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🔗 Crime commission report shows VA police misuse of flock cameras Roanoke
Illegal
Video
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🔗 Some Va. police, sheriffs not complying with new Flock camera regulations Illegal
Paywall
"The report concludes by stating that Del. Charniele Herring, D- Alexandria, the lawmaker who sponsored last year's guidelines, would "send letters to law enforcement agencies whose survey responses indicate that their current practices are not consistent with the new statutory requirements for ALPR use.""
Notes: Oh, good. A sternly-worded letter. That'll do it.Copies at:
🔗 Rappahannock sheriff backs Flock cameras as crime-fighting asset | Technology | rappnews.com Rappahannock
Paywall
🔗 Richmond police extend contract with Flock Safety for license plate readers Richmond
🔗 Privacy vs. Security: Why Richmond residents are pushing back on 'Flock' cameras Richmond
Pushback
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🔗 Richmond police defend Flock cameras as backlash grows Richmond
🔗 Richmond police defend use of Flock license plate readers Richmond
Paywall
🔗 Concerns raised in Harrisonburg about the use of Flock Security Cameras Harrisonburg
Pushback
🔗 After anti-Flock protest, Richmond police chief defends use of license plate readers: 'It works' Richmond
🔗 Richmond city officials double down on commitment to Flock safety cameras, face community pressure to get rid of them Richmond
Pushback
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🔗 Flock cameras that 'never sleep' watching Rappahannock roads Rappahannock
🔗 Students raise privacy concerns around FlockOS technology, WMPD explains surveillance limitations Williamsburg
Pushback
🔗 Some, but not all, Flock Safety cameras removed in Staunton Staunton
Paywall
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🔗 Editorial: Recent court ruling affirms Flock camera legality … for now Norfolk
Fourth Amendment
🔗 Staunton police: Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras taken down Staunton
🔗 Flock camera numbers reduced, locations changed Buckingham County
🔗 Judge dismisses case alleging use of Flock cameras in Virginia city is unconstitutional Norfolk
Fourth Amendment
Lawsuit
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🔗 Flock cameras in Hampton Roads surveil Black communities more intensely than white ones, CNU study says Hampton Roads
Analysis
"Across Hampton Roads, majority Black census tracts, where at least 50% of the residents are Black, have four times the number of cameras as majority white areas."
🔗 Judge pushes back on arguments challenging Norfolk's Flock camera system Norfolk
Lawsuit
Video
🔗 Oral arguments heard in federal lawsuit against Norfolk Flock cameras Norfolk
Lawsuit
Video
🔗 Norfolk residents challenge Flock safety camera program in federal court Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 Staunton Police Chief: Flock Safety cameras no longer accessible to officers Staunton
🔗 Flock cameras still up in Staunton, timeline for removal uncertain Staunton
Paywall
🔗 Flock CEO includes Charlottesville, Staunton in email blaming activists for cities dropping the company's services Charlottesville
"Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis described an email from Flock Safety's CEO blaming political activists for multiple cities decisions to stop using the company's license plate reading camera system as inappropriate and "pouting.""
🔗 City to Terminate Contract with Flock Safety for License Plate Readers Staunton
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🔗 City ends Flock pilot program over federal data base concerns Charlottesville
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🔗 Emails between Flock CEO and Staunton, VA Police Chief Staunton
"You've been dealing with this for forever, and we've been dealing with this since our founding, from the same activist groups who want to defund the police, weaken public safety, and normalize lawlessness."
Notes: Flock CEO never misses an opportunity to defame opponents of the company.
🔗 Suffolk man charged with destroying 13 Flock cameras Suffolk
Vandalism
🔗 Group urging Staunton officials to remove license plate readers Staunton
Paywall
Pushback
🔗 Suffolk man charged with destroying over a dozen Flock cameras Suffolk
Vandalism
Notes: Please don't do this. It's counterproductive.
🔗 FOIA Friday: Locations of 600 Flock cameras now public in Hampton Roads following lawsuits Hampton Roads
🔗 Windsor Town Council approves 2nd Flock camera Windsor
Expansion
🔗 More than 600 Flock camera locations in Hampton Roads are public for the first time. See the map. Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 Major ruling allows Norfolk police to access Flock camera data without warrant Norfolk
🔗 'Not on our watch': Warrenton Town Council reverses course on license plate readers Warrentown
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🔗 Virginia surveillance network tapped thousands of times for immigration cases Bridgewater
Mecklenburg County
Analysis
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Oversharing
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🔗 Who combed Virginia's Flock surveillance data for immigration enforcement? Search here. Analysis
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 One sleepy Virginia town. Nearly 7 million hits on its surveillance network. Bridgewater
Technology
🔗 Are police, ICE using Flock license plate cameras to spy on you? Staunton
🔗 Federal license plate reader searches raise surveillance questions Illegal
Immigration
Oversharing
"In March, after four people detained at an ICE detention center in Farmville escaped, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives accessed data collected by Richmond's license plate reader system to assist in the immigration investigation — without permission to use the data for that purpose."
🔗 Richmond police ban feds from tracking immigrants' license plate data Richmond
Immigration
🔗 ATF officials apologize after using Richmond police database for immigration enforcement Richmond
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 The feds' hidden immigration weapon: Virginia's surveillance network Analysis
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Fed's hidden immigration weapon – Virginia's surveillance network Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Federal Court Rejects Flock Safety's Late Bid to Join and Block IJ's Lawsuit Challenging Norfolk's Mass-Surveillance Cameras Norfolk
Lawsuit
🔗 One nation, under watch: New brand of largely unregulated mass surveillance is expanding in Virginia Paywall
🔗 Youngkin signs bill placing regulations on license plate readers and law enforcement Legislation
Restricted Sharing
🔗 § 2.2-5517. Use of automatic license plate recognition systems by law-enforcement agencies. (2025 updated section) Legislation
🔗 Cardinal News wins FOIA battle for Flock footage in Roanoke Circuit Court Roanoke
FOIA
🔗 I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here's what I learned. Amherst County
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"The idea that a law enforcement agency will claim the images that we see in this story are "investigative" in nature — and need to be protected from me — tells me that they are worried about something else. What is it?"
🔗 State of Surveillance: Everyone's watching
🔗 Staunton installs license plate readers throughout city: What to know Staunton
Paywall
🔗 Norfolk judge rejects police Flock camera evidence without warrant Norfolk
Fourth Amendment
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