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🔗 Tempe becomes 1st Arizona city to enact strict ban on Automated License Plate Readers Tempe
Legislation
🔗 Tempe becomes first Arizona city to ban police use of automated license plate readers Tempe
Legislation
🔗 Tempe becomes first in Arizona to ban all Flock-like cameras Tempe
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🔗 Scottsdale preparing to cut ties with Flock Safety as it develops new ALPR regulations Scottsdale
Pushback
🔗 Scottsdale's latest anti-Flock moves Scottsdale
Pushback
🔗 Scottsdale to make Flock camera abuse a crime, as outcry grows Scottsdale
Pushback
🔗 Scottsdale City Council to vote on Flock cameras in December meeting Scottsdale
🔗 Scottsdale keeps Flock cameras for now, will revisit topic later this year Scottsdale
🔗 Glendale police defend Flock camera program as other Valley cities walk away over privacy concerns Glendale
🔗 Gilbert Police detail use of license plate readers Gilbert
Flockaganda
🔗 Pinal County sheriff accuses Flock of 'dishonesty' about its cameras Pinal County
False Claims
Pushback
"A company representative told him the newer cameras don't take photos at high enough resolution to identify individuals, he said, but once he saw images from the newer cameras, he could recognize faces.
Teeple said that when he asked if the newer cameras used AI, the company said no.
After learning later that Flock's system does use AI to connect images from its camera network and "create a digital fingerprint of your vehicle," he reached out again. This time, a representative told him he had not asked about the right kind of AI."
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🔗 Tempe weighs first-of-its-kind municipal ALPR camera ban Tempe
Legislation
🔗 Who's tracking Arizona drivers through Flock cameras? Often, it's police from other states. Lake Havasu
Maricopa County
Oversharing
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🔗 Arizona sheriff accuses Flock of 'dishonesty' about its cameras Pinal County
Federal Government
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🔗 License Plate Cameras Raise Constitutional Questions—Goldwater Seeks Answers Fourth Amendment
🔗 Scottsdale keeps cameras on despite 'Flock fury' Scottsdale
Pushback
🔗 Surprise residents question why Flock cameras remain up more than a month after contract cancellation Surprise
Pushback
🔗 Queen Creek Police keeping license plate readers Queen Creek
🔗 Tempe approves multi-million dollar deal to consolidate police technology agreements amid privacy debate Tempe
Axon
🔗 Mesa keeping license plate reader cameras Mesa
🔗 Carefree town council pulls Flock cameras - Cave Creek / Carefree Independent Carefree
Success
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🔗 Cottonwood, Payson join growing list of Arizona cities pausing Flock use Cottonwood
Payson
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🔗 Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs FL
TX
Statewide
EFF
Pushback
🔗 Queen Creek council looks at enhancing safeguards on license plate readers Queen Creek
🔗 Youngtown keeps Flock cameras as other Valley cities end contracts Youngtown
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🔗 Arizona AG to investigate use of Flock, other license plate readers Statewide
Abuse
Overview
🔗 Statewide ban or local control? Where Gov. Katie Hobbs, Congressman Andy Biggs stand on Flock debate Elections
Statewide
🔗 Arizona AG to investigate Flock Safety license plate readers statewide Statewide
Pushback
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🔗 Arizona AG announces review of Flock Safety, other plate readers across the state Statewide
Pushback
🔗 Flock contract cancellations grow among cities, other jurisdictions Cave Creek
Tempe
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🔗 Tempe Dropped Flock Safety. Now Ron DeSantis Says License Plate Surveillance Is 'Out of Control' FL
Tempe
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🔗 Queen Creek weighs more license plate reader controls Queen Creek
🔗 Arizona city cancels Flock Safety license plate camera contract Surprise
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Suspended
Notes: Later reports state that there was no abuse; it was a technical error. It's also not clear whether the contract has been suspended or cancelled.More coverage:
🔗 Surprise councilmember says city removing Flock cameras Surprise
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🔗 These metro Phoenix cities are using Flock cameras after audit fallout Goodyear
Phoenix
Surprise
Paywall
🔗 Are license plate cameras a privacy threat? Overview
🔗 Why officers who misused Flock cameras could still be hired by other departments Abuse
Overview
🔗 Queen Creek looks at enhancing safeguards on use of license plate readers Queen Creek
Pushback
🔗 After Flock camera system misuse, Goodyear officer disciplined Goodyear
Abuse
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🔗 Tempe ends Flock camera data sharing amid privacy concerns Tempe
Restricted Sharing
🔗 PD: Apache Junction officer resigns after misusing Flock cameras to track wife Apache Junction
Abuse
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🔗 Arizona man arrested after damaging Flock license plate camera Pinal County
Vandalism
🔗 Arizona man uses truck to bend flock camera in Apache Junction Apache Junction
Vandalism
🔗 Pinal County man says he was arrested after tilting flock camera Pinal County
Vandalism
🔗 Chandler police end Flock camera use amid probe into potential misuse Chandler
Abuse
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🔗 Pinal County chooses not to renew Flock camera contract Pinal County
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🔗 Navajo Nation to deploy hundreds of Flock cameras Navajo Nation
🔗 Indigenous group rolls out draconian mass surveillance system across 27,000 square miles Navajo Nation
New Outbreak
🔗 Navajo Nation will deploy hundreds of Flock cameras. What to know Navajo Nation
New Outbreak
🔗 Navajo Nation to deploy Flock license plate cameras across 27K square miles Navajo Nation
New Outbreak
🔗 Safford council to revisit Flock camera issue tonight Safford
🔗 COURIER CONVOS: Safford residents organize against Flock camera network Safford
Pushback
🔗 warning Chandler
Notes: Sign might as well say, "Don't annoy your betters, plebs."
🔗 8 candidates vie for 3 South Tucson Council seats Elections
Tucson
🔗 Oro Valley police leasing controversial Flock Safety drones Oro Valley
Drones
Scope Creep
🔗 Chandler candidates questioned on Flock cameras Chandler
Elections
🔗 Gila Valley law enforcement defends use of Flock cameras Graham County
Safford
🔗 Drones as first responders coming to Tucson and Oro Valley Oro Valley
Tucson
Drones
Expansion
Scope Creep
🔗 Safford Approves Flock Camera Grant Despite Privacy Debate Safford
🔗 South Tucson directs Pascua Yaqui gift to public safety Tucson
🔗 Your voter guide: Where South Tucson City Council candidates stand on key issues Elections
South Tucson
🔗 Chandler voters to finally get their say in city races Chandler
Elections
🔗 Chandler has moved 3 controversial Flock cameras, activists say Chandler
Paywall
🔗 Chandler City Council says recent Flock camera installations were approved in February Chandler
🔗 Avondale final budget prioritizes parks, safety, growth 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."
🔗 Your car is being tracked. Here's who can access that data in Arizona 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:
🔗 Chandler delays decision on renewing Flock camera contract Chandler
Paywall
🔗 Protesters urge Chandler Council to drop Flock Safety deal Chandler
Paywall
🔗 License plate readers: Safety or surveillance? Sierra Vista
South Tucson
Tucson
Pushback
🔗 Are Chandler's surveillance cameras helping ICE track immigrants? Chandler
Immigration
🔗 Chandler to vote on extension of automated license plate readers this week Chandler
Renewal
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🔗 Oro Valley Police Department moves ahead with 'first responder' drones Oro Valley
Drones
Scope Creep
🔗 Cave Creek council to look at new Flock camera policy Cave Creek
Paywall
🔗 Sierra Vista ends contract with Flock Sierra Vista
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🔗 Tempe tests Axon license plate readers amid Flock backlash Tempe
🔗 Oro Valley to expand police drone use with new $146K program Oro Valley
Drones
Scope Creep
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🔗 Tempe to test alternate automated license plate readers than Flock's Tempe
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🔗 Tempe to try new license plate cameras, work toward canceling Flock Tempe
🔗 Arizona bill would require voter approval for surveillance systems, limit data retention Legislation
Paywall
🔗 Arizona bill seeks to curtail government surveillance Legislation
"Legislation proposed by Sen. Jake Hoffman would prohibit any state or local agency from establishing a surveillance network without first notifying residents and then getting their permission through a public vote."
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🔗 Oro Valley Approves Flock Drone Deal Amid Privacy Debate Oro Valley
Drones
Scope Creep
🔗 Use of police 'Flock' drones for surveillance raises privacy concerns Oro Valley
Drones
Scope Creep
Video
🔗 Police sign deal with new drones in Arizona town tied to controversial surveillance firm Oro Valley
Drones
🔗 Safety vs. surveillance: Some Arizonans push back on AI license plate cameras Apache Junction
Flagstaff
Scottsdale
Sedona
South Tucson
Legislation
🔗 Douglas mayor signals end for Flock Safety contract Douglas
Paywall
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🔗 Police Video Shows What Happens When A Smart Camera Spots Your Car NC
Gastonia
Glendale
"Thankfully for the police, their "Real Time Crime Center" has access to more than 1,700 CCTV cameras, including ALPRs like the ones Flock provides. For reasons the department didn't state, it took officers a week to track down the suspect, at which point they took him into custody."
Notes: If 1,700 cameras didn't meaningfully help, how many will be enough? Will it ever be enough? Because we know how many is too many, and that's one. One is too many.
🔗 Ariz. lawmakers debate police use of license plate readers Legislation
🔗 Lawmakers debate first statewide limit on AI license plate readers Legislation
🔗 Bill to regulate some uses of license plate readers moves forward Legislation
Paywall
🔗 Arizona Senators battle over laws regulating license plate cameras Legislation
Paywall
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🔗 Republicans debate how, or if, to regulate license plate readers Legislation
🔗 Bill to regulate license plate readers in Arizona may be dead after GOP pushback Legislation
🔗 Flock, Fry Blvd. and the road to Skynet: Tom Jewkes stops by the Sunday Roundtable Sierra Vista
🔗 How Maricopa's police camera network grew as public insight shrank Maricopa
🔗 Sierra Vista City Council directs staff to end Flock license plate reader contract Sierra Vista
🔗 Flock Cameras, City Revenue, and Race for Council: Brian Miers Talks Sierra Vista's Balancing Act Sierra Vista
Notes: Lots of misinformation in this one.
🔗 Sierra Vista Police Launch Transparency Portal for License Plate Reader Program Sierra Vista
🔗 Sierra Vista police launch new transparency portal Sierra Vista
🔗 Hidden in Plain Sight: Surveillance at the Arizona Border Immigration
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🔗 South Tucson ends Flock camera contract South Tucson
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