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🔗 'Poison pill': NC county kills Flock cameras as debate nears Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer · 2026-08-26
NC Davidson County Success
🔗 Christiansburg Town Council votes to terminate contract with Flock Tuesday night
WSLS NBC 10 Roanoke · 2026-08-25
VA Christiansburg Success
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- 🔗 Christiansburg Town Council votes to end contract with Flock Safety
  WFXR Fox 27 Roanoke via YouTube
🔗 Asheville City Council votes to terminate city's Flock camera contract
WLOS ABC 13 Asheville · 2026-08-26
NC Asheville Success
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🔗 Fort Wayne City Council with unanimous Flock block
WANE CBS 15 Fort Wayne · 2026-08-25
IN Fort Wayne
🔗 Pflugerville covers Flock cameras, turns off system
KXAN NBC 36 Austin · 2026-08-25
TX Pflugerville Success
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🔗 More than 50 Flock cameras to go dark near S.A. Here's why
My San Antonio · 2026-08-25
TX Kendall County Success
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🔗 2 more Massachusetts police departments ditch Flock license plate-reading cameras
WFXT Fox 25 Boston · 2026-08-25
MA Auburn Douglas Success
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- 🔗 Auburn latest police department to drop Flock surveillance cameras
  The Gardner News
- 🔗 Central Mass. town ends license plate reader contract amid growing backlash
  Mass Live
🔗 Lansing City Council adopts resolution to end Flock camera contracts
WILX NBC 10 Lansing · 2026-08-24
MI Lansing
🔗 4 Investigates: Sheriff Allen explains why he's firing Flock Safety
KOB NBC 4 Albuquerque · 2026-08-25
NM Bernalillo County Success Video
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🔗 Independence the latest Northern Kentucky city removing Flock Safety cameras
WVXU NPR 91.7 Cincinnati · 2026-08-24
KY Independence Success
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🔗 Moffat County Sheriff's Office to end Flock camera contract
Craig Daily Press · 2026-08-24
CO Moffat County Success
🔗 Flock Cameras
City of Douglas · 2026-08-23
MA Douglas Success
🔗 City of Santa Barbara to End Contract with Flock Cameras
Santa Barbara Independent · 2026-08-21
CA Santa Barbara Success
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- 🔗 Santa Barbara Plans to End Flock Contract, Consider New License Plate Reader
  Noozhawk
🔗 Willard, Mo., police chief says Flock Safety contract will not be renewed
KYTV NBC 3 Springfield · 2026-08-21
MO Willard Success
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- 🔗 Willard, Mo., police chief says Flock Safety contract will not be renewed
  KFVS CBS 12 Cape Girardeau
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🔗 2 more Mass. communities drop Flock cameras over growing privacy concerns
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-08-21
MA East Bridgewater Grafton Success
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🔗 East Bridgewater Police Department to Terminate Contract with Flock Safety
John Guilfoil Public Relations · 2026-08-21
MA East Bridgewater Success
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- 🔗 East Bridgewater police to terminate contract with Flock Safety
  WJAR NBC 10 Providence
🔗 Kansas police department ditching Flock camera system after community concerns
KAKE ABC 10 Wichita · 2026-08-20
KS Gardner Wellsville Success
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- 🔗 Were you flocked? Here's how to check your Kansas plate
  The Topeka Capital-Journal
- 🔗 Kansans push back on police surveillance from license plate readers | Exclusive
  The Topeka Capital-Journal
🔗 Sheriff's office removing Flock cameras in Henry County, Illinois: The privacy concerns from the community
WQAD ABC 8 Davenport · 2026-08-20
IL Henry County Success
🔗 Flock cameras are bagged up after employee abused system, St. Charles County Police say
KWMU NPR 90.7 FM Saint Louis · 2026-08-20
MO St. Charles County Abuse Success
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- 🔗 A Missouri police department axes Flock cameras after staffer's 'egregious misuse' of system
  KCUR NPR 89.3 FM Kansas City
🔗 Pulaski County Sheriff's Office to discontinue Flock Safety cameras
KRCG CBS 13 Jefferson City · 2026-08-20
MO Pulaski County Success
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- 🔗 Missouri activists want fewer cameras on citizens and more on politicians
  Missouri Independent
🔗 Lynchburg pauses use of Flock cameras
Cardinal News · 2026-08-20
VA Lynchburg Success
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🔗 Town of Hopkinton Terminates Contract with Flock Safety Following Review of Procurement ...
Hopkinton Community Television Stations · 2026-08-20
MA Hopkinton Success
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🔗 Winston Police Department cancels contract with Flock Safety amid budgetary constraints
The News-Review · 2026-08-18
OR Winston Success
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🔗 Poll: Do you agree with Auburn ending Flock contract?
The Citizen · 2026-08-16
NY Auburn Paywall Success
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🔗 Surprise councilmember says city removing Flock cameras
Daily Independent · 2026-08-16
AZ Surprise Success
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- 🔗 City of Surprise ends contract with Flock Safety and requests removal of all equipment
  KNXV ABC 15 Phoenix
- 🔗 City of Surprise cancels contract with Flock
  KPNX NBC 12 Phoenix
🔗 Redwood City to let Flock Safety contract expire over automatic license plate readers concerns
San Mateo Daily Journal · 2026-08-15
CA Redwood City
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- 🔗 Redwood City reportedly ending Flock Safety camera contract
  KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
🔗 Waukee police opt against renewing contract with Flock
KCCI CBS 8 Des Moines · 2026-08-14
IA Waukee
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🔗 Salida Police Department cancels contract with Flock Safety, cites community concerns
KOAA NBC 5 Pueblo · 2026-08-13
CO Salida Success
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🔗 Flock CEO reveals changes as Sherburne County joins retreat from cameras across Minnesota
The Minnesota Star Tribune · 2026-08-13
MN North Branch Sherburne County Success
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🔗 Searcy will stop using Flock Safety cameras; firm had installed 22 surveillance devices around city
Arkansas Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-13
AR Searcy Success
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- 🔗 City of Searcy discontinues use of Flock cameras | Here's why
  KTHV CBS 11 Little Rock
🔗 Greers Ferry says it will remove its 2 Flock license plate reader cameras
Arkansas Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-12
AR Greers Ferry Paywall Success
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- 🔗 Greers Ferry to remove Flock Safety Cameras from the city
  KATV ABC 7 Little Rock
- 🔗 Greers Ferry Police Chief to remove Flock Cameras amid privacy voncerns
  KWOZ 103.3 FM Mountain View
🔗 GVPD: Grass Valley to 'indefinitely suspend' use of Flock Safety cameras
The Union · 2026-08-12
CA Grass Valley Success
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🔗 Three Arkansas cities suspend Flock Safety cameras as debate over surveillance grows
KATV ABC 7 Little Rock · 2026-08-11
AR Cabot Fairfield Bay Mayflower Pea Ridge Blocked Success Suspended Terminated
"We caught up with the mayor of Fairfield Bay, Seth Connell, who disagrees with cities promoting these cameras, and we asked him simply: "Does Fairfield Bay have any Flock cameras?" Connell responded: "No, we wouldn't be stupid enough to do that.""
🔗 Centerton City Council votes to remove Flock Safety cameras from town
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette · 2026-08-11
AR Centerton Success
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🔗 West St. Paul joins cities suspending or ending Flock camera programs
Twin Cities Pioneer Press · 2026-08-10
MN West St. Paul Success
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- 🔗 West St. Paul suspends contract with Flock Safety, starts taking down cameras
  KARE NBC 11 Minneapolis
🔗 Arizona scrutiny grows over Flock Safety cameras, privacy concerns
KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix · 2026-08-09
AZ Chandler Pinal County Success Terminated
🔗 Lago Vista votes to remove Flock safety cameras as backlash over license plate reading cameras grows
KVUE ABC 24 Austin · 2026-08-07
TX Lago Vista Success
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- 🔗 Lago Vista votes to remove Flock safety cameras as backlash over license plate reading cameras grows
  KVUE ABC 24 Austin via YouTube
🔗 Guadalupe County ends Flock Safety Camera contract, citing cost savings
KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio · 2026-08-07
TX Guadalupe County Success
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🔗 Glocester, R.I., ends Flock license plate camera program
Boston Globe · 2026-08-07
RI Glocester Success
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- 🔗 Glocester Votes to Remove Flock License Plate Cameras
  Uprise RI
🔗 TV6 Investigates: Dickinson County law enforcement discontinues the use of Flock Cameras
WLUC NBC 6 Marquette · 2026-08-05
MI Dickinson County Success
🔗 Pinal County chooses not to renew Flock camera contract
KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix · 2026-08-05
AZ Pinal County Success
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🔗 FLOCK Camera Update
City of Littleton · 2026-07-30
MA Littleton Success
🔗 Nelson City Council votes to cancel Flock camera contract
Cherokee Tribune · 2026-07-29
GA Nelson Paywall Success
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- 🔗 Nelson City Council votes to cancel Flock camera contract
  Cherokee Tribune via Newsbreak
🔗 18 Flock AI surveillance cameras defunded by Town of Taos Council
Taos News · 2026-07-28
NM Taos Success
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- 🔗 Taos councilors vote to shift away from Flock for ALPR cameras
  KOB NBC 4 Albuquerque
🔗 South Kingstown to stop using automated license plate readers
WPRI CBS 12 Providence · 2026-07-27
RI South Kingstown Success
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🔗 Aspen Police Department discontinuing contract with Flock
The Aspen Times · 2026-07-24
CO Aspen Success
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- 🔗 Aspen Police Department scraps Flock cameras
  Aspen Daily News
- 🔗 Aspen Police Department scraps Flock cameras
  KAJX 91.5 FM Aspen
🔗 Pea Ridge will no longer use Flock license plate readers after resident complaints
Pea Ridge Times · 2026-07-24
AR Pea Ridge Success
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🔗 Monroe County commissioners vote to end Flock contract, remove six license plate cameras
B Square Bulletin · 2026-07-23
IN Monroe County Success
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🔗 Flock Safety Systems in the City of Salem
City of Salem · 2026-07-23
MA Salem Success
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🔗 Clearwater County Sheriff's Office to end Flock Safety camera program
KXLY ABC 4 Spokane · 2026-07-22
ID Clearwater County Success
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- 🔗 Plan to end Flock Safety cameras
  Idaho County Free Press
- 🔗 Clearwater County Prosecutor's opinion is its 2-year Flock Safety contract is 'void'
  KNDO NBC 16 Yakima
🔗 Elkton Council votes to remove Flock cameras
Daily News-Record · 2026-07-21
VA Elkton Paywall Success
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🔗 Detroit Area Cities Increasingly Parting Ways With Flock Safety
The Detroit News via Government Technology · 2026-07-17
MI Clawson Ferndale Milford Warren Westland Success Terminated Video
🔗 Bellevue cuts Flock Safety camera contract
Idaho Mountain Express · 2026-07-17
ID Bellevue Success
Notes: This was only for budgetary reasons, not due to all the problems.
🔗 Macon County to remove Flock license plate reader cameras after unanimous vote
WLOS ABC 13 Asheville · 2026-07-16
NC Macon County Success
🔗 2 CT towns end contracts with automated license plate reader company Flock Safety
WVIT NBC 30 New Britain · 2026-07-15
CT Killingworth Windsor Success
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🔗 Harrisonburg City Council pledges the removal of Flock cameras, to end contract late July
WHSV ABC 3 Harrisonburg · 2026-07-15
VA Harrisonburg
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🔗 Flock cameras coming down in Westland; councilmember says contract not renewed
WJBK Fox 2 Detroit · 2026-07-09
MI Westland Success
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🔗 Kaukauna is the latest area community to end contract for Flock Safety surveillance cameras
Kaukauna Community News · 2026-07-08
WI Kaukauna Success
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🔗 Sheriff Craig: Flock cameras 'are out' at end of contract
Floyd Times · 2026-07-07
VA Floyd County Success
🔗 UWPD ends Flock Safety deal, plans community input on new surveillance vendor
WKOW ABC 27 Verona · 2026-07-03
WI UW-Madison Success
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🔗 Killingworth to end Flock contract
Inside Investigator · 2026-07-02
CT Killingworth Success
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- 🔗 Killingworth to end Flock contract
  HK Now
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- 🔗 2nd CT Town Disables Its Flock Cameras | CT News Junkie
  CT News Junkie
🔗 Ashland Police Department to remove Flock cameras from city
KQDS-TV Fox 21 Duluth · 2026-06-30
WI Ashland Success
Notes: This is an interesting case because it sounds like it was largely driven by the department deciding that the service actually kind of sucks.
🔗 Columbia Heights Ends Flock Safety Contract After Residents Force Rethink of Police Surveillance
MinnealpoliMedia · 2026-06-28
MN Columbia Heights Success
🔗 Mount Vernon City Council votes to turn off Flock cameras, mayor concerned with process
Skagit Valley Herald · 2026-06-25
WA Mount Vernon
🔗 Framingham MA councilor: Police won't renew license plate reader pact
MetroWest Daily News · 2026-06-24
MA Framingham Paywall Success
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🔗 City of Bishop Council Moves Forward to Cancel Contract with Flock
Sierra Wave Media · 2026-06-23
CA Bishop Success
🔗 Minutes Sharon Select Board June 23, 2026
City of Sharon · 2026-06-23
MA Sharon Success
🔗 Cayuga Heights trustees vote not to renew Flock contract
WHCU 97.7 FM Ithaca · 2026-06-18
NY Cayuga Heights Success
🔗 Flock contract extension rejected by Cleveland Council committee
Signal Cleveland · 2026-06-17
OH Cleveland Success
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🔗 White County Rejects Surveillance Camera Funding
WXFD 106.9 FM Monterey · 2026-06-15
TN White County Success
"The board voted to remove just under $48,000 intended for the purchase of Flock Safety license plate readers. Funds in next year's budget also restricted from use on the camera system."
🔗 Albany City Council decides against reactivating Flock camera
KLCC 89.7 NPR Eugene · 2026-05-28
OR Albany Success
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- 🔗 One country, under surveillance
  Street Roots
🔗 Sheboygan Common Council votes to end Flock Safety partnership
WDJT CBS 58 Milwaukee · 2025-09-08
WI Sheboygan Success
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🔗 Knox County Commission puts end to Flock cameras
The Daily Beacon · 2025-09-01
TN Knox County Success
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🔗 Stoughton council members vote to terminate Flock contract
WISC-TV Channel 3000 News · 2024-08-13
WI Stoughton Success
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- 🔗 Stoughton City Council unanimously votes to terminate agreement with Flock Safety
  WMTV NBC 15 Madison
🔗 Ord voted to ban Flock cameras. The county wants to keep surveilling drivers
Omaha World-Herald · 2024-05-30
NE Ord Valley County Success
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🔗 Whitman County Sheriff's Office halts flock safety cameras over community concerns
KXLY ABC 4 Spokane · 2023-08-15
WA Whitman County Success
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- 🔗 Whitman County Sheriff's Office will disable its Flock Cameras, it says
  KNDO NBC 16 Yakima
- 🔗 Whitman County disables Flock cameras after citizens raise concerns
  The Spokesman-Review