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🔗 Quincy to stop using Flock cameras, switches to different license plate reader system MA
Quincy
Axis Communciations
🔗 Quincy to drop Flock cameras for different company, mayor says MA
Quincy
🔗 Out of the Flock and into the Axon: Asked to dump license plate readers, Reno just switches brands NV
Reno
Axon
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🔗 Stanford replaces controversial cameras amid privacy concerns CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
🔗 Flock is out in Reno, but city will still use license plate readers NV
Reno
Axon
🔗 Binghamton University Drops Flock in Favor of New Plate Readers NY
Binghamton
Axon
Campus
🔗 University installs Genetec cameras after ending Flock contract CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
🔗 Binghamton University drops Flock Safety, switches to Axon Enterprise automated license plate reader system NY
Binghamton
Campus
🔗 Sun Prairie Police propose ALPR switch, resident opposition remains WI
Sun Prairie
Pushback
🔗 Fusus surveillance spreads as resistance to Flock grows Axon
Overview
🔗 Breckenridge to switch license plate reader tech from Flock to Axon 'as soon as possible' amid public controversy CO
Breckenridge
Axon
🔗 Racine's proposed budget drops Flock plate-reader funding as police consider replacement WI
Racine
🔗 Mayor, police chief say they hope to find 'middle ground' on automatic license plate readers VA
Richmond
🔗 Colorado communities are switching from Flock to Axon. Is it more private? CO
Denver
Douglas County
Durango
Longmont
Axon
🔗 Greenwood discusses move from Flock to Axon cameras AR
Greenwood
🔗 San Mateo to implement Axon cameras: The city will add ALPR cameras in new contract with Axon Enterprises CA
San Mateo
Axon
🔗 Caldwell Plans To End Its Contract With Flock — But There's A Catch - Idaho Freedom ID
Caldwell
Axon
🔗 Caldwell approves $6.7M surveillance and technology contract with Axon in a 4-1 vote ID
Caldwell
Axon
🔗 Abington Township Ends Flock Camera Contract as Harrisburg Debates Limits PA
Abington Township
🔗 MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Brooklyn Park Defends License-Plate Reader System, Plans Expansion With Tighter Privacy Controls Than Former Flock Network MN
Brooklyn Park
🔗 License Plate and Switch Overview
Pushback
🔗 Durango residents protest Flock ALPRs and Axon pivot CO
Durango
Axon
🔗 Boston Dropped Flock, but It's Not Giving Up License Plate Readers MA
Boston
🔗 Richmond Could Be the Latest Bay Area City to Leave Flock Safety CA
Richmond
Axon
🔗 Caldwell to consider switching its automated license plate reader technology, mayor would support a full ban instead ID
Caldwell
Axon
Pushback
🔗 Longmont Community Update on Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Technology CO
Longmont
Axon
🔗 Boston abandoned Flock. But police forge ahead with new license plate readers MA
Boston
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🔗 Sun Prairie considers Axon to replace Flock Safety license plate readers WI
Sun Prairie
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🔗 Flock replacements: Where Dane County would put new traffic cams WI
Dane County
🔗 City of Sun Prairie to end Flock camera contracts WI
Sun Prairie
Axon
🔗 Sun Prairie dropping Flock Safety cameras, switching to new license plate reader tech WI
Sun Prairie
Axon
🔗 2 Bay Area cities ditch Flock, but surveillance is far from over CA
Antioch
Hayward
Axon
🔗 Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract MA
Boston
🔗 Moorhead Police may drop Flock Safety ALPR cameras MN
Moorhead
Axon
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🔗 Boston drops Flock after outside agencies gained access to vehicle data MA
Boston
🔗 Richmond council to weigh replacing Flock license plate readers with Axon CA
Richmond
🔗 Dane County explores Flock camera alternatives WI
Dane County
🔗 BCSO expands partnership with Axon after cutting ties with Flock NM
Bernalillo County
🔗 Altoona ditches Flock cameras over maintenance and data concerns WI
Altoona
Verkada
🔗 Colorado agencies drop Flock cameras in droves as privacy concerns mount CO
Calhan
Denver
Douglas County
Durango
Fort Collins
Longmont
Moffat County
Routt County
Salida
Steamboat Springs
Summit County
Success
Sunsetting
Terminated
🔗 Kenosha says farewell to Flock citing security, misuse and data sharing concerns, switches to Axon Outpost WI
Kenosha
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🔗 Durango will end Flock Safety contract in 2027 CO
Durango
🔗 Kenosha police ending Flock contract, moving to Axon WI
Kenosha
🔗 Cortland Mayor says reception to Flock Safety contract termination is overwhelmingly positive IL
Cortland
Axon
🔗 Communities quietly swap Flock cameras for similar systems Overview
🔗 What are Axon cameras? Some communities are switching amid Flock fallout Axon
Overview
🔗 Get the Flock Out: Communities Tearing Out Cameras and Quietly Replacing Them With Axon Cameras Overview
🔗 Neenah police chief wants to drop Flock Safety but not ALPR technology WI
Neenah
🔗 Abington Twp. commissioners vote to replace police department's Flock Safety surveillance system PA
Abington Township
🔗 Abington Township votes to ditch Flock cameras over privacy concerns PA
Abington Township
🔗 What is Verkada? The AI-Powered License Plate Readers set to replace Flock cameras in Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara News-Press CA
Santa Barbara
Verkada
🔗 Santa Barbara Plans to End Flock Contract, Consider New License Plate Reader CA
Santa Barbara
Success
Sunsetting
🔗 Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They're still being watched Overview
🔗 Stanford cuts ties with Flock Safety for new security camera system CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
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🔗 Duluth Police Department decides to not renew Flock Safety contract MN
Duluth
🔗 Stanford ends contract with Flock cameras CA
Genetec
Stanford
🔗 Stanford ditches Flock cameras, hires new license plate reader firm CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
🔗 Stanford drops Flock license plate cameras after campus pushback, will use Genetec CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
🔗 Stanford Cuts Ties With Flock Safety, Shifts to New Surveillance Vendor CA
Genetec
Stanford
Campus
🔗 Stanford drops Flock cameras amid national backlash CA
Stanford
Campus
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🔗 Flock CEO pushes back on Douglas County's Axon switch CO
Douglas County
Axon
🔗 Benton County ditches Flock license plate readers. What it will use instead WA
Benton County
Kennewick
Axon
🔗 Redwood City seeks license plate reader proposals amid renewed public opposition CA
Redwood City
🔗 Suffolk County finalizing $4 million contract with flock safety for gunshot detection technology NY
Suffolk County
Audio Surveillance
🔗 Salem, Mass., Is Installing New License Plate Readers MA
Salem
🔗 Months after Syracuse ditched Flock, critics say switch to Axon solved nothing NY
Syracuse
Axon
🔗 Flock cameras spark debate over privacy and surveillance after city switches to other provider NY
Syracuse
Axon
Pushback
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🔗 All Flock cameras in Syracuse have been removed NY
Syracuse
Axon
Success
Terminated
🔗 Denver And Douglas County Fired Flock Over Spying Concerns—Then Hired Axon To Do The Same Job CO
Denver
Douglas County
Axon
🔗 Douglas County sheriff swaps Flock for Axon CO
Douglas County
Axon
🔗 Syracuse removes Flock license plate reader cameras from city property after months-long debate NY
Syracuse
Axon
🔗 Flock Is in Serious Trouble After Massive Backlash Overview
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🔗 Who's possibly replacing Flock? Boulder isn't saying yet. CO
Boulder
🔗 Douglas County to replace Flock cameras with $22.8 million Axon system CO
Douglas County
🔗 Podcast: Election updates, license plate readers and city hall controversies NV
Sparks
🔗 Sparks approves $1 million contract for controversial license plate readers NV
Sparks
🔗 Dane County Board reinstates $80K to sheriff's budget for new ALPR provider WI
Dane County
Backsliding
🔗 Longmont Under the Lens As Council Shapes Surveillance Future CO
Longmont
🔗 Oshkosh looking into new license plate-reading cameras after ending Flock contract WI
Oshkosh
Backsliding
🔗 Oshkosh leans on committee for next ALPR move after Flock fallout WI
Oshkosh
Backsliding
🔗 Oshkosh police to establish advisory committee for license plate readers WI
Oshkosh
🔗 Oshkosh looking into new license plate reader cameras as alternative to Flock WI
Oshkosh
Backsliding
🔗 Oshkosh council considers future of license plate cameras WI
Oshkosh
Backsliding
🔗 Dane County Sheriff's Office covers Flock cameras, looks toward finding new provider WI
Dane County
Success
Terminated
"ALPR technology 'imperative for effective public safety in rural communities,' Sheriff says"
🔗 Glenwood Springs approves Axon public safety technology contract CO
Glenwood Springs
🔗 Grand Chute cancels Flock contract, signs deal with new license plate reader company WI
Grand Chute
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🔗 Falmouth approves 10-year contract for police tech ME
Falmouth
🔗 Falmouth to vote on 10-year contract for police tech - The Portland Press Herald ME
Falmouth
🔗 Since 'de-Flocking,' Bend Officials Circle a New Vendor for Surveillance Cameras, With No Plans for Public Input OR
Bend
Backsliding
🔗 Syracuse lawmakers pass law banning biometric surveillance in public places NY
Syracuse
🔗 Austin mayor backs license plate readers after shootings TX
Austin
Backsliding
🔗 Sun Prairie ends Flock contract, will consider different license plate reader WI
Sun Prairie
Axon
