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🔗 Inkster commits to Flock as opposition grows in Livonia and Garden City MI
Inkster
Drones
Expansion
🔗 Flock CEO says its microphones detect 'just gunshots' — its website says different False Claims
🔗 City of Inkster expanding use of Flock technology in new safety intiative MI
Inkster
Drones
Expansion
🔗 Inkster expands Flock camera program with license plate readers, drone and gunshot detection tech MI
Inkster
Drones
Expansion
🔗 How many Flock cameras are in Jackson, Madison County? Here's the count TN
Jackson
Madison County
🔗 $1000 for your thoughts: City invites residents to 'Civic Assembly' on surveillance tech MA
Cambridge
ShotSpotter
🔗 Flock Gunshot Alerts Raise Gun Owner Privacy Concerns Scope Creep
🔗 Flock's gunfire alerts raise a new Fourth Amendment question Fourth Amendment
Overview
🔗 Suffolk County delays controversial rollout of Flock Safety's 'Raven' listening system NY
Suffolk County
🔗 Suffolk delays plan to install Flock gunfire detection technology for a full year NY
Suffolk County
🔗 Monitor Investigates: Flock AI surveillance devices installed near prisons in Concord NH
Concord
New Outbreak
🔗 Suffolk County quietly strikes $4M deal with controversial surveillance company Flock Safety for gunshot detectors NY
Suffolk County
🔗 Flock insists it never released its distress detection feature, but a police department says it had it CO
Commerce City
False Claims
Flocked Up
🔗 Roanoke removes gunshot detectors months after approving them VA
Roanoke
Doesn't Work
Scaled Back
🔗 Suffolk County finalizing $4 million contract with flock safety for gunshot detection technology NY
Suffolk County
Switcheroo
🔗 Flock Safety to expand in Suffolk, with near $4M installation of gunfire detection sensors NY
Suffolk County
Scope Creep
🔗 Flock Safety kills acoustic system designed to detect 'human distress'
🔗 Flock Killed Its Scream-Detecting Microphones. The License-Plate Dragnet Bolted Next to Them Is Doing Just Fine
🔗 Roanoke scraps gunshot detection program — now questions swirl over $54K in grant funding VA
Roanoke
Scaled Back
🔗 In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature
🔗 Flock Safety Kills Screaming Detector After EFF Pressure, Cameras Still Listen
🔗 Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio "Distress Detection" of Human Voices EFF
Notes: Are we sure they're not just planning to bring the feature back under a different name in a few months?
🔗 Fort Wayne City Council to vote on Flock license plate reader contract IN
Fort Wayne
Paywall
Renewal
🔗 Huntington City Council approves contract for Flock Safety cameras WV
Huntington
Drones
New Outbreak
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🔗 Gunshot detection technology ignites debate over privacy, accuracy VA
Roanoke
Video
🔗 Is the government listening? Gunshot detectors spark backlash Pushback
🔗 Murfreesboro Renews Flock Gunshot Detection System TN
Murfreesboro
Renewal
🔗 Sen. Suetterlein, Del. McNamara Blast Roanoke City Council for Flock Camera Snafus VA
Roanoke
🔗 Roanoke Mayor addresses removal of gunshot detectors VA
Roanoke
🔗 30 gunshot detectors to be removed in Roanoke after being placed at wrong locations VA
Roanoke
Scope Creep
🔗 Roanoke City cites 'data entry error' after 30 Flock sensors misplaced VA
Roanoke
Video
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🔗 Installation of Flock Raven audio devices paused in Roanoke after 16 installed in wrong locations VA
Roanoke
🔗 Roanoke homeowner says a Flock Device was installed on her property without notice VA
Roanoke
Expansion
🔗 New Santa Fe gunshot detection system already yielding results, backers say NM
Santa Fe
New Outbreak
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🔗 Pontiac approves Flock gunshot detection software in city Pontiac
Renewal
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🔗 Virginia Resident Discovers Flock Gun Sensor On Their Property VA
Roanoke
Notes: The sourcing on this isn't as reliable as I would like. (It goes back to a Reddit thread.)Copies at:
🔗 Citizens and leaders trade talks on Flock cameras and Shotspotters at commission meeting GA
Macon-Bibb County
Pushback
🔗 Roanoke mayor speaks on privacy concerns over new surveillance tools VA
Roanoke
Scope Creep
🔗 Police Testing Flock Audio Detection System - The Waynedale News IN
Fort Wayne
🔗 Roanoke mayor addresses budget cuts, FLOCK surveillance technology VA
Roanoke
Scope Creep
🔗 Detroit may replace its controversial ShotSpotter technology MI
Detroit
Paywall
🔗 Rasoul: Mass surveillance is bad for Roanoke VA
Roanoke
Pushback
🔗 FWPD's Raven may improve response, but stretches the limits of public surveillance IN
Fort Wayne
Scope Creep
"Surveillance, once expanded, rarely retreats on its own."
🔗 Fort Wayne Police testing audio detection system aimed at speeding up crime response IN
Fort Wayne
Scope Creep
Video
🔗 FWPD begins testing on Flock surveillance cameras with audio detection IN
Fort Wayne
Scope Creep
Video
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🔗 Man Ejected from Roanoke City Council Meeting Amid Gun Detection Debate VA
Roanoke
Paywall
🔗 Debate ensues as Roanoke considers Flock gunshot detectors VA
Roanoke
Pushback
🔗 Cleveland City Council frustrated with ShotSpotter contract OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 Cleveland safety director takes 'onus' for $853k SpotSpotter extension OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 Cleveland council probes 'loophole' that enabled ShotSpotter renewal OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 Roanoke pairs 'eyes and ears' in major police surveillance expansion VA
Roanoke
🔗 Roanoke City Council approves gunshot detection system VA
Roanoke
Video
🔗 City of Roanoke to decide on gunshot detection devices at Monday's City Council meeting VA
Roanoke
Video
🔗 Rock Island approves audio gunshot detection pilot program IL
Rock Island
Video
🔗 Gunshot sound detector pilot program coming to Rock Island IL
Rock Island
Video
🔗 Shotspotter gunshot detection tech approved for another year in Cleveland OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 Mayor Justin Bibb quietly renews ShotSpotter contract, drawing backlash over 'back channel' move OH
Cleveland
Renewal
🔗 Utica Police Test New Gunshot Detection Technology for 6 Months NY
Utica
🔗 Utica police running pilot program to 'hear' more gunfire in the city NY
Utica
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🔗 Utica Tests Flock Safety Audio Monitors to Detect Gunshots NY
Utica
Scope Creep
🔗 Utica Police Department tests new gunfire detection system in citywide pilot NY
Utica
Scope Creep
🔗 Utica Installs New Flock Safety Audio Detection Devices | Local | wktv.com NY
Utica
🔗 The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling Analysis
🔗 NYPD's ShotSpotter Gunshot-Detection System Overwhelmingly Sends Officers to Locations Where No Confirmed Shooting Occurred, New Audit Uncovers NY
New York
Analysis
🔗 Champaign's trial run of gunshot detection program fires blanks IL
Champaign
Analysis
"Six months of data documented on the detectors, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows the system collected alerts for 64 total incidents. These incidents took place between April 8 and October 8 this year.
But 59 alerts marked as unfounded, which means the device falsely detected a gunshot or the device failed to detect a gunshot. In 21 of the unfounded incidents, it was determined that fireworks likely triggered the detector.
Five of the alerts were tagged as founded, meaning the detector accurately indicated and located gunfire. In four out of the five incidents, citizens had also called in and reported the gunshot."
🔗 OIG Finds That ShotSpotter Alerts Rarely Lead to Evidence of a Gun-Related Crime and That Presence of the Technology Changes Police Behavior IL
Chicago
Analysis
ShotSpotter
"Of the 50,176 confirmed, 41,830 report a disposition—the outcome of the police response to an incident. Of those dispositions, a total of 4,556 indicate that evidence of a gun-related criminal offense was found, representing 9.1% of CPD responses to ShotSpotter alerts."
