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🔗 UNC uses AI-powered automatic license plate readers on campus. How do students and faculty feel about them? UNC
Campus
🔗 Asheville residents press police on 2.7M ALPR searches cited in audit Asheville
""Now to me that means that we're creating a situation where every search is approved because only pre-approved reasons are populated into that list of acceptable answers for what the reason is," said Cohen."
🔗 Flock cameras divide Raleigh candidates. Who wants to keep them? Raleigh
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🔗 Flock camera opponents back before Burlington city council Burlington
🔗 Flock Safety faces protest at Charlotte press conference Charlotte
Campus
🔗 Sunrise UNC hosts town hall to educate attendees on campus Flock cameras Chapel Hill
🔗 Apex leaders weigh future of Flock camera program as privacy concerns persist Apex
🔗 Charlotte residents press Flock Safety over surveillance concerns Charlotte
🔗 Flock Safety rep hears questions, concerns from Charlotte residents over license plate reader cameras Charlotte
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🔗 Residents push back on license plate readers as Charlotte-Mecklenburg police seeks vendor contract Charlotte
🔗 Public hearing explores Flock Safety tech amid privacy and misuse concerns Charlotte
🔗 Cop Turned Plymouth Councilman Shelton Warns Flock Cameras Cross a Constitutional Line Plymouth
Fourth Amendment
🔗 Protesters Demand Monroe City Halt Flock Safety Surveillance Amid Privacy Concerns Monroe
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🔗 After anti-Flock rally, Monroe enacts transparency measure Monroe
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🔗 Charlotte communities push back against Flock Safety cameras over privacy concerns Charlotte
🔗 Hendersonville police chief defends Flock cameras amid surveillance, AI concerns Hendersonville
🔗 Town of Apex sets meeting date for Flock camera review Apex
🔗 Asheville City Council to vote Tuesday on ending city's Flock camera contract Asheville
🔗 Davidson County authorities make case ahead of vote on Flock Camera usage, mixed reactions Davidson County
🔗 Asheville councilmember Kim Roney supports ending Flock contract: 'This is the wrong tool' Asheville
🔗 Asheville mayor calls for city to cancel Flock Safety contract Asheville
🔗 Asheville leaders push police department to end contract with Flock Asheville
🔗 Residents stage protest to 'DeFlock' New Hanover County New Hanover County
🔗 Residents protest Flock at New Hanover County commissioners' meeting New Hanover County
🔗 Moore County meeting on Flock cameras ends abruptly, residents push back on law enforcement use Moore County
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"Flock Safety announced changes that would shorten the default retention period to seven days, but Moore County officials said they would prefer to retain information for 30 days."
Notes: Already starting to see that the widely-ballyhooed 7-day change is just the illusion of a fig leaf.Copies at:
🔗 Privacy concerns: Moore County holding special meeting on Flock surveillence cameras Moore County
🔗 Flock mandates new safeguards as Henderson County residents push back Henderson County
Flockaganda
🔗 Public Safety vs. Personal Privacy: Flock Cameras debated in Harnett County, across North Carolina Harnett County
🔗 Henderson County residents push to remove Flock cameras over privacy concerns Henderson County
🔗 County hears concerns over Flock cameras Moore County
🔗 WNC wrestles with surveillance issues Clay County
Haywood County
Macon County
🔗 Flock cameras misuse stokes dystopian fears Charlotte
🔗 Concerns grow over Flock Safety cameras in New Hanover County New Hanover County
🔗 Lenoir County residents raise concerns over Flock camera privacy, transparency Lenoir County
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🔗 Some Apex homeowners pushing back against license plate reader technology Apex
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🔗 'You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight': County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting Madison County
"I've spoken. I'm not debating this. I am taking advantage of our policy as it is written to streamline this process, you can either do it or not.""
🔗 Flock cameras spark debate over safety and privacy in Davidson County Davidson County
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🔗 Local Government Meetings: May 11-15, 2026 Pittsboro
"In addition, the board will consider a motion to continue using Flock safety cameras through the current contract's end date in January, subject to various conditions including significant restrictions on when the footage may be used or shared with other agencies. (Among other things, the motion would specify that Flock cameras may not be used for immigration enforcement.)"
🔗 Letter: Public forum needed on police surveillance hub Asheville
🔗 '24/7 Surveillance': Residents Voice Privacy Concerns for Pittsboro's Flock License-Plate Cameras Pittsboro
🔗 Flock cameras in Southern Shores spur a discussion Southern Shores
