Link Resource Database
Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
surveillance.
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🔗 Prosecutor asked to keep Flock camera plan hushed IN
Greene County
Paywall
🔗 Florida sheriff claims he can't investigate a deputy's Flock searches FL
Volusia County
Abuse
Paywall
🔗 San Diego police will no longer use "other" as reason for searching the city's license plate readers CA
San Diego
🔗 The $10 trick hiding Flock cameras from city councils Overview
🔗 Cibolo launches transparency portal showing how Flock cameras are used amid privacy concerns TX
Cibolo
Flockaganda
🔗 Vallejo police audits of Flock ALPR cameras scrutinized in joint review meeting CA
Vallejo
Pushback
🔗 Hundreds of 'welfare check' queries searched on Flock cameras in West Virginia WV
Marion County
Monongalia County
FOIA
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🔗 Most Fort Smith Board members avoid questions about Flock cameras AR
Fort Smith
🔗 Texas city charges $2.3 million for Flock records TX
North Richland Hills
FOIA
🔗 Texas Flock records are harder to get and more expensive TX
North Richland Hills
FOIA
🔗 Flock Cameras Come With Guidance For Police Agencies On How To 'Own The Narrative'
🔗 License plate camera locations have been kept secret by some CT police, until now CT
🔗 Abilene police launch public portal for Flock camera program TX
Abilene
🔗 Flock Forces Website Showing Camera Locations To Shut Down, Because 'Transparency Matters' First Amendment
🔗 Harris County Sheriff's Office quotes ENOUGH $121,000 for Flock records as Hidalgo plans Oct. 15 meeting TX
Harris County
FOIA
🔗 Flock seeks to have security researchers' map of Flock cameras taken down — unauthenticated flaw exposed 335,701 camera locations nationwide Security Problem
🔗 Flock Wants The Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline Activism
🔗 Greenport's board minutes, resolutions lack Flock camera approval NY
Greenport
Pushback
🔗 Did the NYPD fail to disclose Flock camera database access? NY
New York
🔗 SDPD now discloses why officers search Flock license plate readers. Nearly 4,000 times, the reason was 'other.' CA
San Diego
🔗 23,000 license plate searches, no required audit: inside Marathon County's Flock policy WI
Marathon County
🔗 City of Huntsville denies 48 News request for Flock camera audit logs AL
Huntsville
FOIA
🔗 Las Cruces police roll out Flock transparency portal with ongoing camera use updates NM
Las Cruces
🔗 ACLU of RI: Claims of surveillance camera transparency by police and Flock Safety are less than meets the eye RI
ACLU
🔗 New Study in RI Finds Some of the Police and Flock Claims of Transparency Are False RI
ACLU
🔗 As Richmond's FOIA foibles persist, city claims it has no 'Flock' contract VA
Richmond
FOIA
🔗 Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' and 'asdfg' Overview
🔗 The High Crime of "LMAO": How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke EFF
Overview
🔗 Flock camera records stay hidden but surveillance remains in region VA
Augusta County
🔗 How do Worcester police use license plate readers? They won't say MA
Worcester
🔗 Milwaukee law enforcement launch Flock "transparency portals" amid community pushback WI
Milwaukee
🔗 Police won't publish Flock camera locations and have no plans to shorten data retention VA
Alexandria
🔗 Huntsville police say they won't release Flock records to the public AL
Huntsville
FOIA
🔗 Inside Virginia's city halls, concerns, confusion rise with Flock surveillance protests VA
Richmond
Pushback
🔗 ACLU: RI Flock Camera Portals Missing Key Details RI
ACLU
Overview
🔗 Data lacking on North Little Rock's use of license plate reading cameras AR
North Little Rock
Paywall
🔗 Saginaw Township police launch transparency portal on Flock Safety cameras MI
Saginaw
Video
🔗 Distrust of Flock cameras grows in Tampa Bay as cops limit transparency FL
Tampa
Pushback
🔗 Lucas County launches Flock camera transparency page amid surveillance debate OH
Lucas County
🔗 Community members call for removal of Flock cameras in Woodstock, prompting city to release 'transparency portal' IL
Woodstock
Pushback
🔗 Flock's pitch to police: Be like Oakland and Richmond Internal
🔗 Catawba County Sheriff's Office launches online Flock Safety camera transparency portal NC
Catawba County
Paywall
🔗 Flock camera data has insufficient systemic oversight in San Mateo County, grand jury finds CA
San Mateo County
Paywall
🔗 'Own the Narrative': Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech Internal
🔗 Rollout of Troy Flock camera audit leads to arguments, accusations NY
Troy
🔗 City Council says Troy police gave incomplete data from surveillance cameras NY
Troy
🔗 KCSO's deal with Flock Safety lasts 10 years. The department won't share its plans TN
Knox County
🔗 Rogers takes responsibility for lack of transparency on Flock cameras NC
Lenoir County
🔗 KY police conceal Flock camera locations under open records law amendment KY
Bowling Green
Elizabethtown
Frankfort
Paris
Richmond
🔗 Lenoir County residents raise concerns over Flock camera privacy, transparency NC
Lenoir County
Pushback
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🔗 Judge rules against cities of Stanwood, Sedro-Woolley in Flock camera case WA
Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Court Ruling
FOIA
🔗 Columbus police launch online Flock 'transparency portal' amid scrutiny OH
Columbus
🔗 Columbus police create new 'Flock' information portal amid data-sharing concerns OH
Columbus
Pushback
🔗 Fresno Police Make Monthly Flock Searches By the Thousands. Audit Looks at Only 3 CA
Fresno
Pushback
🔗 His Town Denied Information On Flock Cameras. Now, He's Suing. NY
Scarsdale
FOIA
Lawsuit
Video
🔗 Cleveland's Flock surveillance secrecy feeds a much bigger threat: Leila Atassi OH
Cleveland
FOIA
🔗 Flock portal limits access as agencies quit NY
Ithaca
Tompkins County
🔗 New Lawsuit: Do We Have a Right to Know We're Being Surveilled? NY
Scarsdale
ACLU
FOIA
Lawsuit
🔗 New Flock Lawsuit: Do We Have A Right To Know We're Being Surveilled? NY
Scarsdale
FOIA
Lawsuit
Video
🔗 Conroe residents say city is stonewalling their requests for information on Flock Safety cameras TX
Conroe
FOIA
"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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🔗 Flock trailer contract finally unredacted by Bloomington; 'umbrella' accord still missing IN
Bloomington
FOIA
🔗 Sanibel Police Dept Refuse Open Records Request on Flock Safety Cameras FL
Sanibel
Analysis
FOIA
🔗 Police Told to Be 'as Vague as Permissible' About Why They Use Flock Notes: This juxtaposes quite awkwardly with Flock's insistent that requiring a reason for every search completely solves the problem of abuse.
🔗 Flock Tells Customers to Disable Nationwide Lookup After Public Records Expose Search Activity Analysis
🔗 Flock Decides Cops Can't Be Trusted with Cop Data Analysis
🔗 SC sheriff's office quoted me $9,000+ for a Flock records request SC
Richland County
FOIA
🔗 Surprise, residents wrestle over releasing license plate records AZ
Surprise
FOIA
Paywall
🔗 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. VA
Amherst County
Augusta County
Boones Mill
Botetourt County
Cardinal County
Danville
Franklin County
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Roanoke
Rockbridge County
Staunton
"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?"
