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🔗 Temple Police Department launches drones as emergency responders TX
Temple
Scope Creep
🔗 Inkster commits to Flock as opposition grows in Livonia and Garden City MI
Inkster
Audio Surveillance
Expansion
🔗 City of Inkster expanding use of Flock technology in new safety intiative MI
Inkster
Audio Surveillance
Expansion
🔗 Inkster expands Flock camera program with license plate readers, drone and gunshot detection tech MI
Inkster
Audio Surveillance
Expansion
🔗 'A lot of guardrails': Prince William supervisors tackle Flock cameras, police drone usage amid MOU approvals VA
Prince William County
🔗 Flock Safety's fastest-growing business is police drones Flockaganda
Overview
🔗 Flock and Chula Vista may expand their business relationship CA
Chula Vista
Expansion
🔗 Where Vandals Can't Reach? Flock Safety's Future Is Full of Spying Drones Overview
🔗 Harvey, Illinois adding Flock Safety drones amid growing concerns over surveillance technology and police misuse of data IL
Harvey
Scope Creep
🔗 Lancaster Police Department unveils new Flock Safety drone NY
Lancaster
Expansion
Scope Creep
🔗 Connecticut's ALPR debate grows as towns end contracts and others consider expand use CT
Killingworth
Middletown
Milford
Windsor
Overview
🔗 What are Flock drones? Here's why they're sparking debate in two Connecticut cities. CT
Bridgeport
Middletown
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🔗 Middletown officials defend proposed public safety drones amid privacy concerns CT
Middletown
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🔗 Flock Camera and Drone Contract Signed One Dollar Below County Board Approval Threshold MN
Anoka County
New Outbreak
🔗 Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country EFF
🔗 Newport councilors OK first responder drone for emergencies RI
Newport
New Outbreak
🔗 S.F. high-tech police surveillance center gets $3M gift, partly for 'counter drone' tech CA
San Francisco
Expansion
🔗 Leaked Police Drone Videos Highlight Need For Independent Review of the Technology's Usefulness CA
San Francisco
ACLU
🔗 Drones, Plate Readers, and AI Facial Recognition: The Surveillance Technology Watching the Bay Area CA
San Francisco
🔗 A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance CA
San Francisco
🔗 Huntington City Council approves contract for Flock Safety cameras WV
Huntington
Audio Surveillance
New Outbreak
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🔗 Flock cameras: This SC town my triple cameras, deploy drones to aid surveillance SC
Irmo
Expansion
Scope Creep
🔗 As Flock surveillance cams draw criticism and vandalism, Midlands town could nearly triple its fleet SC
Irmo
Expansion
Scope Creep
🔗 Fort Worth Police Department adds Drone as First Responder program TX
Fort Worth
Scope Creep
🔗 Berkeley police hope to seek bids soon for drones, cameras CA
Berkeley
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🔗 Oro Valley police leasing controversial Flock Safety drones AZ
Oro Valley
Scope Creep
🔗 Fulshear Launches State-Funded 'Drone First Responder Program' Using Flock Safety Tech TX
Fulshear
Scope Creep
🔗 Police, fire departments launch Drone as First Responder program WI
Green Bay
Paywall
Scope Creep
🔗 Drones as first responders coming to Tucson and Oro Valley AZ
Oro Valley
Tucson
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🔗 'No one knew.' New details revealed in Oakland County leader's controversial Flock visit MI
Oakland County
Pushback
🔗 Fort Worth Takes a Vendor-Neutral Approach to Building Its DFR Program TX
Fort Worth
🔗 Normal Police Add Flock DFR To Six-Drone Fleet IL
Normal
Expansion
🔗 Marina approves contract with Flock Safety for drone and camera trailer. CA
Marina
Scope Creep
🔗 Normal Police win approval for $50K drone technology to help with first responses IL
Normal
Scope Creep
🔗 Town council approves addition to Normal Police drone fleet - WGLT IL
Normal
Scope Creep
🔗 Being Followed By A Drone While Driving? Here's Why It May Be Tracking Your Car MI
Oakland County
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🔗 Marina City Council to approve drone first responder program CA
Marina
Scope Creep
🔗 Normal Police request $50K for drone technology to aid in emergency response IL
Normal
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🔗 Normal council approves $50K Flock police drone system IL
Normal
Paywall
🔗 Normal council to weigh $50K Flock drone system IL
Normal
Expansion
Paywall
🔗 Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office holds Flock drone presentation NY
Rensselaer County
Pushback
🔗 Utica Police looking to deploy drones as first responders NY
Utica
Scope Creep
🔗 Drone Detection Tech Integrates With Public Safety Software Scope Creep
"AirSight, developer of the AirGuard airspace security platform, has integrated its real-time drone tracking data directly into FlockOS, a public-safety operating system utilized by numerous law enforcement agencies. The combined system automatically funnels drone positions, altitudes and operator locations into the same interface agencies use for license plate readers and video feeds."
Notes: Now not only do they have drones, but they're tracking your drones!
🔗 Shafter police could start using Flock drone program during emergency responses: agenda CA
Shafter
Scope Creep
🔗 'Stockton is ready,' Mayor Fugazi proclaims at State of the City CA
Stockton
"Amid her discussion of crime, the mayor remarked specifically on her support for the Stockton Police Department's use of the Flock Safety drone program, which drew criticism in spring ahead of City Council's unanimous expansion of the city's contract with Flock."
🔗 Drones used by first responders raise privacy questions MA
ACLU
Scope Creep
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🔗 Bridgeport's controversial drone debate is far from over CT
Bridgeport
🔗 Bettendorf Police to add Drone First Responder program IA
Bettendorf
🔗 Memo from the Mayor SC
Columbia
Scope Creep
🔗 Oakland County Commissioner pushes 12-month moratorium on Flock surveillance tech after drone vote MI
Oakland County
Pushback
🔗 Concerns rise over rapid adoption of Flock safety MI
Oakland County
Pushback
🔗 Beaumont City Council approves $900K drone safety agreement TX
Beaumont
🔗 Oro Valley Police Department moves ahead with 'first responder' drones AZ
Oro Valley
Scope Creep
🔗 Bettendorf police adding 2 drone first responders IA
Bettendorf
🔗 Bettendorf Police Department plans contract with Flock Safety for drones IA
Bettendorf
Paywall
🔗 Oakland County residents launch recall effort against commission chair MI
Oakland County
Pushback
🔗 Flock's Jail Drone Wants To Expand To 19 County-Wide GA
Atlanta
Scope Creep
Notes: "We need a drone to protect the prison" turned into "we need 19 drones county-wide" so quickly and so easily.
🔗 Could adding a drone and more cameras solve crime in Irmo? Here's what town leaders think. SC
Irmo
Expansion
Scope Creep
"Eleven license plate readers powered by Flock Safety are already scattered throughout the town, including at entrance points. The next step could be doubling that count."
🔗 South Bend Police Department implements new Drone First Responder program IN
South Bend
🔗 Michigan Residents Outraged After Board Pushes Flock Drones: 'VOTE THEM OUT' MI
Oakland County
Pushback
🔗 Commerce City police expands program with Flock as other communities cut ties with the company CO
Commerce City
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🔗 Residents voice privacy fears over Oakland County police drone plan MI
Oakland County
Scope Creep
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🔗 Oro Valley to expand police drone use with new $146K program AZ
Oro Valley
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🔗 Stockton weighs Flock police drone expansion amid surveillance concerns CA
Stockton
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🔗 Oro Valley Approves Flock Drone Deal Amid Privacy Debate AZ
Oro Valley
Scope Creep
🔗 Use of police 'Flock' drones for surveillance raises privacy concerns AZ
Oro Valley
Scope Creep
Video
🔗 Police sign deal with new drones in Arizona town tied to controversial surveillance firm AZ
Oro Valley
🔗 Warwick police moving ahead with Drone First Responder amid privacy concerns RI
Warwick
🔗 SBPD's new responder drone draws Facebook threats, chief says don't do it IN
South Bend
🔗 Fulton jail launches drone to stop contraband — from drugs to chicken sandwiches GA
Atlanta
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🔗 South Bend Police drone program provides first responders with eyes in the sky IN
South Bend
Scope Creep
🔗 South Bend police launch Flock drone as first responder program IN
South Bend
Scope Creep
🔗 South Bend police launching drone as first responder program IN
South Bend
Scope Creep
🔗 Everett's Drone as First Responder program underway WA
Everett
Scope Creep
🔗 A new first responder: Warwick police to launch autonomous drone RI
Warwick
Scope Creep
🔗 Eyes in the sky: Warwick police approve first‑responder drone system RI
Warwick
Paywall
🔗 Gilroy City Council approves 'Drone as first Responder' pilot program CA
Gilroy
Scope Creep
Video
🔗 Lewiston police department to try out Flock aerial drone NY
Lewiston
Scope Creep
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🔗 Lewiston Police Department looking into tech to help get ahead of potential problems NY
Lewiston
Scope Creep
🔗 Athens City Council has rejected the expansion of a drone program for first responders OH
Athens
Pushback
🔗 Orlando City Council to vote on $6.8M police drone program Monday FL
Orlando
🔗 First look at Flock Safety drone coming to Greenville MS
Greenville
Scope Creep
🔗 Oro Valley approves state-funded police drone program AZ
Oro Valley
🔗 The SAPD reiterates that their drones will not be used to help ICE CA
Santa Ana
Scope Creep
🔗 MJPD Enhances Emergency Response with Flock911, a New Real-Time 911 Technology Scope Creep
🔗 Middletown tries out Flock Safety drones to help police, fire CT
Middletown
Scope Creep
🔗 Oro Valley to lease Flock Safety drones. What to know AZ
Oro Valley
🔗 Oro Valley is buying new drones from policing technology firm Flock Safety AZ
Oro Valley
🔗 Drones and license plate cameras: inside Hamilton County's Real-Time Information Center IN
Hamilton County
Scope Creep
🔗 Flock safety drones coming to Greenville MS
Greenville
🔗 New Bridgeport police drones to act as 'first responders,' surveying scenes from the sky CT
New Bridgeport
Paywall
🔗 '30 seconds with a stick' | Researchers claim Flock cameras are easy to hack, have significant security vulnerabilities CO
Aurora
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