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Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
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🔗 Flock camera data at BNA accessed by ICE agents TN
Nashville
🔗 Documents: Ousted Savannah police officer gave ICE agent husband access to Flock system GA
Savannah
Abuse
🔗 'I was surprised': Holyoke police chief didn't know ICE-related queries were tapping city's plate reader data MA
Holyoke
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Columbus audit examines whether Flock camera data was used for immigration enforcement OH
Columbus
Restricted Sharing
🔗 See why the MetroParks changed its policy on its automated license plate reader database OH
Dayton
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Pleasanton PD admits feds previously had access to license plate reader data CA
Pleasanton
Illegal
🔗 Columbus audit links thousands of Flock data searches to immigration OH
Columbus
🔗 Newly released records show nearly 2,000 'immigration' and 'ICE' searches on Cleveland's Flock cameras OH
Cleveland
Paywall
🔗 Use of Kettering Flock cameras for immigration violates prior police pledge OH
Kettering
"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
Paywall
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🔗 Shaker council gets update on new Flock data blocks for immigration searches OH
Shaker
🔗 Cleveland Flock Surveillance Network Used for Immigration Searches Despite Safeguards OH
Cleveland
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🔗 Hundreds of immigration-related searches ran through Shaker Heights' Flock surveillance camera system OH
Shaker Heights
🔗 Federal Immigration Officials Made 279 Queries into Bend's Flock Safety Data in its First Three Weeks OR
Bend
🔗 Florida's Wildlife Cops Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE "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.
🔗 Border Patrol, DHS accessed Woodburn Flock camera data, city audit shows OR
Woodburn
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🔗 ICE Can Reportedly Access Flock Surveillance Cameras — Now Americans Are Destroying Them Analysis
Vandalism
🔗 Woodside wants to know about federal agencies tapping into its surveillance cameras CA
Woodside
Pushback
🔗 Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump's immigration crackdown Copies at:
🔗 Out-of-state police are using Connecticut license plate camera data for immigration enforcement CT
Windsor
🔗 Mountain View police say feds make 'unauthorized' use of license plate reader CA
Mountain View
🔗 Feds Slip Into Mountain View's License-Plate Network, City Audit Finds CA
Mountain View
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🔗 New reports emerge on Border Patrol use of Flock cameras IL
Oak Park
🔗 Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. CA
Capitola
Illegal
🔗 Louisville police share data with national immigration dragnet KY
Louisville
Illegal
🔗 Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement Analysis
🔗 City of Auburn condemns U.S. Border Patrol's unauthorized use of Flock camera system WA
Auburn
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras Paywall
🔗 Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location MA
ACLU
🔗 Virginia surveillance network tapped thousands of times for immigration cases VA
Bridgewater
Mecklenburg County
Analysis
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🔗 Who combed Virginia's Flock surveillance data for immigration enforcement? Search here. VA
Analysis
🔗 Fed immigration agencies used McLean County Sheriff's Department camera data despite Illinois law IL
McLean County
Illegal
🔗 SFPD let Georgia, Texas cops illegally search city surveillance data on behalf of ICE CA
San Francisco
🔗 Police departments in McLean County say camera data not shared with immigration officers IL
McLean County
Notes: Don't miss the article from four days later revealing that, oops, in fact they did!
🔗 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
Illegal
🔗 Public Interest Law Firm Responds to Flock Safety Pausing Federal Access to License Plate Reader Cameras Analysis
🔗 Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation IL
Illegal
"It is not Flock's job to police the police..."
🔗 Company violated Illinois law by sharing license plate data with federal agency: Giannoulias IL
Illegal
🔗 CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law IL
Illegal
🔗 Flock admits federal immigration agents have direct access to tracking data, despite previous claims CO
False Claims
🔗 Loveland Police has shared access to license plate reader data with Border Patrol, records reveal CO
Loveland
Video
🔗 Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras IL
Palos Heights
Illegal
Security Problem
🔗 Frequent immigration-related searches of Denver Flock camera data revealed in logs CO
Denver
🔗 Letter from Illinoise US Representative to Flock CEO Garrett Langley IL
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Federal license plate reader searches raise surveillance questions VA
Illegal
"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
Illegal
🔗 ATF officials apologize after using Richmond police database for immigration enforcement VA
Richmond
🔗 The feds' hidden immigration weapon: Virginia's surveillance network VA
Analysis
🔗 Fed's hidden immigration weapon – Virginia's surveillance network VA
🔗 Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed Reproductive Rights
🔗 Police flout state law on license plate privacy CA
Orange County
Illegal
Paywall
🔗 Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
🔗 California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol CA
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside County
San Diego County
Illegal
"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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🔗 Illinois license plate cameras used illegally by out-of-state police, Giannoulias says IL
Illegal
🔗 ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
🔗 Federal agencies gained access to car owners' information from El Cerrito license plate readers CA
El Cerrito
