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🔗 Millions of Flock scans in one local city CA
La Mesa
🔗 Flock camera data at BNA accessed by ICE agents TN
Nashville
Immigration
🔗 Documents: Ousted Savannah police officer gave ICE agent husband access to Flock system GA
Savannah
Abuse
Immigration
🔗 CMSD said outside agencies searched its Flock data 130,000 times OH
Cleveland
Campus
🔗 Smithfield officer shared Flock data with FBI, won't be charged VA
Smithfield
Federal Government
Illegal
🔗 Town admits sharing Flock data with FBI violated state law, says officer won't be charged VA
Smithfield
Federal Government
Illegal
🔗 Monongalia County Flock camera data searched 3 million times, group says WV
Monongalia County
FOIA
🔗 More than 3 million searches run by 3,000 agencies hit Mon County Flock cameras WV
Monongalia County
🔗 Smithfield police shared Flock data with FBI after ODU shooting. That violated state law. VA
Smithfield
Illegal
🔗 Exclusive: Chicago police accessed Flock camera data despite no city contract IL
Chicago
🔗 Marin County ALPR Data Accessed by Federal, Out-of-State Agencies, Defying Deal CA
Marin County
ACLU
EFF
Illegal
🔗 We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data CA
Marin County
EFF
Illegal
🔗 Who's tracking Arizona drivers through Flock cameras? Often, it's police from other states. AZ
Lake Havasu
Maricopa County
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🔗 Flock data from Kansas City, Kansas, got searched 1 million times in 6 months. Who's looking? KS
Kansas City
🔗 'I was surprised': Holyoke police chief didn't know ICE-related queries were tapping city's plate reader data MA
Holyoke
Immigration
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Flock Safety failed to secure Boston vehicle data during 2025 pilot, report finds MA
Boston
Flocked Up
🔗 Thousands of Weekly Searches Tap Into ELPD's Flock Data. Few Come From Local Police. MI
East Lansing
🔗 How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations GA
Alpharetta
🔗 Elk Grove residents' Flock camera data shared with thousands of groups, audit finds CA
Elk Grove
🔗 Columbus audit examines whether Flock camera data was used for immigration enforcement OH
Columbus
Immigration
Restricted Sharing
🔗 See why the MetroParks changed its policy on its automated license plate reader database OH
Dayton
Immigration
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Pleasanton PD admits feds previously had access to license plate reader data CA
Pleasanton
Illegal
Immigration
🔗 Columbus audit links thousands of Flock data searches to immigration OH
Columbus
Immigration
🔗 Newly released records show nearly 2,000 'immigration' and 'ICE' searches on Cleveland's Flock cameras OH
Cleveland
Immigration
Paywall
🔗 Feds Secretly Ran 300 Illegal Searches Through San Francisco's License Plate Cameras CA
San Francisco
Illegal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 SF: Flock Denies That Feds Directly Accessed Camera System CA
San Francisco
Illegal
Restricted Sharing
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🔗 Feds 'improperly' accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds CA
San Francisco
Illegal
🔗 Use of Kettering Flock cameras for immigration violates prior police pledge OH
Kettering
Immigration
"A change by Kettering police to no longer allow its Flock automatic license plate reader system to be used for immigration purposes comes four years after the police chief told city councilmembers that the cameras wouldn't be used for immigration."
🔗 Columbus council demands Flock camera guardrails over immigration use OH
Columbus
Immigration
Paywall
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🔗 Records show UC sharing data with US Customs and Border Protection CA
Berkeley
🔗 City covers all Flock cameras amid data sharing investigation OH
Dayton
Suspended
🔗 Shaker council gets update on new Flock data blocks for immigration searches OH
Shaker
Immigration
🔗 Cleveland Flock Surveillance Network Used for Immigration Searches Despite Safeguards OH
Cleveland
Immigration
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🔗 FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time" Federal Government
Scope Creep
🔗 The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers Federal Government
Notes: Who could have seen this coming?
🔗 Activists worried Flock camera concerns coming to fruition OH
Shaker Heights
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Hundreds of immigration-related searches ran through Shaker Heights' Flock surveillance camera system OH
Shaker Heights
Immigration
🔗 Cleveland says Flock cameras secure after Dayton ditches system following data breach OH
Cleveland
Dayton
🔗 Opinion: Bill Wells sued California to make it easier to hurt his own neighbors CA
El Cajon
Elections
🔗 Federal Immigration Officials Made 279 Queries into Bend's Flock Safety Data in its First Three Weeks OR
Bend
Immigration
🔗 Flock's Sales Pitch Included Recordings Of Kids' Gymnastic Classes GA
Dunwoody
🔗 Dayton mayor, commissioner say Flock data violation isn't 'isolated failure' OH
Dayton
Pushback
🔗 City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway GA
Dunwoody
🔗 Evansville shared Flock camera data nationwide. Did officials know? IN
Evansville
Paywall
🔗 Palo Alto learns its license plate cameras could be searched by other police agencies across the country CA
Palo Alto
🔗 Law enforcement agencies consider changes to street-camera surveillance, part II CO
Pitkin County
Snowmass
Illegal
Notes: This article shows that Flock isn't alone; Motorola's system also shares data with ICE.
🔗 How exactly does remotely spying on kids practicing gymnastics make them safer? GA
Dunwoody
Abuse
Video
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🔗 Florida's Wildlife Cops Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE Immigration
"The documents showed that, beyond the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission police, the Texas Department of Public Safety, Grant County Indiana Sheriff's Office, Lake County Indiana police, Sarasota County Florida police, Brevard County Florida Sheriff's Office, Nebraska State Patrol, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Fort Pierce Florida Police Department, and Mississippi Department of Public Safety had all done immigration-related Flock searches in January."
Notes: The documents referenced are from Ball State University in Indiana. These agencies in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Nebraska and Tennessee are running nationwide searches on behalf of ice, not even just local.
🔗 West Hollywood Flock Safety Cameras: 14 Agencies Got In. City Had No Idea. CA
West Hollywood
🔗 Modesto police find federal agencies had prohibited access to license plate data CA
Modesto
Illegal
🔗 Federal Agencies Accessed El Cerrito's License Plate Reader Data CA
El Cerrito
Illegal
🔗 License plate readers mined images for immigration data CA
Oxnard
Ventura County
Illegal
"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
Illegal
Lawsuit
🔗 Who is searching Cleveland's license plate reader photos? OH
Cleveland
🔗 Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers and Data Security CA
Ventura County
🔗 State Report Finds Police Misused License Plate Camera Data In Virginia VA
Illegal
🔗 Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers CA
Los Altos
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Illegal
Paywall
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Terminated
"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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🔗 Flock license reader flaw opened county's data to non-state agencies CA
Ventura County
Illegal
🔗 Federal agencies gain access to Flock cameras in El Cerrito, police say CA
El Cerrito
Illegal
🔗 Oxnard police suspend Flock license-plate readers; Ventura agencies tighten controls after out-of-state access CA
Oxnard
Ventura
Suspended
🔗 Border Patrol, DHS accessed Woodburn Flock camera data, city audit shows OR
Woodburn
Immigration
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🔗 ICE Can Reportedly Access Flock Surveillance Cameras — Now Americans Are Destroying Them Analysis
Immigration
Vandalism
🔗 Woodside wants to know about federal agencies tapping into its surveillance cameras CA
Woodside
Immigration
Pushback
🔗 Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump's immigration crackdown Immigration
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🔗 Los Altos Police Department doesn't plan to stray from Flock CA
Los Altos
🔗 Ark investigation uncovers federal searches of Tiburon license-plate data CA
Tiburon
Copies at:
🔗 Out-of-state police are using Connecticut license plate camera data for immigration enforcement CT
Windsor
Immigration
🔗 Mountain View police say feds make 'unauthorized' use of license plate reader CA
Mountain View
Immigration
🔗 Mountain View: Feds Make 'Unauthorized' Use Of License Plate Reader CA
Mountain View
Pushback
"Police called the incorrect setting a system failure by Flock Safety."
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🔗 Flock camera system controversy CA
Fresno
Santa Cruz
Video
🔗 Illinois barred LMPD from data over misuse of surveillance tool KY
Louisville
🔗 Year in Review: Controversy over Flock license plate readers continues CA
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Expansion
Illegal
Renewal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 EFF's Investigations Expose Flock Safety's Surveillance Abuses: 2025 in Review Analysis
EFF
Scope Creep
🔗 Skamania County's Flock data was used more often by a Texas police department than its own sheriff's office WA
Skamania County
🔗 Anti-Flock group finds that state agencies accessed SCPD camera data thousands of times on feds' behalf since mid-2024 CA
Santa Cruz
Paywall
🔗 New reports emerge on Border Patrol use of Flock cameras IL
Oak Park
Immigration
🔗 UAPD Flock cameras formerly part of national network AZ
Tucson
Restricted Sharing
🔗 'Had an abortion, search for female.' Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras WA
Spokane
Spokane County
Illegal
Reproductive Rights
🔗 CHP warns Flock over sharing of surveillance data with federal government CA
Pushback
🔗 Syracuse lawmakers look to remove license plate readers after data sharing concerns NY
Syracuse
Pushback
🔗 Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns Immigration
🔗 Oakland police hit with lawsuit for sharing license plate camera data with feds CA
Oakland
Lawsuit
🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit CA
Oakland
Illegal
Lawsuit
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits CA
Santa Cruz
Illegal
🔗 Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout CA
Capitola
Illegal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. CA
Capitola
Illegal
Immigration
🔗 Louisville police share data with national immigration dragnet KY
Louisville
Illegal
Immigration
🔗 List of agencies sharing Flock data MA
Waltham
FOIA
Notes: This list is believed to be outdated.
🔗 Report finds feds searched Flock system in Yakima Valley, but local police say they didn't grant access WA
Yakima
Paywall
🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers CA
Humboldt County
Illegal
🔗 Mukilteo Police Department responds to report revealing federal immigration authorities accessed Flock camera system data WA
Mukilteo
🔗 Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement Analysis
Immigration
🔗 City of Auburn condemns U.S. Border Patrol's unauthorized use of Flock camera system WA
Auburn
Immigration
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras Immigration
Paywall
🔗 Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police Scope Creep
Technology
🔗 Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location MA
ACLU
Immigration
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement CA
El Cajon
Illegal
Lawsuit
More coverage:
🔗 Virginia surveillance network tapped thousands of times for immigration cases VA
Bridgewater
Mecklenburg County
Analysis
Immigration
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🔗 Who combed Virginia's Flock surveillance data for immigration enforcement? Search here. VA
Analysis
Immigration
🔗 Federal immigration agents accessed Syracuse drivers' data through secret Flock Safety deal NY
Syracuse
