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Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass surveillance.

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🔗 Madison County Sheriff's Office ends FLOCK safety partnership
AccessNorthGA · 2026-10-20
GA Madison County
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🔗 Arlington has uninstalled its Flock cameras, but some private ones may remain
ARL Now · 2026-10-13
VA Arlington County
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- 🔗 Removal of Flock cameras in Arlington draws flak from all sides at town hall
  ARL Now
🔗 Another Colorado sheriff's office ends Flock program
KOAA NBC 5 Pueblo · 2026-10-07
CO Custer County
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- 🔗 Custer County Sheriff's Office ends contract with Flock Safety cameras
  KRDO-TV ABC 13 Colorado Springs
- 🔗 Southern Colorado county ends Flock Safety program, equipment removed
  KCNC CBS 35 Colorado
🔗 Augusta County removes Flock Safety cameras
Staunton News Leader · 2026-09-28
VA Augusta County
Copies at:
- 🔗 Augusta County removes Flock Safety cameras
  Virginia Lawyers Weekly
🔗 Cape and Islands Are Now Largely 'De-Flocked'
The Provincetown Independent · 2026-09-23
MA Barnstable Dennis Nantucket Sunsetting
🔗 License-plate cameras just came down in this fast-growing Idaho city. Here's why
Idaho Statesman · 2026-09-20
ID Kuna Axon
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- 🔗 As license-plate cameras stir controversy, one Boise-area town removes them
  Idaho Statesman
🔗 Liberty Hill removes Flock cameras after City Council votes to end program
KEYE CBS 42 Austin · 2026-09-18
TX Liberty Hill
🔗 Northwestern Colorado sheriff removes Flock cameras: "done flocking around"
KCNC CBS 35 Colorado · 2026-09-16
CO Moffat County
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- 🔗 When Flock Wouldn't Take Down Its Cameras, Colorado Sheriff Did It Himself
  Cowboy State Daily
🔗 Nantucket's Flock Cameras Taken Down After Select Board Votes Unanimously To Remove Them
Nantucket Current · 2026-09-16
MA Nantucket
🔗 Crystal Police Remove Flock License Plate Readers After Community Backlash
CCX Media · 2026-09-09
MN Crystal
🔗 Emory removes Flock Safety cameras from campus
The Emory Wheel · 2026-09-09
GA Emery University Campus
🔗 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 Sunsetting Switcheroo
🔗 FWPD chief: Flock license plate readers are offline
WANE CBS 15 Fort Wayne · 2026-08-31
IN Fort Wayne
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- 🔗 License plate readers under fire after misuse concerns
  WXIN Fox 59 Indianapolis
🔗 Erlanger ditches Flock cameras, prioritizes good police work over technology
WXIX Fox 19 Cincinnati · 2026-08-27
KY Erlanger
🔗 St. Paul to ditch 2 Flock security cameras in light of data concerns
Twin Cities Pioneer Press · 2026-08-26
MN Saint Paul
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- 🔗 St. Paul to remove its two Flock cameras
  The Minnesota Star Tribune
- 🔗 City officials plan to remove Flock cameras
  MyVillager
🔗 King William County cancels contract for Flock cameras after vandalism, theft
The Virginian-Pilot · 2026-08-24
VA King William County
🔗 Wellesley Police Dept. ends Flock license plate reader trial early amidst 'overwhelmingly' changed landscape
The Swellesley Report · 2026-08-19
MA Wellesley
🔗 Stow police officer accused of misusing Flock camera, police databases
WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston · 2026-08-18
MA Stow Abuse
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- 🔗 Stow police cut ties with Flock Safety after officer allegedly used cameras to track someone he knows
  Boston.com
- 🔗 Stow police department cuts ties with Flock Safety after determining officer used system to find personal info, officials say
  Boston Globe
🔗 "Get the Flock Out": Western Massachusetts residents push back against automated license plate readers
The Shoestring · 2026-08-17
MA Easthampton
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- 🔗 Pushback grows as more WMass communities using automated license plate readers
  Mass Live
🔗 Public outcry leads to removal of Flock Safety systems
The Simpsonian · 2026-08-17
IA Indianola
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- 🔗 Indianola joins police departments removing Flock cameras
  The Des Moines Register
- 🔗 Indianola joins police departments removing Flock cameras
  SoonersWire
🔗 Winona police will not replace stolen Flock cameras
KTTC NBC 10 Rochester · 2026-08-12
MN Winona
🔗 Harrisonburg takes down Flock cameras
Daily News-Record · 2026-08-12
VA Harrisonburg
🔗 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 Sunsetting Suspended
"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.""
🔗 Mayflower Police Department ends use of Flock cameras
KARK NBC 4 Little Rock · 2026-08-10
AR Mayflower
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🔗 Arizona scrutiny grows over Flock Safety cameras, privacy concerns
KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix · 2026-08-09
AZ Chandler Pinal County Sunsetting
🔗 Chandler police end Flock camera use amid probe into potential misuse
KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix · 2026-08-07
AZ Chandler Abuse
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🔗 Does Wilmington use Flock cameras? Not anymore
Delaware Online · 2026-08-06
DE Wilmington
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- 🔗 Wilmington removes Flock cameras as debate over license plate readers grows
  WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
🔗 All Flock cameras taken down in Burnet County
KXAN NBC 36 Austin · 2026-08-05
TX Burnet County
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- 🔗 All Flock cameras taken down in Burnet County
  KXAN NBC 36 Austin via YouTube
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- 🔗 Here's where flock cameras were just removed in Texas
  My San Antonio
🔗 Narragansett to stop using automated license plate readers
WPRI CBS 12 Providence · 2026-08-03
RI Narragansett
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🔗 Flock Safety removes its license plate readers, finalizing eight-month breakup with City of Syracuse
Central Current · 2026-07-20
NY Syracuse
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- 🔗 All Flock cameras in Syracuse have been removed
  Spectrum News Local
🔗 Detroit Area Cities Increasingly Parting Ways With Flock Safety
The Detroit News via Government Technology · 2026-07-17
MI Clawson Ferndale Milford Warren Westland Sunsetting Video
🔗 Flock cameras turned off in Mount Vernon
Cascadia Daily News · 2026-07-02
WA Mount Vernon
🔗 Flock license plate reader cameras removed in Woodburn, Oregon
Statesman Journal · 2026-06-24
OR Woodburn
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🔗 Flock cameras are out in Fort Collins, as council votes to end contract
Fort Collins Coloradoan · 2026-06-16
CO Fort Collins Paywall
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🔗 South Portland will stop using Flock cameras
Portland Press Herald · 2026-06-11
ME South Portland
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🔗 Edmonds becomes 3rd city in the county to cancel Flock Safety contract
Everett Herald · 2026-05-27
WA Edmonds
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🔗 Fitchburg votes to end Flock Safety camera contract
WISC-TV Channel 3000 News · 2026-05-26
WI Fitchburg Video
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- 🔗 Fitchburg votes to end Flock Safety camera contract
  WISC-TV Channel 3000 News via YouTube
- 🔗 Fitchburg votes to end Flock Safety camera contract
  WISC-TV Channel 3000 News (2) via YouTube
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🔗 Council votes to terminate Flock Safety contract
Bandera Bulletin · 2026-05-13
TX Bandera
Notes: Contains the text of an open letter from one of the councillors who voted to keep Flock in which he threatens to introduce legislation to ban the Internet, cell phones, and cameras in his town. To which the only logical response can be, "Wow, the city is using all those things to track our movements?" The false equivalency between things free people choose and things that are forced upon them by the government is disgusting.

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🔗 Pittsboro Commissioners Vote to End Flock Safety Contract Early, Citing Community Opposition
WCHL 97.9 FM Chapel Hill · 2026-05-13
NC Pittsboro Audio
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🔗 Clawson officer resigns after City Council rejects Flock cameras
WJBK Fox 2 Detroit · 2026-05-08
MI Clawson Video
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- 🔗 Clawson officer resigns after City Council rejects Flock cameras
  WJBK Fox 2 Detroit via YouTube
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- 🔗 2 Mich. officers threaten to leave department after city votes down LPR contract
  The Detroit News via Police1
🔗 Appleton mayor says city will stop using Flock cameras
WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay · 2026-05-06
WI Appleton
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🔗 El Cerrito Votes to End Flock Contract, Cameras Go Dark June 7
Contra Costa News · 2026-05-06
CA El Cerrito
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🔗 Weston removes Flock cameras after major pushback from residents
KSHB NBC 41 Kansas City · 2026-04-29
MO Weston
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- 🔗 Hate cameras that read your plates? How Weston residents got rid of theirs
  The Kansas City Star
🔗 Oshkosh Common Council votes to rescind Flock camera contract, 1 day after approving it
WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay · 2026-04-22
WI Oshkosh Video
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- 🔗 Oshkosh Common Council votes to rescind Flock camera contract, 1 day after approving it
  WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay via YouTube
- 🔗 Oshkosh Common Council votes to rescind Flock camera contract, 1 day after approving it
  WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay (2) via YouTube
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🔗 The Morning News: Candy Factories, Data Centers, Flock Cameras, Book Bans, and a Business Owner Arrested for Attempted Murder
WCHL 97.9 FM Chapel Hill · 2026-04-22
NC Chatham County Audio
🔗 Commissioners vote to block Flock surveillance cameras
Hood County News · 2026-04-18
TX Hood County Paywall
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🔗 Dane County Board votes to cut funding for Flock license-plate reader cameras
Leader Independent · 2026-04-17
WI Dane County Paywall
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🔗 Mayor, CSPD address Flock, crime rates, and more at press briefing
KXRM-TV Fox 21 Colorado Springs · 2026-04-16
CO Colorado Springs Video
"CSPD announced during the briefing that the department would be ending its use of the Flock safety cameras, but said the decision was purely financial."
🔗 Sierra Vista ends contract with Flock
KGUN ABC 9 Tucson · 2026-04-15
AZ Sierra Vista
🔗 Fact Brief: Does Campbell have a partnership with Flock cameras?
San José Spotlight · 2026-04-15
CA Campbell
🔗 County legislature ends contract with Flock Safety
The Ithaca Voice · 2026-04-15
NY Tompkins County
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🔗 Bloomington ends Flock contract, says city will seek alternatives after review
The Bloomingtonian · 2026-04-15
IN Bloomington
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🔗 City to Discontinue Using Flock License Plate Reader Cameras
Door County Pulse · 2026-04-09
WI Sturgeon Bay
🔗 Salem City Council Approves Two TIF Improvement Projects; Delay Sale of Land Near Industrial Park
WJBD 100.1 FM Salem · 2026-04-07
IL Salem
"The council agreed to cancel an earlier agreement for use of Flock license reader cameras due to a change in contract terms that were concerning to the Mayor. A public comment was also raised encouraging the city not to enter the agreement due to invasion of property."
🔗 Attleboro police department among others in state getting rid of Flock cameras
The Sun Chronicle · 2026-03-23
MA Attleboro
🔗 South Pasadena cancels contract with Flock Safety, citing privacy concerns
LAist · 2026-03-19
CA South Pasadena
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- 🔗 South Pasadena cancels contract with Flock Safety, citing privacy concerns
  LAist via MSN
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🔗 Douglas mayor signals end for Flock Safety contract
Douglas Dispatch · 2026-03-12
AZ Douglas Paywall
🔗 Dutchtown CID ends Flock Safety contract amid ICE data-sharing concerns
First Alert 4 · 2026-03-06
MO Dutchtown CID
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- 🔗 'Public trust is the cornerstone': Dutchtown halts license plate reader cameras over data concerns
  KSDK NBC 5 Saint Louis
🔗 Ithaca Common Council votes to end contract with Flock Safety
WSKG PBS 46 Binghamton · 2026-03-04
NY Ithaca
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- 🔗 Ithaca Common Council votes to end contract with Flock Safety
  WRVO 89.9 Public Media
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🔗 Coralville votes to remove automated license plate readers after threat of legal action
KGAN CBS 2 Cedar Rapids · 2026-02-24
IA Coralville
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🔗 Santa Clara County - Board of Supervisors - Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 9:30 a.m.
SCCgov chambers via YouTube · 2026-02-24
CA Santa Clara County Pushback Video
Notes: The public hearing begins at 3:48:38. The vote is at 5:30:00.

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🔗 Lynnwood becomes one of the 1st in the state to terminate Flock contract
Everett Herald · 2026-02-23
WA Lynnwood
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🔗 South Tucson ends Flock camera contract
Tucson Spotlight · 2026-02-19
AZ South Tucson
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- 🔗 South Tucson to cancel license-plate reader contract
  Arizona Daily Star
🔗 Seneca police end Flock camera contract after less than 90 days
KOAM CBS 7 Pittsburgh · 2026-02-19
MO Seneca
🔗 Roadside cameras going dark: Another department makes changes to program over accountability concerns
KSTP ABC 5 Saint Paul · 2026-02-03
MN Brooklyn Park
🔗 Mountain View police turns off license plate readers after 'unauthorized' federal access
Bay City News · 2026-02-03
CA Mountain View
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🔗 Controversial Flock license plate readers shut off by another Eastern WA city
Tri-City Herald · 2026-01-26
WA Prosser
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- 🔗 Controversial Flock license plate readers shut off by another Eastern WA city
  The Chronicle
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🔗 Greenfield Police to remove surveillance cameras
Greenfield Recorder · 2026-01-22
MA Greenfield
🔗 City Council Regular Meeting January 15, 2026
City of Los Altos Hills · 2026-01-15
CA Los Altos Hills Video
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- 🔗 Los Altos Hills to remove ALPR cameras
  Los Altos Town Crier
🔗 Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety
KQED NPR San Francisco · 2026-01-14
CA Santa Cruz
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🔗 Bend 'Will Not Renew' Flock Camera Contract in May
The Source · 2026-01-08
OR Bend
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🔗 Walla Walla Police end Flock Safety camera program over public safety concerns
KAPP ABC 35 Yakima · 2026-01-06
WA Walla Walla
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- 🔗 Walla Walla police end Flock license plate cameras over safety and legal concerns
  KAPP ABC 35 Yakima
🔗 Lincoln City ending Flock camera use
Lincoln County Leader · 2026-01-02
OR Lincoln City
Notes: This article makes a number of factually incorrect statements in defense of Flock cameras.
🔗 City to Terminate Contract with Flock Safety for License Plate Readers
City of Staunton · 2025-12-19
VA Staunton
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🔗 When It Comes To Mass Surveillance, We Are Totally Flocked
Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism · 2025-12-18
MA Cambridge Natick Watertown
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🔗 Flagstaff City Council votes to end use of contentious Flock license plate cameras
Arizona Daily Sun · 2025-12-17
AZ Flagstaff
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🔗 City ends Flock pilot program over federal data base concerns
Cville Right Now · 2025-12-16
VA Charlottesville
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- 🔗 Charlottesville will not move forward with the Flock Camera System
  CBS 19 News
- 🔗 Charlottesville ends use of Flock surveillance cameras after privacy concerns
  The Cavalier Daily
🔗 City cancels deal for license plate tech
Cambridge Day · 2025-12-10
MA Cambridge Unauthorized
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🔗 Longmont Residents Win Fight Against AI Surveillance
Yellow Scene Magazine · 2025-12-10
CO Longmont
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- 🔗 Longmont chooses not to renew Flock camera contract
  KUSA NBC 9 Denver
🔗 Lane County Sheriff's Office suspends Flock Safety contract
Lookout Eugene-Springfield · 2025-12-10
OR Lane County
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🔗 Eugene, Springfield announce end of Flock cameras
Lookout Eugene-Springfield · 2025-12-05
OR Eugene Springfield
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🔗 'Time to pull the plug': MLT City Council votes to cancel Flock contract
MyMLTNews · 2025-12-05
WA Mountlake Terrace
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- 🔗 Mountlake Terrace cancels Flock Safety contract
  Everett Herald
🔗 City of San Marcos not renewing contract for Flock license plate reader cameras
KVUE ABC 24 Austin · 2025-12-03
TX San Marcos Video
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🔗 Oregon Community Credit Union cancels Flock contract
KVAL CBS 13 Eugene · 2025-12-02
OR Business Usage Video
🔗 Ferndale police sever partnership with Flock Safety cameras
C & G Newspapers · 2025-11-20
MI Ferndale
🔗 Verona Common Council votes no on renewing Flock cameras contract
WISC-TV Channel 3000 News · 2025-11-11
WI Verona
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- 🔗 City of Verona votes to not renew Flock cameras
  WKOW ABC 27 Verona
🔗 Hillsborough Cancels Contract for License Plate Reader Cameras
Hillsborough, NC · 2025-10-28
NC Hillsborough
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- 🔗 Hillsborough cancels license plate reader cameras due to data privacy concerns
  The Daily Tar Heel
🔗 Hays County votes to terminate Flock Safety contracts in 3-2 vote
KXAN NBC 36 Austin · 2025-10-14
TX Hays County
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- 🔗 Hays County ends contract with Flock for license plate reader cameras
  KVUE ABC 24 Austin
- 🔗 Hays County ends contract with Flock Cameras over privacy concerns
  KEYE CBS 42 Austin
🔗 Sedona City Council tells staff to get Flock out of town
Sedona Red Rock News · 2025-09-10
AZ Sedona
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🔗 Evanston shuts down license plate cameras, terminates contract with Flock Safety
Evanston Roundtable · 2025-08-26
IL Evanston
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- 🔗 City Deactivates Flock Cameras & Terminates Contract
  City of Evanston
🔗 Oak Park terminates Flock license plate reader contract
Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest · 2025-08-07
IL Oak Park
🔗 Public Interest Law Firm Applauds Westchester County Village for Ending License Plate Reader Contract
Institute for Justice · 2025-08-06
NY Scarsdale
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- 🔗 Scarsdale Ends Contract With License Plate Reader Company Amid Privacy Concerns
  Scarsdale Daily Voice
🔗 Victory! Austin Organizers Cancel City's Flock ALPR Contract
EFF · 2025-06-06
TX Austin EFF
🔗 Licensing fight prompts UNC to cancel contract for automated license plate readers
The News & Observer · 2024-04-03
NC Chapel Hill