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🔗 Martinsville Police will not renew Flock camera contract after 2026
WSET ABC 13 Lynchburg · 2026-09-08
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More coverage:
- 🔗 Martinsville police won't renew Flock Safety contract
  WFXR Fox 27 Roanoke
🔗 Localities disable license plate readers amid cost, privacy concerns
WDBJ CBS 7 Roanoke · 2026-08-28
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🔗 Virginia's State of Surveillance
The Daily Signal · 2026-07-13
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🔗 Martinsville Police to cut down on Flock surveillance cameras around city
WSLS NBC 10 Roanoke · 2026-05-20

Notes: The city is cutting back from 80 cameras to 9, as well as eliminating some or all of its Raven audio surveillance devices.
🔗 Martinsville Police department reducing number of FLOCK cameras
WSLS NBC 10 Roanoke · 2026-05-20
🔗 Martinsville police to cut Flock cameras from 41 to 9 over costs
WSET ABC 13 Lynchburg · 2026-05-20

"Martinsville Chief of Police Chad Rhoads said the department originally had more than 80 Flock Safety cameras around the city. That number has been reduced to 41, with plans to cut it to 24 by December and eventually to nine permanent cameras citywide."
🔗 I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here's what I learned.
Cardinal News · 2025-03-28
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"The idea that a law enforcement agency will claim the images that we see in this story are "investigative" in nature — and need to be protected from me — tells me that they are worried about something else. What is it?"