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Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
surveillance.
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🔗 6 Flock Safety cameras removed from Lebanon without city's knowledge; company says it was an error OH
Lebanon
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🔗 Flock Reinstalled Its Cameras After Another City Canceled Its Contract MN
Dayton
Plymouth
Success
Sunsetting
Notes: Oh look, that isolated incident that keeps happening happened again!
🔗 My City Canceled Flock's Contract. Flock Ignored It, So the Police Chief Unplugged the Cameras MN
Plymouth
Success
Sunsetting
🔗 Austin lawsuit accuses Flock Safety of gender discrimination, retaliation TX
Austin
Lawsuit
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🔗 Former Flock Safety employee alleges 'boys club' culture in Austin lawsuit Lawsuit
🔗 To protect immigrant students, a Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused. IL
Elgin
Campus
Pushback
🔗 Dayton city leaders say Flock installed two cameras without permission MN
Dayton
🔗 Mystery Flock cameras discovered in Florida without permits, leaving locals feeling 'very unsafe' FL
St. Lucie County
🔗 City halts unpermitted camera after Flock Safety admits permit lapse MI
Mount Clemens
🔗 Milford police chief says Flock Safety used his image in promotional video without permission CT
Milford
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🔗 Milford police chief responds to image in Flock Safety promotional video CT
Milford
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🔗 Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support TN
Knoxville
Pushback
🔗 Flock Safety failed to secure Boston vehicle data during 2025 pilot, report finds MA
Boston
Oversharing
🔗 Police respond to 911 call from Flock Safety employee about YouTube creators First Amendment
Video
Notes: "I don't know if they're armed!" crops up yet again here. Dude doesn't miss a chance for a second product plug either.Copies at:
🔗 Flock employee calls 911 on YouTube creators First Amendment
Video
Notes: Note how many times the caller from Flock Safety repeats the line, "I don't know if they're armed." He even manages to work in a product plug. To a 911 call.
🔗 Grass Valley police remove re-installed Flock cameras after end of contract; Flock responds CA
Grass Valley
🔗 Grass Valley police remove Flock cameras again after unexpected reinstallations CA
Grass Valley
🔗 Grass Valley police remove re-installed Flock cameras after end of contract CA
Grass Valley
Video
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🔗 Flock cameras reinstalled in Grass Valley after police took them down CA
Grass Valley
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🔗 El Cerrito residents call out Flock safety cameras CA
El Cerrito
Success
Terminated
Notes: El Cerrito terminated its contract at the beginning of June. Cameras are still up. Another one of those isolated incidents that keeps happening.Copies at:
🔗 Palm Bay suspends Flock camera system after permitting review FL
Palm Bay
Suspended
🔗 Palm Bay suspending FLOCK camera system over placement concerns FL
Palm Bay
Suspended
🔗 Flock insists it never released its distress detection feature, but a police department says it had it CO
Commerce City
Audio Surveillance
False Claims
🔗 Panola County moves Flock cameras to county roads temporarily amid permit issues, sheriff says TX
Panola County
🔗 Some Panola County Flock Safety cameras temporarily moved to county roads TX
Panola County
🔗 Littleton claims Flock reactivated its cameras without notifying the town MA
Littleton
Suspended
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🔗 Flock 'Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment': Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras WI
Verona
🔗 'Freedom is rarely taken away all at once': Geneva County Commissioner raises concerns over Flock Safety cameras installed without permit AL
Geneva County
Slocomb
Pushback
🔗 Southern Denton County, let's talk Flock TX
Argyle
Flower Mound
Lewisville
Northlake
"According to Schiestel, a pair of Flock cameras in Flower Mound were recently taken down after they were found to have been installed within the public right-of-way without authorization."
🔗 Exclusive: Texas says Flock surveillance violated state law over licensing issue TX
Houston
Illegal
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🔗 DPS says it is investigating Flock Safety camera company over claims of operating without license TX
Illegal
🔗 Exclusive: Texas investigating Flock Safety over claims it operated without a license TX
Illegal
"From 2019 to 2024, the company operated without a required private investigator license, a lapse that led the state to issue a cease-and-desist letter in 2024."
🔗 DPS sends cease-and-desist letter to Flock surveillance company TX
Illegal
Unauthorized
🔗 City sends cease-and-desist after Flock reinstalls license plate cameras IL
Evanston
Illegal
Pushback
Unauthorized
🔗 Surveillance company skirted regulations as it expanded across north Fort Worth HOAs TX
Fort Worth
Illegal
Unauthorized
🔗 Texas public safety officials orders owner of license plate reading cameras popular in Houston to stop operating TX
Illegal
"Texas public safety officials say the company that makes license plate scanning cameras Houston police use extensively for crime fighting has been operating illegally and ordered them to stop immediately."
🔗 License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime FL
IL
SC
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WA
Illegal
"In June of 2022, an Illinois DOT official in contact with Flock representatives told the company it had many repeated, error-filled permit applications for camera installations. A Flock representative gave the IDOT official a thinly-veiled threat that if they didn't fast-track the process, Flock would send "about 30 different police chiefs" to their office to talk to them about it."
🔗 This $4 Billion Car Surveillance Startup Says It Cuts Crime. But It Likely Broke The Law. False Claims
Illegal
Unauthorized
"Company communications with state transportation agencies obtained via public records requests, and interviews with more than half a dozen former employees, suggest that in its rush to install surveillance cameras in the absence of clear regulatory frameworks, Flock repeatedly broke the law in at least five states."
🔗 Flock Safety Faces Legal Trouble as AI-Powered License Plate Readers Violate State Laws, Putting Driver Safety at Risk FL
Tampa
Treasure Island
Illegal
Unauthorized
🔗 Judge says Flock can't add more cameras in NC right now NC
Illegal
Video
🔗 23CV003667-910 - Preliminary injunction - Oct. 31, 2023 NC
Wake County
Illegal
Unauthorized
"Defendant's actions are an immediate an direct threat to the public health, safety, and welfare"
Notes: Enjoined Flock Safety from illegally installing surveillance cameras in Wake County, NC.
