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🔗 Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation TX
Analysis
EFF
False Claims
Reproductive Rights
"That sheriff has since been arrested and indicted on felony counts in an unrelated sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation case. He has also been charged with aggravated perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury."
🔗 Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location MA
ACLU
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 H3755: An Act establishing driver privacy protections MA
Legislation
🔗 Flock cameras in Eugene read plates 15.6 million times in 2025 so far OR
Eugene
Paywall
🔗 Network Sharing Overview ACLU
FOIA
Internal
Technology
Video
Notes: Flock training video on network sharing.
🔗 Police Respond To Girl Being Kidnapped (Full Bodycam) FL
Saint Augustine
Oops
Video
Notes: Body camera footage shows Flock sending police after an innocent person, who they held at gunpoint before realizing they had the wrong person. WARNING: This video also shows an attempted kidnapping and is hard to watch.
🔗 City of Toledo reaches $35K settlement with man who said he was injured by police K-9 during traffic stop OH
Toledo
Lawsuit
Settlement
Video
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement CA
El Cajon
Illegal
Lawsuit
Oversharing
More coverage:
🔗 Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers — even as fresh evidence of misuse emerges CA
Legislation
🔗 Flock's Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices Analysis
EFF
Scope Creep
Notes: This is particularly relevant in light of Flock's efforts to turn their "ALPR only" cameras into full video surveillance.
🔗 Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Ban Federal Use of License Plate Readers Federal Government
Legislation
🔗 Springfield installs Flock cameras, makes map of locations public OR
Springfield
Paywall
🔗 Maine towns are installing AI-enabled surveillance systems despite privacy concerns ME
Augusta
Lewiston
Sanford
Waterville
York
🔗 Fly-By – Device 2: The Falcon/Sparrow – Gated Wireless RCE, Camera Feed, DoS, Information Disclosure and More Security Problem
Technology
🔗 Button Presses to Wireless RCE: Shell on Flock Safety's License Plate Cameras Over Wi-Fi Security Problem
Technology
🔗 Liveview's facial recognition discussed in person with sales director. Louis Rossman
Technology
Video
🔗 DPS sends cease-and-desist letter to Flock surveillance company TX
Flocked Up
Illegal
Unauthorized
🔗 Virginia surveillance network tapped thousands of times for immigration cases VA
Bridgewater
Mecklenburg County
Analysis
Immigration
Oversharing
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🔗 City sends cease-and-desist after Flock reinstalls license plate cameras IL
Evanston
Flocked Up
Illegal
Pushback
Unauthorized
🔗 Who combed Virginia's Flock surveillance data for immigration enforcement? Search here. VA
Analysis
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Watsonville leaders say controversial plan to expand license plate readers won't undermine city's sanctuary status CA
Watsonville
🔗 Stanwood's Flock cameras shut off due to legal dispute over public records access WA
Stanwood
Suspended
🔗 Colorado lawmaker considers regulation to prevent abuses and misuses of license plate-reading cameras CO
Louisville
Legislation
Suspended
🔗 Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says VA
Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 SU says DPS controls oversight, law enforcement's access to campus Flock data NY
Syracuse
🔗 One sleepy Virginia town. Nearly 7 million hits on its surveillance network. VA
Bridgewater
Technology
🔗 What can keep you safe from crime? License plate cameras stir debate. Analysis
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🔗 Eastern Iowa residents say AI surveillance cameras lack transparency and regulation IA
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dubuque
North Liberty
West Des Moines
Audio
🔗 Pittsboro Police Department Indiana - Flock Safety Shared Devices List IN
Pittsboro
FOIA
🔗 Cleveland City Councilman Kerry McCormack to resign next month OH
Cleveland
"Cleveland City Councilman Kerry McCormack will resign next month to take a job with Flock Safety, a security technology company known mainly for its license plate readers."
🔗 Federal immigration agents accessed Syracuse drivers' data through secret Flock Safety deal NY
Syracuse
Oversharing
🔗 Stanwood pauses Flock cameras amid public records lawsuits WA
Stanwood
FOIA
Lawsuit
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Sedona City Council tells staff to get Flock out of town AZ
Sedona
Success
Terminated
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🔗 Watsonville approves more license plate cameras despite opposition CA
Watsonville
Expansion
Renewal
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🔗 Flagstaff City Council advances "Flock out of Flag" petition AZ
Flagstaff
Pushback
🔗 Stanwood pauses Flock cameras amid public records lawsuits Read more at: https://www.heraldnet.com/2025/09/10/stanwood-pauses-flock-cameras-amid-public-records-lawsuits/ WA
Skagit County
Lawsuit
🔗 SU installs license plate readers from Flock, company linked to ICE activity NY
Syracuse
🔗 Fed immigration agencies used McLean County Sheriff's Department camera data despite Illinois law IL
McLean County
Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Are police, ICE using Flock license plate cameras to spy on you? VA
Staunton
🔗 SFPD let Georgia, Texas cops illegally search city surveillance data on behalf of ICE CA
San Francisco
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Sheboygan Common Council votes to end Flock Safety partnership WI
Sheboygan
Success
Sunsetting
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🔗 Campaign across Santa Cruz County protests license plate cameras CA
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Activism
🔗 Eugene Mayor Knudson responds to pushback against Flock cameras OR
Eugene
🔗 Police departments in McLean County say camera data not shared with immigration officers IL
McLean County
Immigration
Oversharing
Notes: Don't miss the article from four days later revealing that, oops, in fact they did!
🔗 Councilmember Paige Shows Leadership: "Flock misled us. I don't trust them" IL
Mountlake Terrace
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Uncovers Forest Park Police Department Sharing License Plate Reader Data with Customs and Border Protection a Violation of State Law IL
Forest Park
Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 AI Startup Says It Will End Crime by Blanketing the Entire United States in Ever-Watching Spy Cameras Analysis
🔗 Revamped CF committee examines Flock camera system WI
Chippewa Falls
Paywall
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🔗 Knox County Commission puts end to Flock cameras TN
Knox County
Success
Sunsetting
More coverage (6 related entries):
🔗 License Plate Reader Company Seeks Partnership With Dashcam Company, Which Isn't Scary At All Analysis
🔗 License plate reader company used across Connecticut coordinated with federal authorities CT
Oversharing
🔗 Automated license plate reader company halts federal pilot programs following data access concerns Illegal
Oversharing
🔗 Flock challenges city's termination of contract for license plate readers IL
Evanston
🔗 Public Interest Law Firm Responds to Flock Safety Pausing Federal Access to License Plate Reader Cameras Analysis
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Flock Safety pauses work with federal agencies amid privacy concerns Immigration
Scope Creep
🔗 Hundreds of police departments use camera company accused of breaking state law IL
Illegal
🔗 Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes 'Trillions of Images' a Month Analysis
🔗 The State of Surveillance in Spokane WA
Spokane County
🔗 AG Mayes to examine Flock surveillance cameras & Arizonans' privacy rights AZ
Statewide
🔗 Evanston shuts down license plate cameras, terminates contract with Flock Safety IL
Evanston
Success
Terminated
More coverage:
🔗 Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation IL
Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
"It is not Flock's job to police the police..."
🔗 Company violated Illinois law by sharing license plate data with federal agency: Giannoulias IL
Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law IL
Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 License plate readers are watching you AR
Greers Ferry
🔗 Ensuring Local Compliance: A statement from Flock Safety Flockaganda
"...some of our public statements inadvertently provided inaccurate information..."
Notes: Acknowledges that Flock Safety ran pilot programs that provided data to Customs & Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations, that their system did not have appropriate permissions setting to prevent this access in jurisdictions where it was not legal, and that they did not consistently and accurately communicate about that with affected parties.
🔗 Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go Analysis
Louis Rossman
Technology
Video
🔗 Why I voted to cancel Oak Park's contract with Flock (and so should you) IL
Oak Park
Notes: Firsthand insight from a city official who voted against Flock cameras in their town.
🔗 I'm Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses ACLU
Analysis
🔗 Flock admits federal immigration agents have direct access to tracking data, despite previous claims CO
False Claims
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state CA
Menlo Park
Illegal
Oversharing
🔗 Until recently, Boulder shared license plate data on a national network accessed by ICE CO
Boulder
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Flock's Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance ACLU
Analysis
Scope Creep
🔗 Loveland Police has shared access to license plate reader data with Border Patrol, records reveal CO
Loveland
Immigration
Oversharing
Video
🔗 Pasadena Expands Flock Network to 73 Cameras as Residents Demand Transparency, Limits CA
Pasadena
Expansion
🔗 New Orleans May Hand Its Police Live Facial Recognition Tech. Critics Warn It'll Help ICE. LA
New Orleans
Cautionary Tale
🔗 Why were AI-equipped police cameras installed in this majority Latino Huntington Beach neighborhood? CA
Huntington Beach
"'Surveillance equipment and surveillance, in general, are a lot of times a crutch for bad social policies,' he said. 'They don't solve the underlying issues of crime.'"
🔗 City council shuts down license plate reader cameras TX
Graham
Notes: The title is misleading. The city council declined to fund additional cameras. They did not remove the ones already in place.
🔗 City Council Special Meeting Agenda August 12, 2025 CO
Louisville
🔗 Coalition of Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations Deeply Opposed to Use of Flock Cameras for ICE Surveillance CO
ACLU
🔗 DEA agent used Illinois cop's Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searches IL
Palos Heights
Illegal
Immigration
More coverage:
🔗 You're Being Watched: The Company Behind America's Mass Surveillance Takeover Analysis
Video
🔗 Mountlake Terrace public express ongoing ire with future Flock system WA
Mountlake Terrace
Pushback
🔗 Oak Park terminates Flock license plate reader contract IL
Oak Park
Success
Terminated
🔗 Ranking Members Krishnamoorthi and Garcia Demand Accountability from Flock Group Inc. for Enabling Dangerous Abortion Surveillance and Immigration Tracking Legislation
🔗 25-206 WA
Prosser
FOIA
Notes: Contains internal correspondence about responding to FOIA requests for information about Flock
🔗 Frequent immigration-related searches of Denver Flock camera data revealed in logs CO
Denver
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Analysis of Flock use by Wisconsin cops reveals trends, raises questions WI
Analysis
🔗 Letter from Illinoise US Representative to Flock CEO Garrett Langley IL
Immigration
Oversharing
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops Analysis
Oversharing
🔗 Public Interest Law Firm Applauds Westchester County Village for Ending License Plate Reader Contract NY
Scarsdale
Success
Terminated
More coverage:
🔗 Millions in Public Funds, Zero Public Input: Flock's Surveillance System Might Already Be Overseeing Your Community NY
Scarsdale
Pushback
Notes: Among other solid reporting, this article details how Flock has evaded competitive bid requirements in a number of jurisdictions.
🔗 The privacy problem with flock safety cameras AZ
Pinal County
🔗 Flock/Waltham PD correspondence Jan-Jul 2025 MA
Waltham
FOIA
🔗 Project Dystopia: How a Little-Known Non-Profit Has New Orleans Considering Mass, Real-Time Facial Recognition Surveillance LA
New Orleans
Cautionary Tale
🔗 When license plate readers get it wrong Analysis
Oops
🔗 Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are "Suspicious" ACLU
Analysis
Technology
🔗 Denver citizens, advocates speak out against automated license plate readers, call for changes CO
Denver
Pushback
🔗 Surveillance tech company Flock Safety opens offices in Boston MA
Boston
Expansion
🔗 Chippewa Falls committee hears public's thoughts on Flock cameras WI
Chippewa Falls
Paywall
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