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🔗 Cle Elum's Flock cameras stayed on after contract expired: Sheriff's office accessed them during burglary probe Cle Elum
🔗 ELECTION 2026: 30th District candidates address Federal Way's immigrant communities Elections
Federal Way
🔗 Granite Falls PD investigating Flock camera destruction Granite Falls
Vandalism
🔗 Fact Check: Where do Benton, Franklin sheriff candidates stand on Flock? Benton County
Elections
Franklin County
🔗 After fierce debate, why Renton might let its Flock contract expire Renton
Pushback
🔗 Stanwood council hears Flock concerns, approves floodwall and pump station projects Stanwood
Pushback
🔗 $335,000 and counting: Another WA local government settles Flock lawsuit Snohomish County
Lawsuit
Settlement
🔗 Cle Elum ends Flock camera contract after council vote Cle Elum
Success
Sunsetting
🔗 Bellingham officials concerned about Flock cameras, sharing of personal data Bellingham
Pushback
🔗 Stanwood council hears Flock camera concerns, advances uptown park plan Stanwood
Pushback
🔗 'Time to move on': Sedro-Woolley ends use of Flock Safety cameras Sedro-Woolley
Success
Sunsetting
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🔗 'Not impressed with the company': Flock cameras spark debate over privacy, public safety in Chelan County Chelan County
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🔗 East Wenatchee City Council tables flock camera agreement East Wenatchee
Pushback
🔗 Bonney Lake police restart Flock cameras with new restrictions to comply with state laws Bonney Lake
Backsliding
🔗 Flock cameras cost Washington taxpayers millions as backlash grows Overview
Pushback
🔗 You're back on camera when you drive through this east Pierce County city Bonney Lake
Backsliding
🔗 Bellingham residents cut Flock cameras, part of a growing trend Bellingham
Vandalism
🔗 Damages done to Covington Police Flock cameras over 2 months Covington
Vandalism
🔗 Flock cameras vandalized in western Washington amid online 'deflocking' campaign Covington
Vandalism
🔗 Man sued local governments in WA over Flock records. He's won $300K Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
FOIA
Lawsuit
Settlement
🔗 Group pushes for Renton leaders to end Flock camera contract Renton
Pushback
🔗 'A Swiss cheese system': Critics rally at Seattle City Hall against surveillance cameras Seattle
Pushback
🔗 Stanwood to pay $40K share in Flock camera case settlement Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
FOIA
Lawsuit
Settlement
🔗 Renton Council to vote on ending Flock Safety contract as city prepares to cover cameras Renton
Suspended
🔗 Yakima police investigate cut-down Flock camera Yakima
Vandalism
🔗 City Council votes to cover Flock cameras Renton
🔗 Benton County ditches Flock license plate readers. What it will use instead Benton County
Kennewick
Axon
Switcheroo
🔗 Judge rules against cities of Stanwood, Sedro-Woolley in Flock camera case Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Court Ruling
FOIA
Opacity
🔗 Auburn residents tell City Council they oppose Flock cameras - Auburn Reporter Auburn
Pushback
🔗 Enumclaw got flocked | Shiers Enumclaw
🔗 Mount Vernon council opts not to censure mayor Mount Vernon
🔗 Washington city hears presentation about Flock cameras Mount Vernon
Backsliding
🔗 Mount Vernon City Council hears presentation on Flock cameras, discusses censuring mayor Mount Vernon
🔗 Flock cameras turned off in Mount Vernon Mount Vernon
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🔗 Wenatchee police to reactivate license plate reader cameras soon Wenatchee
Backsliding
🔗 Wenatchee PD's Flock cameras coming back online Wenatchee
Backsliding
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🔗 YH-R Opinion: Council didn't do homework before renewing Flock camera contract Yakima
Pushback
Renewal
🔗 EPD installs first Flock automatic license plate reader camera Enumclaw
New Outbreak
🔗 Mount Vernon City Council votes to turn off Flock cameras, mayor concerned with process Mount Vernon
Sunsetting
🔗 College Place police will turn Flock cameras back on beginning June 15 College Place
Backsliding
🔗 Following procedural error, Edmonds unanimously cancels Flock contract Edmonds
🔗 Everett settles Flock cameras records lawsuit Everett
Lawsuit
"The City Council last week approved a $25,000 settlement with Jose Rodriguez, who the city had sued in 2025 to prevent releasing Flock camera photographs to him."
🔗 Yakima City Council hears updates, pushback as Flock contract renewal decision approaches Yakima
Pushback
Renewal
🔗 College Place police plan to restart Flock cameras June 15 College Place
🔗 Questions raised about mayor's Flock Safety cancellation Edmonds
Paywall
🔗 Edmonds becomes 3rd city in the county to cancel Flock Safety contract Edmonds
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🔗 Renton shuts off Flock safety cameras, again. Renton
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🔗 A Message from Police Chief Jon Schuldt Renton
🔗 Renton suspends Flock cameras again after public outcry Renton
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🔗 Sedro-Woolley to turn back on its Flock cameras Sedro-Woolley
Backsliding
Paywall
🔗 Shoreline cancels Flock Safety informational meeting Shoreline
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🔗 Camera crackdown? Not here: Yakima County expands Flock use Yakima
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🔗 WA pension dollars invested in high-risk private equity | The Seattle Times Financials
Paywall
"More than a half-billion dollars from the state's pension fund is proposed to be invested in new high-risk private equity and private credit investments, including funds tied to controversial businesses like the prediction market Kalshi and the license plate recognition company Flock Safety — even as state officials have raised concerns and passed new laws related to those companies."
🔗 What to Know About the New Restrictions on Flock and Similar Camera Systems Legislation
🔗 Local police adjust to Washington's new mass surveillance law Bellingham
Mount Vernon
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🔗 Sedro-Woolley, Stanwood still required to turn over Flock camera images Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
FOIA
Lawsuit
"The cameras take between six and 12 time-stamped images of each car that passes them, allowing law enforcement to create a detailed database of when and where vehicles are."
🔗 Everett flips Flock cameras back on under new state law Everett
Backsliding
🔗 Chehalis and Napavine Flock cameras still effective, police chiefs say Chehalis
Napavine
🔗 Renton PD restarts license plate reader cameras after pausing to meet new state law Renton
Backsliding
🔗 Renton police turn Flock cameras back on after updates to comply with privacy law Renton
🔗 Everett reactivates Flock camera network after passage of new law Everett
🔗 Cities of Sedro-Woolley and Stanwood fail in attempt to have Flock camera ruling vacated Sedro-Woolley
Stanwood
Lawsuit
Paywall
🔗 Renton suspends use of automated license plate reader cameras Renton
Suspended
🔗 Did new law shut down Pierce County license-plate readers? Here's what we know Legislation
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🔗 Will Puyallup keep its Flock license plate cameras? Here's how city uses them Puyallup
🔗 Flock cameras hitting home | News | goldendalesentinel.com Goldendale
🔗 Spokane sheriff shuts down Flock cameras, cites SB 6002 risk | Seattle Red Spokane
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🔗 Renton Police shut down license plate cameras to comply with new privacy law Renton
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🔗 Flock camera case headed back into court Skagit County
Lawsuit
Paywall
🔗 Stanwood to reactivate Flock license plate reader cameras after Driver Privacy Act signed Seattle
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🔗 Stanwood restarts police cameras under new law Stanwood
Backsliding
🔗 Stanwood reactivates Flock cameras Stanwood
Backsliding
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🔗 Stanwood's Flock camera system set to resume operations this month Stanwood
Backsliding
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🔗 Richland Police Department temporarily suspends Flock Safety camera system Richland
Suspended
🔗 Bipartisan bill restricting ALPR data awaits signature on governor's desk Legislation
🔗 Stanwood to reactivate Flock Safety cameras in light of new law Stanwood
Backsliding
🔗 New law prompts Spokane County Sheriff to deactivate license plate cameras Spokane County
🔗 Richland police turn off Flock cameras as privacy law takes effect Yakima
🔗 Stanwood Reactivates Flock Safety Cameras Stanwood
🔗 License Plate Readers Double Standard Exposed!? Seattle
🔗 Pierce County Sheriff's Office deactivates its automated license plate readers Pierce County
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🔗 Ferguson signs Driver Privacy Act regulating license plate readers, personal data sharing Legislation
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🔗 EPD moving forward with ALPR cameras after legislature passes bill Enumclaw
🔗 Mayor Wilson puts expansion of Seattle's surveillance camera pilot program on hold Seattle
🔗 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announces pause on CCTV pilot expansion Seattle
Video
🔗 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson to announce decision on city's surveillance camera project Seattle
🔗 Everett's Drone as First Responder program underway Everett
Drones
Scope Creep
🔗 Automated license plate reader bill heads to governor's desk Everett
🔗 Bill to regulate license plate readers heads to WA Gov. Ferguson Everett
Legislation
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🔗 House OKs regulations on license plate cameras Legislation
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🔗 Washington is a step closer to having limits on license plate reader cameras Legislation
🔗 Automated license plate reader regulations close to becoming WA law Legislation
🔗 WA House passes license plate reader bill limiting surveillance, preserving police tools Legislation
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🔗 Councilmember Kettle Insists Surveillance Tech Is Safe Seattle
🔗 Totally Not Propaganda: New Bill Seeks to Regulate AI-run Surveillance System Legislation
🔗 Everett temporarily pauses Flock camera network Everett
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🔗 Bill to regulate automated license plate readers clears another hurdle Legislation
🔗 Seattle Public Safety clarifies ICE cannot access ALPR police data for immigration reasons Seattle
🔗 Public Safety Chair Kettle: Setting the record straight on misconceptions about technology used by Seattle Police Department for crime prevention Seattle
Notes: Seattle's city council had to issue a press release to make clear that they do not use Flock.
🔗 Snohomish County judge rules Flock camera footage is public record Snohomish County
FOIA
