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🔗 East Bridgewater Select Board Faces Intense Community Opposition Over Flock Surveillance Cameras East Bridgewater
Pushback
🔗 Protesters rally against Waltham's use of license plate reader cameras Waltham
Pushback
🔗 Town Officials Address Flock Cameras In Lengthy Statement Nantucket
Axon
🔗 New Bedford police to temporarily suspend use of Flock technology; Officer placed on leave New Bedford
Abuse
Suspended
More coverage (6 related entries):
🔗 Flock Fallout: Deputy Police Chief & Town's Chief Technology Officer Weigh In On New Cameras Nantucket
🔗 Why Wellesley Police are testing a Flock license plate reader Wellesley
New Outbreak
🔗 Flock Cameras Have Arrived On Nantucket: What Are They, And Why Are They Here? Nantucket
New Outbreak
🔗 Littleton claims Flock reactivated its cameras without notifying the town Littleton
Flocked Up
Suspended
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🔗 Why Flock surveillance cameras are drawing fierce backlash across Massachusetts Overview
Pushback
🔗 FLOCK Camera Update Littleton
Success
Sunsetting
🔗 New Bedford residents demand city, police department cancel Flock contract New Bedford
Pushback
🔗 Community concerned over Flock cameras Milton
Pushback
🔗 Salem, Mass., Is Installing New License Plate Readers Salem
Switcheroo
🔗 Flock furor: Police cameras in New Bedford and South Coast New Bedford
Abuse
Immigration
Pushback
"In January, Ofc. William Mouyos entered "immigration (civil/administrative)" in the search reason field. It's unclear if a case number was redacted from that cell.
Mouyos is routinely in the top 10 of officers with the most Flock searches this year. He worked in a unit tasked with clamping down on scooters and the crimes tied to them, including shootings.
The Light previously reported that Mouyos faced a 15-day suspension for excessive force and failing to activate his body camera during a scooter chase last year that ended in him punching a juvenile."
Notes: New Bedford PD "does not permit the sharing of LPR data gathered by the town or its contractors/subcontractors for purpose of federal immigration enforcement, these federal immigration agencies include Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CPB)." But it happened anyway.More coverage (13 related entries):
🔗 Flock cameras are in Fall River. Police say they're needed | Exclusive Fall River
Flockaganda
🔗 Hopkinton MA Police say Flock Safety cameras are a benefit. Here's why Hopkinton
Flockaganda
🔗 Flock Safety Systems in the City of Salem Salem
Success
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🔗 Police issues dominate Select Board meeting Hopkinton
New Outbreak
Pushback
Notes: Another jurisdiction where the police quietly deployed Flock without telling anyone.
🔗 Cohasset Police Department responds to citizens' concerns about Flock cameras; select board will address at future meeting Cohasset
🔗 Federal Funds Bring Automated License Plate Readers to East Bridgewater East Bridgewater
New Outbreak
🔗 The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets ACLU
Pushback
🔗 Cities are Dumping Spy Cams, One Company Wants to Put Them on Buses Franklin
BusPatrol
🔗 Agawam councilor won't apologize for 'pointed' questions on Flock cameras Agawam
Paywall
Pushback
"Rickmon acknowledged that she was asking "pointed questions" of Gillis but said her tone revealed a mounting frustration in police dismissing her concerns and giving what she felt were "evasive answers.""
🔗 Stow police officer accused of misusing state database for personal reasons Stow
Cautionary Tale
🔗 Tewksbury Select Board talks next steps in addressing Flock concerns Tewksbury
Pushback
🔗 ACLU of Massachusetts Releases New Toolkit to Help People Challenge Flock Cameras in Their Communities ACLU
Activism
🔗 Tewksbury Select Board member releases report on Flock - Lowell Sun Tewksbury
Pushback
"On the Town's review, twelve of the eighteen answers were incomplete, non-responsive to the specific question, internally contradictory, or at odds with the vendor's own materials and with statements its representatives had made on the March 19 call. Produced roughly an hour after the Town's inquiry, the responses read as hasty, and did not engage the substance of what was asked."
Notes: Yup, that sounds like Flock's typical approach to most things.
🔗 License Plate Reader Surveillance Community Advocacy Toolkit ACLU
Activism
🔗 Privacy concerns persist over Waltham's Flock Safety cameras as Massachusetts passes new consumer data protections Waltham
Legislation
Pushback
🔗 Who's watching you, Tewksbury? | News - Homenewshere.com Tewksbury
🔗 Framingham police chief supports ordinance for license plate readers Framingham
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🔗 Surveillance in Brookline: License plate readers quietly installed in a Chestnut Hill parking lot Brookline
Business Usage
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🔗 Framingham MA councilor: Police won't renew license plate reader pact Framingham
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🔗 Minutes Sharon Select Board June 23, 2026 Sharon
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🔗 Agawam City Council questions Flock cameras in Agawam Agawam
Pushback
🔗 Agawam PD defends license plate cameras, while others fear Big Brother watching Agawam
Pushback
🔗 New Bedford Police Confront Flock Safety Privacy Storm; Hoping Q&A Puts Concerns to Rest New Bedford
Flockaganda
🔗 Transparency & Accountability Framingham
Pushback
🔗 New Bedford Police Defend Flock Cameras Against Privacy Outcry New Bedford
Flockaganda
🔗 Residents question city leaders about license plate recognition cameras Agawam
Pushback
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🔗 Privacy takes backseat to proliferation of license plate readers Agawam
Pushback
🔗 Framingham must reclaim its privacy, say no to Flock | opinion - MetroWest Daily News Framingham
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Framingham MA group urges police to end license plate reader program Framingham
Paywall
🔗 After residents raise concerns, Agawam councilors question new license plate cameras Agawam
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Drones used by first responders raise privacy questions ACLU
Drones
Scope Creep
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🔗 Cooperation with ICE common among Mass. law enforcement, new report finds Immigration
"The report also found other types of information sharing, including automatic license place readers, notably from Georgia-based security company Flock Safety, that store information on a federal cloud database accessible by ICE that can be used to detain individuals."
🔗 Beverly's License Plate Camera Merits Debated, Challenged At City Council Meeting Beverly
Pushback
🔗 Mixed reaction to Flock security cameras in Beverly Beverly
Pushback
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🔗 Beverly debates use of AI-powered Flock cameras Beverly
🔗 Flock cameras: Safety tool or privacy risk? Beverly
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🔗 Beverly officials to discuss Flock cameras Tuesday Beverly
Paywall
Pushback
"The meeting will be held at 6 PM in the city council chambers at city hall as a joint meeting of the city council's legal affairs and public services subcommittees."
🔗 Medway Police confirm installation of six new Flock Safety cameras Medway
Expansion
🔗 Town hall on Flock cameras and Waltham Common event time limit draws passionate community voices Waltham
Pushback
🔗 2026 Waltham Town Hall on flock cameras + Common / Mayors 4 hour limit on events Waltham
Pushback
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🔗 Police cameras track drivers' movements on some Cape roads Hyannis
🔗 Regarding Flock Safety Systems Stoughton
Flockaganda
🔗 Attleboro police department among others in state getting rid of Flock cameras Attleboro
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🔗 Advocates Warn Drivers of 'Indiscriminate Surveillance' Hyannis
🔗 The Column: The myth of Flock Safety Billerica
Lowell
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🔗 Law Department suggests non-binding resolution to address concerns over surveillance technology Waltham
🔗 North Shore's Flock cameras may help out-of-state agencies track immigrants Beverly
Peabody
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Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Billerica Select Board mulls proposal to ban Flock cameras Billerica
Pushback
🔗 AI-powered license plate readers have helped solve crimes but continue to raise privacy concerns Quincy
Video
🔗 Public raises concerns over Flock Safety cameras Tewksbury
Pushback
🔗 Greenfield Public Safety Commission laments lack of input on removal of surveillance cameras Greenfield
🔗 Greenfield Police to remove surveillance cameras Greenfield
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🔗 Will Natick residents 'Flock' to Select Board meeting over police camera pilot? Natick
🔗 Authorities used license plate readers to find the Brown suspect's car. Some want them removed. RI
Boston
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🔗 When It Comes To Mass Surveillance, We Are Totally Flocked Cambridge
Natick
Watertown
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🔗 LETTER: Former City Councilor Weighs in on City Using Flock License Plate Capturing Cameras Watertown
Notes: Letter from former city councillor highlights lack of public disclosure and discussion during the adoption of Flock.
🔗 Norwell Select Board Approves Flock Camera System to Aid Crime-Solving Efforts Norwell
🔗 Closed doors: how Flock Safety sells its surveillance technology to anytown, USA. Waltham
Analysis
Notes: Mostly local, but good analysis of Flock's sales tactics and how they fly under the radar to get a foothold before community members can find out and object.
🔗 Flock Cameras: City Manager Working Out Details of Contract for License Plate Reading Devices Watertown
🔗 City cancels deal for license plate tech Cambridge
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🔗 Flock cameras remained active in two cities where officials had asked for them to be turned off OR
Cambridge
Eugene
Notes: The article notes commonalities with continued operation of Flock cameras after cities asked for them to be turned off.
🔗 Watertown Police Will Soon Start Using Cameras That Can Capture License Plate Info, ACLU Expresses Some Concerns Watertown
🔗 Law Department to draft ordinance regulating Flock cameras, surveillance technology Waltham
Pushback
🔗 The week ahead: Ordinances and Rules Committee to further discuss Flock cameras Waltham
🔗 Waltham's Mayor McCarthy confirms that she signed Flock Safety purchase order in April Waltham
🔗 Police address use of surveillance cameras in Waltham Waltham
🔗 City councilors weigh privacy concerns, public safety benefits of surveillance cameras Waltham
🔗 Waltham police chief attends Committee of the Whole to discuss Flock Safety cameras Waltham
🔗 Waltham PD Flock Public Records Request #2 Waltham
FOIA
🔗 List of agencies sharing Flock data Waltham
FOIA
Oversharing
Notes: This list is believed to be outdated.
🔗 Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera Brookline
Pushback
🔗 Cambridge stops using license plate reader cameras over data sharing concerns Cambridge
Suspended
🔗 Cambridge hits pause on license plate cameras amid privacy concerns Cambridge
Suspended
🔗 Police say license plate readers help solve crime. Why others in MA are concerned Paywall
🔗 Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location ACLU
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 H3755: An Act establishing driver privacy protections Legislation
🔗 Flock/Waltham PD correspondence Jan-Jul 2025 Waltham
FOIA
🔗 Surveillance tech company Flock Safety opens offices in Boston Boston
Expansion
🔗 2024 City of Boston Annual Surveillance Technology Report Boston
"Beginning on April 1, 2025, the Department began a short-term, approximately 90 day, trial of the Flock
Safety ALPR System with approximately 45 ALPR cameras."
🔗 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM – FLOCK SYSTEM TRIAL PROGRAM Boston
🔗 Drive in Mass.? A police camera likely reads your license plate Paywall
🔗 COMMONWEALTH vs. JASON J. McCARTHY Analysis
Court Ruling
Fourth Amendment
Notes: Good review of mosaic theory and concerns about aggregated use. Did not find a warrant was necessary when only four cameras were used for a limited period of time, but made clear that a large enough deployment (with the example of 1,000 cameras given) would.
🔗 Eyes Off Massachusetts Activism
Analysis
🔗 Deflock Waltham Waltham
Activism
