandalism
Notes: Please don't do this. It's counterproductive.
🔗 Why Flock will get to keep Syracuse drivers' 'anonymized' data even if lawmakers cancel their contract NY
Syracuse
"Against the advice of his own working group, Mayor Ben Walsh granted Flock the right to keep Syracuse drivers' anonymized data."
🔗 Longmont Residents Win Fight Against AI Surveillance CO
Longmont
Success
Terminated
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🔗 Flock-enheit 451 WA
Spokane
Activism
Analysis
🔗 "Alien." "Ice pick-up." "immigration violation." WA
Spokane
Immigration
🔗 San Diego approves continued license plate reader use CA
San Diego
🔗 Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in Iowa: Review and Recommendations IA
ACLU
Analysis
🔗 Flock cameras remained active in two cities where officials had asked for them to be turned off MA
OR
Cambridge
Eugene
Notes: The article notes commonalities with continued operation of Flock cameras after cities asked for them to be turned off.
🔗 Lane County Sheriff's Office suspends Flock Safety contract OR
Lane County
Success
Terminated
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🔗 San Diego City Council votes to continue use of license plate reader technology CA
San Diego
🔗 Community members raise concerns about the use of Flock Safety Cameras within Durango city limits CO
Durango
Pushback
🔗 Fort Lewis College installs three Flock cameras on campus CO
Durango
Expansion
🔗 Chief Skinner: End of Flock cameras in Eugene not the end for ALPR technology OR
Eugene
Stay Alert
🔗 Plano aldermen okay Flock license plate readers in split vote TX
Plano
Expansion
🔗 Moses Lake Police Keep Flock Cameras Online as Other Agencies Suspend Use After Court Ruling WA
Moses Lake
🔗 Preview: Council approves license plate reader purchase MO
Lebanon
Expansion
🔗 An SDPD captain helped secure a multimillion-dollar surveillance deal. Now he works for the contractor. CA
San Diego
Copies at:
🔗 The Woodlands to boost law enforcement with 30 new Flock Safety cameras around the community TX
The Woodlands
Expansion
Paywall
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🔗 Richmond police halt license plate readers CA
Richmond
Suspended
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🔗 Kirksville city council addresses concerns over new surveillance system proposal MO
Kirksville
