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🔗 Quincy council urges end to Flock cameras. It's in mayor's hands now Quincy
🔗 Quincy Flock cameras face council review as removal plan advances Quincy
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🔗 Lynn, Mass., Police Implement License Plater Reader Privacy Protections Lynn
🔗 WMass. residents push against Flock cameras in Springfield, Holyoke Holyoke
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🔗 Tewksbury Town Meeting refers articles to Surveillance Technology Advisory Committee Tewksbury
🔗 Quincy councilor to propose ban on license plate readers | Exclusive Quincy
🔗 Residents clash over Flock cameras at Quincy council meeting Quincy
🔗 Quincy rally planned to fight Flock Safety cameras | A 60-second read Quincy
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🔗 Nearly 40 communities have hit the brakes on Flock. Now comes the battle to regulate the surveillance system. Overview
🔗 Residents share opinions on Flock, battery storage Tewksbury
🔗 Malden City Council will oversee intensive review on local use of Flock Safety license plate reader technology here Malden
🔗 Billerica police are using Flock. At town meeting, a person dressed as a demon said that's great news. Billerica
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🔗 Mass. city councilor demands Flock cameras be ripped out after discovering her own license plate was searched 359 times by nearby police Methuen
🔗 Block the Flock? Lowell eyes surveillance tech Lowell
🔗 Flock camera/surveillance technology hearing prompts strong public feedback to Select Board Hopkinton
🔗 Methuen Mayor Revises Use of Flock Cameras, Opposes Data Centers Methuen
🔗 What's behind the Flock camera controversy? Framingham
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🔗 Amid community pushback, law enforcement defends Flock cameras New Bedford
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Notes: It's wild listening to the police chief say, "Here's a whole list of other things we also do to mess with you. What difference does Flock make?"
🔗 Calls to remove Flock cameras grow in New Bedford as City Council explores potential ban New Bedford
🔗 Select Board reviews contract with Flock Safety Tewksbury
🔗 New Bedford City Council meeting ends abruptly after heated Flock camera debate New Bedford
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🔗 Council meeting on Flock cameras erupts into chaos, delaying vote New Bedford
🔗 New Bedford City Council meeting cut short during Flock talks due to rowdy residents New Bedford
🔗 Pushback grows as more WMass communities using automated license plate readers Agawam
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🔗 East Bridgewater Select Board Faces Intense Community Opposition Over Flock Surveillance Cameras East Bridgewater
🔗 Protesters rally against Waltham's use of license plate reader cameras Waltham
🔗 Why Flock surveillance cameras are drawing fierce backlash across Massachusetts Overview
🔗 New Bedford residents demand city, police department cancel Flock contract New Bedford
🔗 Community concerned over Flock cameras Milton
🔗 Flock furor: Police cameras in New Bedford and South Coast New Bedford
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"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.
🔗 Police issues dominate Select Board meeting Hopkinton
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Notes: Another jurisdiction where the police quietly deployed Flock without telling anyone.
🔗 The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets ACLU
🔗 Agawam councilor won't apologize for 'pointed' questions on Flock cameras Agawam
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"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.""
🔗 Tewksbury Select Board talks next steps in addressing Flock concerns Tewksbury
🔗 Tewksbury Select Board member releases report on Flock - Lowell Sun Tewksbury
"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.
🔗 Privacy concerns persist over Waltham's Flock Safety cameras as Massachusetts passes new consumer data protections Waltham
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🔗 Agawam City Council questions Flock cameras in Agawam Agawam
🔗 Agawam PD defends license plate cameras, while others fear Big Brother watching Agawam
🔗 Transparency & Accountability Framingham
🔗 Residents question city leaders about license plate recognition cameras Agawam
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🔗 Privacy takes backseat to proliferation of license plate readers Agawam
🔗 Framingham must reclaim its privacy, say no to Flock | opinion - MetroWest Daily News Framingham
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🔗 After residents raise concerns, Agawam councilors question new license plate cameras Agawam
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🔗 Beverly's License Plate Camera Merits Debated, Challenged At City Council Meeting Beverly
🔗 Mixed reaction to Flock security cameras in Beverly Beverly
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🔗 Beverly officials to discuss Flock cameras Tuesday Beverly
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"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."
🔗 Town hall on Flock cameras and Waltham Common event time limit draws passionate community voices Waltham
🔗 2026 Waltham Town Hall on flock cameras + Common / Mayors 4 hour limit on events Waltham
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🔗 North Shore's Flock cameras may help out-of-state agencies track immigrants Beverly
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🔗 Billerica Select Board mulls proposal to ban Flock cameras Billerica
🔗 Public raises concerns over Flock Safety cameras Tewksbury
🔗 Law Department to draft ordinance regulating Flock cameras, surveillance technology Waltham
🔗 Brookline officials press pause on police accessing data from realty company's plate-reader camera Brookline
