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🔗 Methuen ends use of Flock Safety cameras over data concerns
WFXT Fox 25 Boston · 2026-09-23
MA Methuen
🔗 Plymouth votes to shut off 18 Flock cameras over privacy concerns
KSTP ABC 5 Saint Paul · 2026-09-23
MN Plymouth
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- 🔗 Plymouth is latest Minnesota city to ditch Flock cameras
  KNOW 91.1 FM Saint Paul
🔗 Local city council unanimously votes to end contract with Flock amid privacy concerns
WKRC CBS 12 Cincinnati · 2026-09-23
OH Monroe
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🔗 Horace City Council votes to remove Flock Safety cameras
KVLY CBS 11 Fargo · 2026-09-22
ND Horace
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- 🔗 Horace City Council votes to remove Flock Safety cameras
  KNOX 1310 AM Grand Forks
🔗 By different routes, Cottage Grove, Waunakee part with Flock
Leader Independent · 2026-09-22
WI Cottage Grove Waunakee
🔗 Cottage Grove Village Board votes to end contract with Flock Safety
WMTV NBC 15 Madison · 2026-09-22
WI Cottage Grove
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- 🔗 More Flock Camera Contracts Being Dropped
  WHBL 1330 AM Sheboygan
🔗 City of Sterling discontinues contract with Flock Safety
WQAD ABC 8 Davenport · 2026-09-21
IL Sterling
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🔗 Marinette council votes to cancel Flock contract
Eagle Herald · 2026-09-20
WI Marinette
🔗 Rappahannock County ditches Flock cameras
Rappahannock News · 2026-09-18
VA Rappahannock County
🔗 Hutto Police Department to Discontinue Use of Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers
City of Hutto · 2026-09-18
TX Hutto
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🔗 Clark County Sheriff's Office announces it's no longer using Flock Safety cameras
WEAU NBC 13 Eau Claire · 2026-09-17
WI Clark County
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- 🔗 Clark County Sheriff's Office drops Flock Safety cameras citing privacy concerns
  WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
- 🔗 Clark County Sheriff's Office Fires Flock
  WAOW ABC 9 Wausau
🔗 UW-Oshkosh Police Department discontinues Flock camera use
The Advance-Titan · 2026-09-17
WI Oshkosh UW-Oshkosh Winnebago County Campus Suspended
🔗 Eastpointe ends Flock camera contract amid misuse allegations against police staff
WXYZ ABC 7 Detroit · 2026-09-16
MI Eastpointe Abuse
🔗 Jonesborough mayoral candidates speak on decision to rescind Flock contract
WJHL CBS/ABC 11 Johnson City · 2026-09-16
TN Elections Jonesborough
🔗 Half Moon Bay to end use of Flock license plate readers
Coastside News · 2026-09-16
CA Half Moon Bay
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- 🔗 Half Moon Bay lets Flock Safety contract expire over privacy concerns
  San Mateo Daily Journal
🔗 A Rural Florida County Quietly Built a Flock Camera Network. Now It's Dismantling It.
Bolts · 2026-09-16
FL Jefferson County
🔗 Waukesha, Oconomowoc and Racine vote to end Flock camera contracts
WTMJ 620 AM Milwaukee · 2026-09-16
WI Oconomowoc Racine Waukesha Campus
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- 🔗 Oconomowoc Area School District to end use of Flock cameras
  WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee
- 🔗 Waukesha Common Council votes to discontinue Flock Safety program after 2026
  WTMJ NBC 4 Milwaukee
🔗 Racine Common Council votes to end Flock Safety contract, cameras to stay up for 30 more days
WTMJ NBC 4 Milwaukee · 2026-09-15
WI Racine
Copies at:
- 🔗 Racine Common Council votes to end Flock Safety contract, cameras to stay up for 30 more days
  WTMJ NBC 4 Milwaukee via YouTube
🔗 Eastpointe latest in Metro Detroit to end use of Flock cameras
The Detroit News · 2026-09-15
MI Eastpointe
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- 🔗 Eastpointe ends Flock Safety contract after employees misused license plate reader system
  WDIV NBC 4 Detroit
- 🔗 Eastpointe City Council votes to cancel Flock contract
  WWJ-TV CBS 62 Detroit via YouTube
🔗 City of El Paso to give Flock 90 days to remove 150 cameras before covering them
El Paso Matters · 2026-09-15
TX El Paso
🔗 BREAKING: County Board votes to end Arlington's use of Flock cameras
ARL Now · 2026-09-15
VA Arlington County
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🔗 Lake Mills Police Department 'opting out' of Flock contract
Leader Independent · 2026-09-15
WI Lake Mills
🔗 Chesterton to disconnect Flock license plate reader system
Chicago Tribune · 2026-09-15
IN Chesterton
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- 🔗 Chesterton Town Council votes unanimously to discontinue Town of Chesterton contract with Flock Safety license plate readers
  WIMS 95.1 FM Valparaiso
🔗 Marshall County Council votes to end funding for Flock cameras
WNDU-TV NBC 16 South Bend · 2026-09-14
IN Marshall County
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- 🔗 Questions remain over Marshall County Flock camera contract after council defunds program
  WNDU-TV NBC 16 South Bend
🔗 Wilmington to terminate its Flock contract
The Lowell Sun · 2026-09-14
MA Wilmington
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🔗 De Pere Police Department to end Flock camera contract over trust concerns
Green Bay Press Gazette · 2026-09-14
WI De Pere
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- 🔗 De Pere to end use of ALPRs, Green Bay to continue with updated policy
  Green Bay Press Times
🔗 Independence Township votes to remove Flock cameras
WDIV NBC 4 Detroit · 2026-09-14
MI Independence Township
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🔗 University of Minnesota to remove Flock camera after pushback from Cedar-Riverside neighbors
KSTP ABC 5 Saint Paul · 2026-09-13
MN University of Minnesota Campus
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- 🔗 University of Minnesota police remove Flock camera in Cedar-Riverside after uproar
  The Minnesota Star Tribune
- 🔗 University of Minnesota removes license plate reader in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
  KFGO 790 AM Fargo
🔗 Reidsville Police Department ends use of Flock cameras
WGHP Fox 8 Greensboro · 2026-09-11
NC Reidsville
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🔗 Foster Council Cancels Flock Safety Camera Contract
Uprise RI · 2026-09-11
RI Foster
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- 🔗 Foster ditches Flock Safety contract, waits for stronger regulations
  The Valley Breeze
- 🔗 Foster terminates Flock camera contract, joining four other R.I. towns
  Brown Daily Herald
🔗 Flock cameras covered with bags per order of the mayor
Waltham Times · 2026-09-11
MA Waltham
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- 🔗 Flock cameras covered by trash bags in Waltham. City councilor says they are "as popular as measles"
  WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston
- 🔗 Flock cameras covered by trash bags in Waltham. City councilor says they are "as popular as measles"
  WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston via YouTube
🔗 Another Mass. town cancels Flock camera contract
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-09-11
MA Boylston
🔗 College terminates contract with Flock Safety
The Wooster Voice · 2026-09-11
OH College of Wooster Campus
🔗 Englewood pulls the plug on Flock
Axios · 2026-09-11
CO Englewood
🔗 Prosecutor Issues Directive For Flock Safety ALPR Cameras To Come Down
Times-Union · 2026-09-11
IN Kosciusko County
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🔗 UW-Milwaukee police ending Flock use, cameras to be removed
WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee · 2026-09-10
WI UW-Milwaukee Campus
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🔗 This Alabama county just became the first in the state to ban those controversial license plate cameras
Advance Local · 2026-09-10
AL Walker County
🔗 A small Virginia town de-Flocks
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism · 2026-09-10
VA Bridgewater
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- 🔗 A small Virginia town de-Flocks
  WHRO Public Media
🔗 Two Houston-area communities suspend Flock camera use over privacy concerns
KUHF NPR 88.7 FM Houston · 2026-09-09
TX Manvel Willis Suspended
🔗 Ohio city says get the Flock out of here
WOIO CBS 19 Cleveland · 2026-09-09
OH Reynoldsburg Abuse
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- 🔗 Mayor ends Reynoldsburg's use of Flock cameras, citing tracking concerns
  WBNS CBS 10 Columbus
🔗 Reynoldsburg says goodbye to Flock Safety cameras
WSYX ABC 6 Columbus · 2026-09-09
OH Reynoldsburg
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- 🔗 Reynoldsburg says goodbye to Flock Safety cameras
  WSYX ABC 6 Columbus via YouTube
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- 🔗 Reynoldsburg discontinues its use of Flock safety cameras
  WBNS CBS 10 Columbus
🔗 Menasha votes to terminate Flock contract, Neenah working toward termination too
WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay · 2026-09-08
WI Menasha Neenah Waupaca County Pushback Suspended
🔗 Bastrop City Council votes unanimously to decommission Flock camera system
KEYE CBS 42 Austin · 2026-09-08
TX Bastrop
🔗 Menasha Common Council votes in favor of terminating contract with Flock Safety
WGBA NBC 26 Green Bay · 2026-09-09
WI Menasha
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- 🔗 Menasha Common Council votes in favor of terminating contract with Flock Safety
  WGBA NBC 26 Green Bay via YouTube
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- 🔗 Menasha Common Council votes to terminate contract with Flock Safety
  WGBA NBC 26 Green Bay
🔗 Manvel votes to end use of Flock cameras over privacy, data-sharing concerns
KHOU CBS 11 Houston · 2026-09-09
TX Manvel
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🔗 Town Council approves ending license plate reader contract with Flock Safety
Fort Myers Beach Observer and Bulletin · 2026-09-08
FL Fort Myers Beach
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- 🔗 Fort Myers Beach will end Flock Safety camera contract over privacy concerns
  WBBH-TV NBC 20 Fort Myers
- 🔗 Fort Myers Beach will end Flock Safety camera contract over privacy concerns
  WBBH NBC 2 Fort Myers via YouTube
🔗 Martinsville Police will not renew Flock camera contract after 2026
WSET ABC 13 Lynchburg · 2026-09-08
VA Martinsville
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- 🔗 Martinsville police won't renew Flock Safety contract
  WFXR Fox 27 Roanoke
🔗 Stoughton cancels Flock contract; Quincy tables decision
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-09-08
MA New Bedford Quincy Salem Stoughton Abuse Suspended
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- 🔗 Stoughton canceling use of Flock cameras
  WHDH 7 Boston
🔗 New Hanover County pulls plug on Flock camera contract
WECT NBC 6 Wilmington · 2026-09-08
NC New Hanover County
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- 🔗 New Hanover County commissioners unanimously vote to cancel contract for Flock license-plate readers
  WHQR NPR 91.3 FM Wilmington
- 🔗 New Hanover cancels Flock contract following concerns
  Wilmington StarNews
🔗 Hayden Police Department terminating Flock contract, bagging cameras
Steamboat Pilot & Today · 2026-09-07
CO Hayden
🔗 Jerome County sheriff cancels Flock camera contract, redirects funds to deputy salaries
East Idaho News · 2026-09-06
ID Jerome County
🔗 Carefree town council pulls Flock cameras - Cave Creek / Carefree Independent
Daily Independent · 2026-09-06
AZ Carefree
🔗 Cottonwood, Payson join growing list of Arizona cities pausing Flock use
KPHO CBS 5 Phoenix · 2026-09-05
AZ Cottonwood Payson Suspended
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- 🔗 Payson discontinues Flock camera contract
  KTAR 92.3 FM Glendale
- 🔗 2 more Arizona communities drop Flock license plate cameras
  KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix
🔗 Manitowoc Announces Decision to Deactivate Flock Cameras
Seehafer News · 2026-09-05
WI Manitowoc
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🔗 Barnstable votes to remove Flock cameras despite police objections
Cape Cod Times · 2026-09-05
MA Barnstable
🔗 Lorain County sheriff says Flock's massive cost jump is causing him to stop using the cameras
cleveland.com · 2026-09-04
OH Lorain County
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- 🔗 Lorain County Sheriff's Office to stop using Flock cameras
  WJW FOX 8 Cleveland
- 🔗 Sheriff Jack Hall, Flock correct error in cost of rejected two-year contract proposal
  The Chronicle-Telegram
🔗 More Flock Cameras Removed in Central Texas
Texas Scorecard · 2026-09-04
TX Bastrop El Paso Elgin Leander Manor Wylie Suspended
🔗 Flock Safety Contract Cancellations Enter Free-Fall
WHBL 1330 AM Sheboygan · 2026-09-04
WI Fond du Lac Fond du Lac County Sheboygan Winnebago County Suspended
🔗 Flock camera pushback: Fond du Lac, Racine counties ending use
WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee · 2026-09-04
WI Fond du Lac County Racine County
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- 🔗 A dozen Wisconsin police agencies announce Flock suspensions
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
🔗 Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties halt Flock cameras after data release concerns
WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay · 2026-09-04
WI Fond du Lac County Winnebago County Suspended
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- 🔗 More Wisconsin communities stop use of Flock cameras
  WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
🔗 Five Fond du Lac County law enforcement agencies ending use of Flock cameras
WTMJ 620 AM Milwaukee · 2026-09-04
WI Fond du Lac Fond du Lac County North Fond du Lac Ripon Waupun
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- 🔗 Fond du Lac County law enforcement agencies discontinue use of Flock cameras
  Daily Dodge
- 🔗 Flock Safety responds as Wisconsin agencies drop camera contracts
  WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee
🔗 Another Central Texas city ends its Flock camera program
Austin American-Statesman · 2026-09-04
TX Leander
🔗 Colorado agencies drop Flock cameras in droves as privacy concerns mount
KUSA NBC 9 Denver · 2026-09-03
CO Calhan Denver Douglas County Durango Fort Collins Longmont Moffat County Routt County Salida Steamboat Springs Summit County Switcheroo Terminated
🔗 Prince Edward Sheriff ends Flock Safety camera use, cites privacy concerns
WRIC ABC 8 Richmond · 2026-09-03
VA Prince Edward County
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- 🔗 Prince Edward County ends use of flock cameras
  WWBT NBC 12 Richmond
- 🔗 Prince Edward Sheriff ends Flock camera use as more communities weigh public safety against privacy
  WRIC ABC 8 Richmond
🔗 Manor ending use of Flock Safety cameras
KVUE ABC 24 Austin · 2026-09-03
TX Manor
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🔗 Acushnet suspends, Dartmouth ends Flock programs amid controversy
The New Bedford Light · 2026-09-03
MA Acushnet Dartmouth Suspended
🔗 Campbell County Sheriff's Office announces immediate discontinuation of Flock program
WSLS NBC 10 Roanoke · 2026-09-02
VA Campbell County
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- 🔗 Campbell County Sheriff's Office Announces Immediate Discontinuation of Flock Safety Camera Program
  The Altavista Journal
🔗 Routt County Sheriff's Office ending Flock contract, in process of deactivating cameras
Steamboat Pilot & Today · 2026-09-02
CO Routt County
🔗 'We're done with the license plate readers' | Robinson City Council votes unanimously to end Flock camera agreement
KCEN NBC 6 Temple · 2026-09-02
TX Robinson
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- 🔗 What's next for Robinson after city council votes to end Flock Safety camera program
  KCEN NBC 6 Temple
- 🔗 Robinson Police deactivate Flock Cameras after City Council vote
  KCEN NBC 6 Temple
🔗 Monroe County commissioners vote to end Flock Safety license plate camera program
WXYZ ABC 7 Detroit · 2026-09-01
MI Monroe County
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- 🔗 Monroe County commissioners vote to end Flock Safety license plate camera program
  WXYZ ABC 7 Detroit via YouTube
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🔗 Wythe County Sheriff's Office ends contract with Flock Safety
WSLS NBC 10 Roanoke · 2026-09-01
VA Wythe County
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- 🔗 Flock camera contract ended by Wythe County sheriff
  WFXR Fox 27 Roanoke
🔗 Clermont County township ends Flock contract, 8th Tri-State community to cut ties
WKRC CBS 12 Cincinnati · 2026-09-01
OH Pierce Township
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- 🔗 Pierce Township becomes latest community to end Flock camera contract
  WLWT NBC 5 Cincinnati
🔗 Florida's de-Flocking: After state order, Central Florida municipalities end use of high-tech cameras
Orlando Sentinel · 2026-09-01
FL Lake County Osceola County Oviedo Seminole County
🔗 Escambia sheriff, Pensacola PD, Gulf Breeze PD suspend Flock cameras
Pensacola News Journal · 2026-09-01
FL Escambia County Gulf Breeze Pensacola Suspended
🔗 Three more Mass. towns cancel or pause Flock camera deals
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-09-01
MA Abington Ayer Southbridge Suspended
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- 🔗 4 more Mass. towns stop using or pause use of Flock cameras
  Boston.com
🔗 Dare commissioners unanimously vote to remove Sheriff's Office Flock cameras
Island Free Press · 2026-09-01
NC Dare County
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- 🔗 Dare County commissioners vote to remove 14 Flock cameras controlled by county
  WVEC ABC 13 Norfolk
🔗 Bland County sheriff ends contract with FLOCK Safety
WFXR Fox 27 Roanoke via YouTube · 2026-09-01
VA Bland County
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- 🔗 Bland County sheriff ends Flock Safety camera contract
  WVVA NBC 6 Bluefield
🔗 Seminole County, Fla., Agencies Turn Off Flock Cameras
Orlando Sentinel via Government Technology · 2026-09-01
FL Oviedo Seminole County
🔗 Lake County commissioners vote to remove license plate-reading cameras
WFTV ABC 9 Orlando · 2026-09-01
FL Lake County
🔗 Flock cameras see setbacks from FDOT, Oviedo on Monday
WMFE NPR 90.7 FM Orlando · 2026-09-01
FL Oviedo
🔗 Dartmouth Police cancel Flock camera contract
Dartmouth Week · 2026-09-01
MA Dartmouth
🔗 Ayer Select Board Votes to Cancel Flock Contract
Ayer News · 2026-08-31
MA Ayer
🔗 Leon sheriff halts use of controversial Flock cameras
Tallahassee Democrat · 2026-08-31
FL Leon County
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- 🔗 Leon sheriff halts Flock camera use, but Tallahassee Police Department will still use some for now
  WFSU 88.9 FM Tallahassee
- 🔗 Leon commission scraps school zone speeding, Flock cameras
  Tallahassee Democrat
🔗 Half of St. Louis County's Flock cameras were stolen. Now the county is dropping the contract.
WCCO CBS 32 Minneapolis · 2026-08-31
MN St. Louis County
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- 🔗 St. Louis County Sheriff's Office In Northern Minnesota Ends Flock Safety Contract
  KNOX 1310 AM Grand Forks
🔗 Liberty County Sheriff to end use of Flock Safety cameras
WMBB ABC 13 Panama City · 2026-08-31
FL Liberty County
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- 🔗 Liberty County Sheriff's Office to discontinue Flock camera use, citing privacy concerns
  WJHG-TV NBC 7 Panama City
🔗 Groton leaders end Flock contract citing public concern
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-08-31
MA Groton
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- 🔗 Groton police terminate its contract with Flock
  WFXT Fox 25 Boston
- 🔗 Groton terminates Flock Safety contract 'effective immediately'
  The Lowell Sun
🔗 Putnam County Sheriff pulls plug on license plate readers amid privacy debate
WJXT 4 Jacksonville · 2026-08-31
FL Putnam County
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- 🔗 All Putnam County Flock cameras discontinued as FDOT calls for removal on state roads
  WUFT NPR 89.1 FM Gainesville
🔗 Pasco Sheriff Was Switching Flock Cameras to Axon. Two Weeks Later, He Scrapped the County-Road Program
Guessing Headlights via Yahoo · 2026-08-30
FL Pasco County
Notes: They have called off a plan to switch from Flock to Axon and are dropping ALPRs entirely.
🔗 Easton police ditch Flock surveillance cameras amid Mass. backlash
Mass Live · 2026-08-29
MA Easton Paywall
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- 🔗 Easton police terminate Flock contract
  WFXT Fox 25 Boston
🔗 Halifax County will drop use of Flock cameras
WDBJ CBS 7 Roanoke · 2026-08-28
VA Halifax County
🔗 Another Tri-State city discontinues Flock cameras
WKRC CBS 12 Cincinnati · 2026-08-28
KY Fort Thomas
🔗 Hubbard shuts down Flock cameras after string of thefts
WFMJ-TV NBC 21 Youngstown · 2026-08-27
OH Hubbard
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- 🔗 Ohio city ends Flock agreement after thief steals more than half cameras
  WKRC CBS 12 Cincinnati
🔗 Grants terminates Flock camera agreement
KOB NBC 4 Albuquerque · 2026-08-27
NM Grants
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- 🔗 Grants police discontinue Flock Safety cameras over privacy concerns
  KOAT ABC 7 Albuquerque
- 🔗 Third New Mexico law enforcement agency cuts ties with Flock Safety
  KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque
🔗 Franklin County votes to sever ties with Flock Safety amid privacy backlash
WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg · 2026-08-27
PA Franklin County
🔗 Steamboat Springs Flock cameras to be deactivated 'immediately'
Steamboat Pilot & Today · 2026-08-27
CO Steamboat Springs
🔗 Giles County Sheriff's Office to terminate agreement with Flock Safety
WDBJ CBS 7 Roanoke · 2026-08-27
VA Giles County
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🔗 Flock contract cancellations grow among cities, other jurisdictions
The Hill · 2026-08-27
AZ Cave Creek Tempe
More coverage:
- 🔗 Arizona Governor candidates address Flock cameras as cities drop the technology
  KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix
- 🔗 Arizona Governor candidates address Flock cameras as cities drop the technology
  WSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix via YouTube
🔗 Tempe Dropped Flock Safety. Now Ron DeSantis Says License Plate Surveillance Is 'Out of Control'
Inc. · 2026-08-26
AZ FL Tempe
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- 🔗 Tempe mayor on move to cancel Flock cameras: 'Potential for misuse was too great'
  The Hill
🔗 Mass. police chief cites undisclosed AI in decision to end Flock contract
WCVB ABC 5 Boston · 2026-08-26
MA Bellingham
More coverage:
- 🔗 Bellingham MA is latest to not renew contract with Flock. Here's why
  Milford Daily News
🔗 'Poison pill': NC county kills Flock cameras as debate nears Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer · 2026-08-26
NC Davidson County