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🔗 CMSD weighs $603K Flock contract renewal
Axios · 2026-10-15
Campus Renewal
🔗 Cleveland school administrators push to renew Flock camera contract
Ideastream Public Media · 2026-10-14
Campus Renewal
🔗 CMSD said outside agencies searched its Flock data 130,000 times
Signal Cleveland · 2026-10-14
Campus Oversharing
🔗 'Don't stop the progress:' Cleveland police commissioners split over proposed pause on Flock cameras
cleveland.com · 2026-10-02
🔗 Police commission wants Flock use halted if new policy not in place Jan. 1
Signal Cleveland · 2026-09-28
Pushback
🔗 Anti-Flock Safety group protests against CMSD's $600k contract with the controversial LPR camera company
WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland · 2026-08-31
Pushback
🔗 Activists opposing Flock Safety push back against CMSD's six-figure contract with the LPR camera company
WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland · 2026-08-30
Pushback
🔗 'Get the Flock Out!': Group demands Cleveland schools end Flock camera contract
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-08-30
Pushback
🔗 Cleveland's surveillance debate may grow beyond Flock
Signal Cleveland · 2026-08-12
Expansion Scope Creep
🔗 What we learned about Flock license plate reader costs in three Cuyahoga County cities
cleveland.com · 2026-08-06
Shaker Heights Strongsville
🔗 Cleveland-area cities spend thousands on license plate readers
cleveland.com · 2026-07-31
Shaker Heights Strongsville Paywall
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- 🔗 Cleveland-area cities spend thousands on license plate readers
  cleveland.com via Government Technology
🔗 How many crimes have Flock cameras solved in Cleveland? Police can't quite say.
cleveland.com · 2026-07-28
Paywall
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- 🔗 How many crimes have Flock cameras solved in Cleveland? Police can't quite say.
  cleveland.com via Government Technology
🔗 How Flock's license plate surveillance works — and how it can be abused
cleveland.com · 2026-07-17
Cuyahoga County Overview
🔗 Cleveland City Council closes loophole that let Bibb bypass them on ShotSpotter
cleveland.com · 2026-07-16
Legislation
🔗 He rallied pastors to defend Flock cameras. He's also a paid political operative
cleveland.com · 2026-07-14
Paywall
🔗 City Club of Cleveland Hosts Fervid Flock Safety Debate Days Before Final Council Vote
Cleveland Scene · 2026-07-13
Pushback
🔗 Developmental disabilities levy campaign builds up nest egg; Flock debate continues
Signal Cleveland · 2026-07-13
🔗 'There will be cameras': Flock launches full-scale defense of surveillance at City Club of Cleveland
cleveland.com · 2026-07-10
Paywall
🔗 Cleveland council moves forward with renewing Flock contract
cleveland.com · 2026-07-07
Paywall Renewal
🔗 Cleveland city leaders to discuss the future of Flock Safety cameras
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-07-07
Renewal
🔗 Ordinance 683-2026, Flock Safety Contract - Public Comment
ACLU of Ohio · 2026-07-07
ACLU Pushback
🔗 Newly released records show nearly 2,000 'immigration' and 'ICE' searches on Cleveland's Flock cameras
cleveland.com · 2026-07-06
Immigration Oversharing Paywall
🔗 Are Flock cameras next? SCOTUS rules against sprawling location data
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-07-06
Court Ruling Fourth Amendment
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- 🔗 Are Flock cameras next? SCOTUS rules against sprawling location data
  WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland via YouTube
- 🔗 Are Flock cameras next? SCOTUS rules against sprawling location data
  WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland via Yahoo
🔗 Shut down Cleveland's Flock cameras now that there's no valid contract
cleveland.com · 2026-07-06
Pushback
🔗 SCOTUS just ruled against dragnet surveillance. Could Flock be next?
cleveland.com · 2026-07-01
Fourth Amendment
🔗 An update on Fourth District safety, plus, public commenters sound off on Flock and data centers
Signal Cleveland via YouTube · 2026-06-30
Video
🔗 Cleveland's Flock Safety cameras will stay on until July 15
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-06-30
Backsliding
🔗 Flock cameras are still on in Cleveland, even though the contract expired
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-06-29

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- 🔗 Flock cameras are still on in Cleveland, even though the contract expired
  WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland via YouTube
🔗 'Bombarded with Flock': Council committee will reconsider license plate reader contract
Signal Cleveland · 2026-06-25
Backsliding
🔗 Mass surveillance does not equal safety: Opinion
The Land · 2026-06-25
ACLU Pushback
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- 🔗 Mass surveillance does not equal safety: Opinion
  ACLU of Ohio
🔗 Cleveland leaders take the easy way out on surveillance cameras, instead of protecting residents
cleveland.com · 2026-06-24
Backsliding
🔗 Cleveland City Council revives Flock contract despite initial 'no' vote; prosecutor, judge now pushing for it
cleveland.com · 2026-06-23
Backsliding
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🔗 Cleveland city council weighs Flock camera decision
WJW FOX 8 Cleveland · 2026-06-17
🔗 Cleveland City Council members question benefits of Flock's license plate readers
Ideastream Public Media · 2026-06-17
Renewal
🔗 Flock contract extension rejected by Cleveland Council committee
Signal Cleveland · 2026-06-17
Success Sunsetting
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🔗 Cleveland may extend its Flock license plate reader contract. Here's what we know
Signal Cleveland · 2026-06-11
Renewal
🔗 CMSD faces questions about its 201 Flock license plate readers as contract renewal approaches
Signal Cleveland · 2026-06-11
🔗 Flock Cameras are in the spotlight again, and this time Cleveland's Schools are under pressure
cleveland.com · 2026-06-03
Pushback
🔗 'Flock No' protesters flood council meeting as Cleveland considers extending safety camera contract
WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland · 2026-06-02
Pushback
🔗 Mysterious Cleveland texts promote Flock traffic license plate readers
Signal Cleveland · 2026-05-26
🔗 Flock Safety insists it's not mass surveillance; critics aren't convinced
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-05-22
Shaker
🔗 Were Flock cameras used for immigration searches in Cleveland? The Wake Up for Thursday, May 21, 2026
cleveland.com · 2026-05-21
Audio
🔗 Cleveland Flock Surveillance Network Used for Immigration Searches Despite Safeguards
Gadget Review · 2026-05-21
Immigration Oversharing
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- 🔗 Cleveland Flock Surveillance Network Used for Immigration Searches Despite Safeguards
  Gadget Review via Yahoo
🔗 Cleveland Flock dispute tests AI surveillance governance
Startup Fortune · 2026-05-21
Renewal
🔗 Activists call on city of Cleveland to end Flock Safety camera contract as lawmakers consider extension
WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland · 2026-05-20
Video
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- 🔗 Activists call on city of Cleveland to end Flock Safety camera contract as lawmakers consider extension
  WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland via Yahoo
🔗 'Flock No' wants cameras removed
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-05-20
Pushback Video
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- 🔗 'Flock No' wants cameras removed
  WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland via YouTube
🔗 Records show Cleveland's Flock network used for immigration searches. City blames Flock and drones
cleveland.com · 2026-05-20
🔗 'Flock No' urges Mayor Bibb, city council to cut the cord with surveillance company
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-05-20
Pushback
🔗 Flock Safety's Automated License Plate Reader cameras in 100 Cleveland locations, May 20, 2026
cleveland.com · 2026-05-20
🔗 Cleveland's Flock fight heads to city council
Axios Cleveland · 2026-05-19
Renewal
More coverage (12 related entries):
🔗 Cleveland Flock camera contract renewal: backlash, misuse and no public debate
cleveland.com · 2026-05-18
🔗 Cleveland wants to keep using Flock license plate readers amid growing scrutiny
Signal Cleveland · 2026-05-18
Renewal
🔗 Cleveland official asked to skip council approval for Flock camera extension
Signal Cleveland · 2026-05-18
Renewal
🔗 Mayor Justin Bibb plans to renew Cleveland's Flock contract
cleveland.com · 2026-05-15
Renewal
🔗 Resistance to Flock cameras grows in Cleveland
Axios Cleveland · 2026-05-13
Pushback
🔗 Cleveland says Flock cameras secure after Dayton ditches system following data breach
cleveland.com · 2026-05-07
Dayton Oversharing
🔗 Cleveland's Flock surveillance secrecy feeds a much bigger threat: Leila Atassi
cleveland.com · 2026-05-04
FOIA Opacity
🔗 Who's searching Cleveland's Flock cameras? City has a list, and it isn't sharing it
cleveland.com · 2026-04-29
🔗 Cleveland City Council frustrated with ShotSpotter contract
Spectrum News 1 · 2026-04-23
Audio Surveillance Renewal
🔗 Cleveland safety director takes 'onus' for $853k SpotSpotter extension
Signal Cleveland · 2026-04-23
Audio Surveillance Renewal
🔗 Cleveland council probes 'loophole' that enabled ShotSpotter renewal
Ideastream Public Media · 2026-04-22
Audio Surveillance Renewal
🔗 Shotspotter gunshot detection tech approved for another year in Cleveland
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-04-10
Audio Surveillance Renewal
🔗 Mayor Justin Bibb quietly renews ShotSpotter contract, drawing backlash over 'back channel' move
cleveland.com · 2026-04-09
Audio Surveillance Renewal
🔗 Questions raised about Flock Safety in Cleveland, data access and who's watching
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-03-05
Pushback Video
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- 🔗 Questions raised about Flock Safety in Cleveland, data access and who's watching
  WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland via YouTube
🔗 Who is searching Cleveland's license plate reader photos?
Signal Cleveland · 2026-03-05
Oversharing
🔗 Grassroots group presses Cleveland to end relationship with Flock Safety, expansion plans on hold
WEWS ABC 5 Cleveland · 2026-03-02
Pushback
🔗 Cleveland hits pause on expanded Flock contract amid residents pushback
cleveland.com · 2026-02-27
Pushback
🔗 What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland
Signal Cleveland · 2026-02-04
Analysis
🔗 Former Cleveland City Council Member Kerry McCormack, now at Flock Safety, says he wasn't involved in proposed city contract
Signal Cleveland · 2025-11-24
🔗 As Mayor Justin Bibb embraces more police technology with Flock Safety, petition pushes back
Signal Cleveland · 2025-11-17
🔗 Cleveland mulls shift from ShotSpotter to Flock
Axios Cleveland · 2025-11-14
🔗 Cleveland City Council to hear evaluation on ShotSpotter, consider Flock Safety proposal
WKYC NBC 3 Cleveland · 2025-11-11
Expansion
🔗 Cleveland City Councilman Kerry McCormack to resign next month
Axios Cleveland · 2025-09-11

"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."