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🔗 Flock contracts systematically violate the law to avoid oversight: this must be prosecuted Louis Rossman
🔗 Smithfield officer shared Flock data with FBI, won't be charged VA
Smithfield
Federal Government
Oversharing
🔗 Town admits sharing Flock data with FBI violated state law, says officer won't be charged VA
Smithfield
Federal Government
Oversharing
🔗 Smithfield police shared Flock data with FBI after ODU shooting. That violated state law. VA
Smithfield
Oversharing
🔗 Marin County ALPR Data Accessed by Federal, Out-of-State Agencies, Defying Deal CA
Marin County
ACLU
EFF
Oversharing
🔗 We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data CA
Marin County
EFF
Oversharing
🔗 Texas deputy used 83K Flock cameras to find woman who had abortion. Was it a welfare check? TX
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Pleasanton PD admits feds previously had access to license plate reader data CA
Pleasanton
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Feds Secretly Ran 300 Illegal Searches Through San Francisco's License Plate Cameras CA
San Francisco
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Syracuse police used Flock Safety readers for nearly a month after readers were supposed to be taken down NY
Syracuse
🔗 GRPD email: 'Deportation warrant' search of Flock cameras was likely ATF MI
Grand Rapids
Immigration
Video
Notes: Once again the ATF ignores local laws to search Flock on behalf of ICE.Copies at:
🔗 SF: Flock Denies That Feds Directly Accessed Camera System CA
San Francisco
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
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🔗 Feds 'improperly' accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds CA
San Francisco
Oversharing
🔗 Idexx appears to have plate-reading cameras monitoring Maine properties ME
Portland
Business Usage
🔗 'A Climate of Fear and Mistrust': Petition Urges Humboldt Sheriff, Board of Supervisors to ... CA
Humboldt County
Pushback
🔗 Richmond police sergeant loses Flock access after policy violation VA
Richmond
Abuse
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🔗 Law enforcement agencies consider changes to street-camera surveillance, part II CO
Pitkin County
Snowmass
Oversharing
Notes: This article shows that Flock isn't alone; Motorola's system also shares data with ICE.
🔗 Exclusive: Texas says Flock surveillance violated state law over licensing issue TX
Houston
Flocked Up
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🔗 Modesto police find federal agencies had prohibited access to license plate data CA
Modesto
Oversharing
🔗 Virginia legislators ding local law enforcement over surveillance abuses VA
🔗 Federal Agencies Accessed El Cerrito's License Plate Reader Data CA
El Cerrito
Oversharing
🔗 License plate readers mined images for immigration data CA
Oxnard
Ventura County
Oversharing
"Although the department set its security protocols to "California only" upon implementation in December 2023, an audit last year revealed that a "nationwide query" enabled by the vendor allowed unauthorized access."
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🔗 Judge schedules hearing in AG Bonta lawsuit over El Cajon license plate data sharing CA
El Cajon
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 State Report Finds Police Misused License Plate Camera Data In Virginia VA
Oversharing
🔗 Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers CA
Los Altos
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Oversharing
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"Los Altos officials said Flock had enabled a national and statewide "lookup" feature on their network of cameras without notifying the city or seeking its permission."
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🔗 Crime commission report shows VA police misuse of flock cameras VA
Roanoke
Video
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🔗 Some Va. police, sheriffs not complying with new Flock camera regulations VA
Paywall
"The report concludes by stating that Del. Charniele Herring, D- Alexandria, the lawmaker who sponsored last year's guidelines, would "send letters to law enforcement agencies whose survey responses indicate that their current practices are not consistent with the new statutory requirements for ALPR use.""
Notes: Oh, good. A sternly-worded letter. That'll do it.Copies at:
🔗 Flock license reader flaw opened county's data to non-state agencies CA
Ventura County
Oversharing
🔗 Federal agencies gain access to Flock cameras in El Cerrito, police say CA
El Cerrito
Oversharing
🔗 Camden County commissioners decide against legal action to block license plate cameras MO
Camden County
"Camden County's Presiding Commissioner Skelton asked the county attorney to pursue civil litigation to enforce an ordinance banning license plate reading cameras. The other two commissioners did not second the action."
🔗 Year in Review: Controversy over Flock license plate readers continues CA
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Expansion
Oversharing
Renewal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Louisville police commanders entangled in internal investigation of license plate reader searches KY
Louisville
Immigration
🔗 DPS says it is investigating Flock Safety camera company over claims of operating without license TX
Flocked Up
🔗 Exclusive: Texas investigating Flock Safety over claims it operated without a license TX
Flocked Up
"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."
🔗 'Had an abortion, search for female.' Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras WA
Spokane
Spokane County
Oversharing
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit CA
Oakland
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits CA
Santa Cruz
Oversharing
🔗 Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout CA
Capitola
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. CA
Capitola
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Louisville police share data with national immigration dragnet KY
Louisville
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Responds to Outpost Investigation Into Its Automated License Plate Reader Program CA
Humboldt County
🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers CA
Humboldt County
Oversharing
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement CA
El Cajon
Lawsuit
Oversharing
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🔗 DPS sends cease-and-desist letter to Flock surveillance company TX
Flocked Up
Unauthorized
🔗 City sends cease-and-desist after Flock reinstalls license plate cameras IL
Evanston
Flocked Up
Pushback
Unauthorized
🔗 Fed immigration agencies used McLean County Sheriff's Department camera data despite Illinois law IL
McLean County
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Uncovers Forest Park Police Department Sharing License Plate Reader Data with Customs and Border Protection a Violation of State Law IL
Forest Park
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Automated license plate reader company halts federal pilot programs following data access concerns Oversharing
🔗 Hundreds of police departments use camera company accused of breaking state law IL
🔗 Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation IL
Immigration
Oversharing
"It is not Flock's job to police the police..."
🔗 Company violated Illinois law by sharing license plate data with federal agency: Giannoulias IL
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law IL
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state CA
Menlo Park
Oversharing
🔗 DEA agent used Illinois cop's Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searches IL
Palos Heights
Immigration
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🔗 Federal license plate reader searches raise surveillance questions VA
Immigration
Oversharing
"In March, after four people detained at an ICE detention center in Farmville escaped, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives accessed data collected by Richmond's license plate reader system to assist in the immigration investigation — without permission to use the data for that purpose."
🔗 SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds CA
Oakland
San Francisco
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 SF and Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with federal agencies: report CA
Oakland
San Francisco
Oversharing
🔗 Loveland Police Chief defends giving ATF access to its Flock account, despite ATF running searches for ICE CO
Loveland
Oversharing
🔗 Loveland Police Department's license plate tracking used for 'ICE' searches CO
Loveland
Oversharing
"Loveland Police says it wasn't one of its officers who conducted the searches, but rather a member of the ATF who was given access to the Loveland Police Department's Flock account."
🔗 Police flout state law on license plate privacy CA
Orange County
Immigration
Oversharing
Paywall
🔗 California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol CA
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside County
San Diego County
Immigration
Oversharing
"Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show."
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🔗 Police Department Response to Flock License Plate Reader Investigation IL
Mount Prospect
Oversharing
🔗 Illinois license plate cameras used illegally by out-of-state police, Giannoulias says IL
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Surveillance company skirted regulations as it expanded across north Fort Worth HOAs TX
Fort Worth
Flocked Up
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🔗 Texas public safety officials orders owner of license plate reading cameras popular in Houston to stop operating TX
Flocked Up
"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."
🔗 California Attorney General warned police about license plate data law. Departments ignored him CA
Oversharing
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🔗 Sheriff, police shared license plate reader data. Sacramento grand jury says they broke law CA
Sacramento
Oversharing
🔗 License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime FL
IL
SC
TX
WA
Flocked Up
"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
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"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
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🔗 01-31-2024 letter to California AG Rob Bonta re: enforcing SB34 on ALPRs CA
EFF
Oversharing
"Unfortunately, we have identified dozens of California LEAs that continue to share ALPR information with out-of-state agencies in violation of the law, including several that have expressly rejected the law as clarified by the Attorney General's Office."
🔗 Judge says Flock can't add more cameras in NC right now NC
Flocked Up
Video
🔗 23CV003667-910 - Preliminary injunction - Oct. 31, 2023 NC
Wake County
Flocked Up
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"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.
🔗 Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show CA
Sacramento
Oversharing
🔗 Vallejo police shared data in violation of state law, watchdog alleges CA
Vallejo
Oversharing
🔗 Police in San Diego County breaking the law sharing drivers' data CA
San Diego County
Oversharing
