Link Resource Database
Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
surveillance.
This database focuses on
facts and reporting rather than opinion or philosophy. The more reliable, the better. We're looking for things
that can be presented to elected officials and other decision-makers as independent, reliable sources that
they should take seriously.
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🔗 Hundreds of 'welfare check' queries searched on Flock cameras in West Virginia WV
Marion County
Monongalia County
Opacity
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🔗 Inside Mon County deputies' searches of Flock camera database WV
Monongalia County
🔗 Monongalia County Flock camera data searched 3 million times, group says WV
Monongalia County
Oversharing
🔗 Texas city charges $2.3 million for Flock records TX
North Richland Hills
Opacity
🔗 Texas Flock records are harder to get and more expensive TX
North Richland Hills
Opacity
🔗 Harris County Sheriff's Office quotes ENOUGH $121,000 for Flock records as Hidalgo plans Oct. 15 meeting TX
Harris County
Opacity
🔗 How Wareham uses its Flock cameras and other license plate readers MA
Wareham
🔗 City of Huntsville denies 48 News request for Flock camera audit logs AL
Huntsville
Opacity
🔗 In Monterey Park, Flock camera logs face scrutiny from watchdog group CA
Monterey Park
Pushback
🔗 As Richmond's FOIA foibles persist, city claims it has no 'Flock' contract VA
Richmond
Opacity
🔗 Huntsville police say they won't release Flock records to the public AL
Huntsville
Opacity
🔗 ACLU announces win over Mass. State Police in case seeking ALPR info MA
ACLU
Court Ruling
🔗 Mass. State Police can't withhold locations of traffic surveillance cameras, judge rules MA
ACLU
Court Ruling
🔗 His records request led Pflugerville to shut down license plate cameras TX
Pflugerville
Success
Sunsetting
🔗 Using public records, here's how we reported on Flock's web of cameras OH
Cincinnati
🔗 College student sues Genesee County over denial of Flock camera records request under FOIA MI
Genesee County
Lawsuit
🔗 Michigan lawsuit could decide whether police can keep Flock camera data secret MI
Genesee County
Lawsuit
🔗 Man sued local governments in WA over Flock records. He's won $300K WA
Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Lawsuit
Settlement
🔗 Stanwood to pay $40K share in Flock camera case settlement WA
Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Lawsuit
Settlement
🔗 How is Kalamazoo using Flock cameras? Newly released records offer a rare look MI
Kalamazoo
🔗 Judge rules against cities of Stanwood, Sedro-Woolley in Flock camera case WA
Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Court Ruling
Opacity
🔗 SUNY University at Buffalo Flock Audit NY
Buffalo
Campus
🔗 The Flock Documents They Didn't Expect Anyone to Read GA
Video
Notes: Interview with Jason Hunyar.
🔗 Flock Safety / ALPR Data Request NC
Franklin County
🔗 Texas Attorney General orders City of Conroe to release some information about Flock cameras TX
Conroe
🔗 Texas AG says Conroe must release records it withheld about Flock Safety cameras TX
Conroe
🔗 Conroe is ordered to release Flock camera data as surveillance debate grows TX
Conroe
🔗 Howard County Police Department ALPR contract, policies, and audit results request MD
Howard County
🔗 Morning Call files lawsuit seeking Allentown data from Flock license plate readers PA
Allentown
🔗 Flock Safety ALPR Contract CA
Humboldt County
🔗 Kalamazoo public safety refuses to release Flock camera access logs amid public backlash MI
Kalamazoo
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Paulding County's Flock Contract GA
Paulding County
🔗 Garrett Langley/AG Carr Text Messages Flock - MuckRock GA
🔗 His Town Denied Information On Flock Cameras. Now, He's Suing. NY
Scarsdale
Lawsuit
Opacity
Video
🔗 Surveillance without consent: How the Shenandoah Valley got wired without anyone asking VA
Elkton
🔗 Cleveland's Flock surveillance secrecy feeds a much bigger threat: Leila Atassi OH
Cleveland
Opacity
🔗 New Lawsuit: Do We Have a Right to Know We're Being Surveilled? NY
Scarsdale
ACLU
Lawsuit
Opacity
🔗 New Flock Lawsuit: Do We Have A Right To Know We're Being Surveilled? NY
Scarsdale
Lawsuit
Opacity
Video
🔗 Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood still required to turn over Flock camera images WA
Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Lawsuit
"The cameras take between six and 12 time-stamped images of each car that passes them, allowing law enforcement to create a detailed database of when and where vehicles are."
🔗 Conroe residents say city is stonewalling their requests for information on Flock Safety cameras TX
Conroe
Opacity
"He says that after the city received the payment for the records, it sent some of its requests to the attorney general's office to determine whether the information must be released."
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🔗 Communications Between Patrick Krieg and Flock Safety GA
Dunwoody
🔗 Communications Between City Manager Eric Linton and Flock Safety GA
Dunwoody
🔗 Cesar Chavez - March 22 CA
San Francisco
🔗 Transparency Update: ALPR exemption kneecaps journalists CT
Analysis
🔗 Snohomish County judge rules Flock camera footage is public record WA
Snohomish County
🔗 Is This Mass Surveillance Program Finally Over? WA
Lawsuit
Video
Copies at:
🔗 Flock trailer contract finally unredacted by Bloomington; 'umbrella' accord still missing IN
Bloomington
Opacity
🔗 Sanibel Police Dept Refuse Open Records Request on Flock Safety Cameras FL
Sanibel
Analysis
Opacity
🔗 Capitola Revised Flock Contract CA
Capitola
🔗 Sedro-Woolley and Stanwood appeal ruling regarding Flock camera data WA
Sedro-Woolley
Skagit County
Stanwood
Paywall
🔗 SC sheriff's office quoted me $9,000+ for a Flock records request SC
Richland County
Opacity
🔗 Surprise, residents wrestle over releasing license plate records AZ
Surprise
Opacity
Paywall
🔗 Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions WA
Mount Vernon
Lawsuit
Video
🔗 Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act WA
Everett
Lawsuit
Paywall
🔗 Waltham PD Flock Public Records Request #2 MA
Waltham
🔗 List of agencies sharing Flock data MA
Waltham
Oversharing
Notes: This list is believed to be outdated.
🔗 ACLU of Oregon and partners sue City of Eugene for failing to disclose public records on Flock cameras OR
Eugene
Lawsuit
🔗 Network Sharing Overview ACLU
Internal
Technology
Video
Notes: Flock training video on network sharing.
🔗 Pittsboro Police Department Indiana - Flock Safety Shared Devices List IN
Pittsboro
🔗 Stanwood pauses Flock cameras amid public records lawsuits WA
Stanwood
Lawsuit
Paywall
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🔗 25-206 WA
Prosser
Notes: Contains internal correspondence about responding to FOIA requests for information about Flock
🔗 Flock/Waltham PD correspondence Jan-Jul 2025 MA
Waltham
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order WA
King County
🔗 Flock Safety ALPR Audits 2025 (Mount Prospect Police Department) IL
Mount Prospect
🔗 Flock Safety ALPR Audits 2025 (Morton Grove Police Department) IL
Morton Grove
🔗 Flock Safety ALPR Audits 2025 (Niles Police Department Illinois) IL
Niles
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order (Prosser Police Department) WA
Prosser
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order (Yakima Police Department) WA
Yakima
🔗 FOIA Request: ALPR Audit (Danville, IL) May 2025 IL
Danville
🔗 Cardinal News wins FOIA battle for Flock footage in Roanoke Circuit Court VA
Roanoke
🔗 Flock Safety search audits and data sharing (Largo PD) FL
Largo
🔗 FOIA Request: ALPR Audit (Danville, IL) Feb 2025 IL
Danville
