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🔗 Data shows Flock tracked Eugene vehicles weeks after the city asked it to stop OR
Eugene
Unauthorized
🔗 Flock Safety cameras help fight crime, raise safety concerns in Montana MT
Notes: The flockaganda is pretty strong in this one; the company is quoted extensively and their claims are presented uncritically. It is currently included as the only available source about Flock in Montana.
🔗 Watertown Police Will Soon Start Using Cameras That Can Capture License Plate Info, ACLU Expresses Some Concerns MA
Watertown
🔗 Our View: Canceling Flock Safety contracts is the right decision OR
Eugene
Springfield
Analysis
🔗 Durango residents call for Flock Safety cameras to be taken down CO
Durango
Paywall
Pushback
Copies at:
🔗 License Plate Cams Swarm San Antonio Suburbs As Big Brother Fears Grow TX
San Antonio
Expansion
🔗 Plano council to vote on Flock camera contract Monday TX
Plano
🔗 Leaked internal documents lead to concerns about Flock Safety cameras MS
Greenville
🔗 Boulder police to renew contract with Flock, the license plate reader company under scrutiny CO
Boulder
Renewal
🔗 Dec 12 – Ferndale Hosting Community Conversation on License Plate Cameras MI
Ferndale
Backsliding
Notes: This is a community meeting required before Ferndale can sign a contract with Axon for surveillance cameras.
🔗 SC sheriff's office quoted me $9,000+ for a Flock records request SC
Richland County
FOIA
Opacity
🔗 Sheriff's Email to BOCC Leaked to R News, Warned Commissioners of Felony Penalties Over Flock Program FL
Hernando County
Notes: County sheriff asks board of county commissioners for help "minimizing public discussion" of Flock and threatens anyone who discloses the ask with felony charges.
🔗 Eugene, Springfield announce end of Flock cameras OR
Eugene
Springfield
Success
Terminated
More coverage (8 related entries):
🔗 FOIA Friday: Locations of 600 Flock cameras now public in Hampton Roads following lawsuits VA
Hampton Roads
🔗 Surprise, residents wrestle over releasing license plate records AZ
Surprise
FOIA
Opacity
Paywall
🔗 The Supreme Court's Warning About Mass Surveillance (Carpenter Explained) Fourth Amendment
Video
Notes: Good explainer for why "no expectation of privacy in public" is wrong.
🔗 'Time to pull the plug': MLT City Council votes to cancel Flock contract WA
Mountlake Terrace
Success
Terminated
More coverage:
🔗 Community groups call on city to stop using automated license plate reader cameras CA
San Diego
Pushback
Video
🔗 Community groups call on San Diego to shut down flock license plate reader system CA
San Diego
Pushback
"The coalition pointed to a January 2024 data breach that allowed thousands of unauthorized searches of San Diegans' travel information, many of them conducted by agencies outside the region. They argue the most troubling element was that the breach was not disclosed in the city's required annual surveillance report, something residents said eroded trust."
🔗 San Diego split on Flock cameras as council prepares surveillance vote CA
San Diego
🔗 Wenatchee Police Department shuts off Flock cameras after public record ruling WA
Wenatchee
Suspended
"Before deciding to pause the data collection, Reinfeld said his department conducted a 'data dump' and found that more than 7 million images were collected over the span of a month."
Notes: Wenatchee PD has eight cameras in a city with a population of 35,508 per Wikipedia. "More than 7 million images" represents more than 197 images per person per month!
🔗 Medina County sheriff looks to expand Flock license plate readers OH
Granger
Litchfield
Medina County
Sharon
Westfield
Expansion
🔗 Bayfield County's Flock cameras spark privacy debate as national concerns grow WI
Bayfield County
🔗 York police to keep AI license plate cameras despite privacy concerns ME
York
Paywall
🔗 After a year of uncertainty, Nashville's council rejects 'Fusus' police surveillance tool TN
Nashville
Blocked
Pushback
Success
🔗 Edmonds joining cities in disabling Flock feature WA
Edmonds
Paywall
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Crime-Fighting Cameras Quietly Spread Across Northeast Missouri MO
Clark County
Memphis
Shelby County
🔗 Did you go to a protest this year? Local cops might've been searching for you on Flock cameras. WA
Spokane
Scope Creep
🔗 Flock license plate readers go dark following new statute VT
Legislation
🔗 City of San Marcos not renewing contract for Flock license plate reader cameras TX
San Marcos
Success
Terminated
Video
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🔗 Eugene Police Department making changes to its policies regarding use of Flock cameras OR
Eugene
🔗 Coralville amends Flock policy, expands access to license plate data IA
Coralville
Expansion
🔗 Commissioner Bohannon recommends review of Flock Camera contract and use in Marshall County IN
Marshall County
Pushback
🔗 Update: City of Olympia Suspends Flock Safety Camera Pilot Program WA
Olympia
Success
Suspended
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🔗 Oregon Community Credit Union cancels Flock contract OR
Business Usage
Success
Terminated
Video
🔗 Flock Safety cameras expand across state, including South Arkansas AR
El Dorado
Paywall
Copies at:
🔗 Sandwich aldermen reject amended proposal for Flock license plate readers CT
Sandwich
Pushback
🔗 A Nashville Proposal Could Outsource Surveillance and Policing to a Nonprofit TN
Nashville
🔗 Law Department to draft ordinance regulating Flock cameras, surveillance technology MA
Waltham
Pushback
🔗 New reports emerge on Border Patrol use of Flock cameras IL
Oak Park
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border Activism
EFF
🔗 ACLU Connecticut Calls For Pause On License Plate Readers Amid Privacy Concerns CT
Pushback
🔗 Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI Security Problem
Technology
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🔗 Hundreds of license-plate reading cameras blanket Dallas. Here's how they're used TX
Dallas
🔗 Flagstaff asks residents to help design privacy policies as new tech takes hold AZ
Flagstaff
🔗 Washington lawmakers want to regulate license plate readers WA
Legislation
Paywall
Copies at:
🔗 Windsor Town Council approves 2nd Flock camera VA
Windsor
Expansion
🔗 Liberal towns backtrack on license plate trackers amid concerns about privacy — and Trump Analysis
Pushback
🔗 an honest question for New York's Nassau county conservatives: why cheer this? NY
Nassau County
🔗 The week ahead: Ordinances and Rules Committee to further discuss Flock cameras MA
Waltham
🔗 Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? SD
Madison
Sioux Falls
🔗 More Twin Cities police departments add license plate readers to roadways MN
Minneapolis
Saint Paul
Paywall
🔗 Fort Bragg Police Department says its Flock cameras keep people's privacy intact CA
Fort Bragg
🔗 South Lyon joins Flock, adding license plate reading cameras on 10 Mile MI
South Lyon
Expansion
🔗 Everett seeks SnoCo judgment that Flock footage is not public record WA
Everett
Snohomish County
Lawsuit
🔗 UAPD Flock cameras formerly part of national network AZ
Tucson
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Residents question proposal for automatic license plate reader at Poestenkill intersection NY
Poestenkill
Rensselaer County
Expansion
Pushback
🔗 A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US Analysis
"Flock cameras have been called invasive, insecure, and unconstitutional. Can a grassroots movement beat them back?"
Notes: Statistically speaking, person reading this, that grassroots movement is probably you! 💪
🔗 'Had an abortion, search for female.' Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras WA
Spokane
Spokane County
Illegal
Oversharing
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Police Surveillance is Ripe for Abuse WI
ACLU
Abuse
Analysis
🔗 CHP warns Flock over sharing of surveillance data with federal government CA
Oversharing
Pushback
🔗 Waukesha Sheriff Flock system data raises questions WI
Waukesha
"The audit also stored other vague search terms used by WCSD such as 'f', 'cooch', 'freddy', 'ts', 'nathan', and 'hunt' which Lt. Wenzel would not define."
🔗 Syracuse lawmakers look to remove license plate readers after data sharing concerns NY
Syracuse
Oversharing
Pushback
🔗 Waltham's Mayor McCarthy confirms that she signed Flock Safety purchase order in April MA
Waltham
🔗 Former Cleveland City Council Member Kerry McCormack, now at Flock Safety, says he wasn't involved in proposed city contract OH
Cleveland
🔗 Columbia's use of Flock cameras raises concerns MO
Columbia
🔗 Stanwood, Sedro-Woolley appeal Flock public records decision WA
Everett
Snohomish County
Lawsuit
🔗 Syracuse lawmakers cut SU's plans for Flock readers on city property, table similar vote on police's readers NY
Syracuse
Pushback
🔗 Flock Safety defends transparency amid concerns over misuse of license plate readers OR
Portland
Video
🔗 Public Officials Fear This: How YOU Can Use Surveillance Data Against Them Activism
Technology
Video
🔗 After Ending Use of Flock License Plate Cameras, Ferndale Council Considering Contract with Axon MI
Ferndale
Backsliding
🔗 More than 600 Flock camera locations in Hampton Roads are public for the first time. See the map. VA
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office eyes cameras in town of Poestenkill, local Stewart's Shops NY
Poestenkill
Rensselaer County
Expansion
Pushback
🔗 City of South Tucson keeps license plate reader cameras with Flock Safety — for now AZ
South Tucson
Backsliding
🔗 Police address use of surveillance cameras in Waltham MA
Waltham
🔗 Berkeley police limit surveillance data access to prevent use in federal immigration cases CA
Berkeley
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country Analysis
Scope Creep
🔗 Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns TX
Immigration
Scope Creep
"After finding nothing in Schott's car, Babb said 'nine times out of 10, this is what happens.'"
🔗 Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people GA
Braselton
Abuse
More coverage (6 related entries):
🔗 Snohomish County Democrats call for removal of 'Flock' cameras WA
Snohomish County
Pushback
🔗 Cities Shut Down Flock Camera Networks Following Improper Access By Federal Agencies Analysis
Pushback
🔗 San Diego County police agencies access many private license plate readers with minimal oversight CA
San Diego
🔗 City councilors weigh privacy concerns, public safety benefits of surveillance cameras MA
Waltham
🔗 Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety's Cease and Desist Demand EFF
First Amendment
🔗 Ferndale police sever partnership with Flock Safety cameras MI
Ferndale
Success
Terminated
🔗 How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists EFF
First Amendment
Scope Creep
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🔗 '30 seconds with a stick' | Researchers claim Flock cameras are easy to hack, have significant security vulnerabilities CO
Aurora
Drones
Scope Creep
Security Problem
🔗 Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion CA
Oakland
Pushback
🔗 Oakland committee rejects additional Flock surveillance cameras CA
Oakland
Pushback
🔗 Santa Cruz pauses participation in Flock's statewide sharing portal CA
Santa Cruz
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Ex-Riverside County deputy charged with stalking, child porn and more CA
Riverside County
Abuse
"Vanny had photographed the license plate of one of the woman's friends and searched it in the sheriff's department's Flock license plate reader system in an apparent attempt to track them."
More coverage:
🔗 Oakland police hit with lawsuit for sharing license plate camera data with feds CA
Oakland
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 Bay City Commission rejects contract for license plate readers following backlash MI
Bay City
Blocked
Success
🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit CA
Oakland
Illegal
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 WA cities reconsider Flock traffic cameras as judge rules their data is public WA
Lynnwood
Redmond
Sedro-Woolley
Skagit County
Stanwood
Lawsuit
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits CA
Santa Cruz
Illegal
Oversharing
🔗 Lawsuit Challenges San Jose's Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance CA
San Jose
EFF
Lawsuit
More coverage (8 related entries):
🔗 As Mayor Justin Bibb embraces more police technology with Flock Safety, petition pushes back OH
Cleveland
🔗 Ben Jordan Exposes Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Flock Surveillance Cameras Security Problem
