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🔗 Lynnwood becomes one of the 1st in the state to terminate Flock contract Lynnwood
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More coverage (6 related entries):
🔗 What to know about controversial automated license plate readers in WA Seattle
"Over 400 Seattle Police Department patrol cars and 15 parking enforcement vehicles are equipped with ALPRs."
🔗 Amid Trump crackdown, Lynnwood proposes protections for immigrants from ICE Lynnwood
Pushback
"Lynnwood will take a vote on whether to continue or terminate the contract with Flock on Monday, Feb. 23."
🔗 Lynnwood, WA officials could terminate contract with license plate reader vendor Lynnwood
Pushback
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🔗 Lynnwood reconsiders Flock, discusses immigration resolution Lynnwood
Pushback
🔗 Is This Mass Surveillance Program Finally Over? FOIA
Lawsuit
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🔗 SeaTac City Council bars ICE from detention center expansion, limits FLOCK Camera access to city only Seattle
Tacoma
Pushback
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Normandy Park City Council debates Flock Camera privacy, fireworks costs and bridge graffiti Normandy Park
🔗 After decades of uncontrolled data collection, Washington is limiting the use of traffic cameras in 2026 with a law that could forever change the way cars are tracked in the United States (and what they know about you without you realizing it) Legislation
🔗 One thing WA agrees on: Government location tracking needs limits Legislation
🔗 We Need to Regulate Automated License Plate Readers Now Activism
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🔗 Bill to regulate ALPR Cameras passes state Senate, now heads to House Legislation
🔗 Bill to regulate license plate reader cameras in Washington advances Legislation
🔗 WA Senate OKs guardrails for license plate readers Legislation
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🔗 Automated License Plate Readers in Port Angeles: What I Know and What Comes Next Port Angeles
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🔗 State of Washington v. Burk T. Simonson (Majority) Notes: This result shows what happens when "No expectation of privacy!" isn't challenged properly.
🔗 Western Washington communities voice concern over ICE access to flock cameras Legislation
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🔗 Success, concern surround Flock camera debate Legislation
🔗 Controversial Flock license plate readers shut off by another Eastern WA city Prosser
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🔗 Chief Shawn Boyle weighs in on flock camera regulation bill impact Yakima
🔗 Lawmakers advocate for regulations on Flock cameras Spokane
Video
🔗 Are Tri-Cities Flock traffic cameras being misused by ICE, others? Kennewick
Walla Walla
Yakima
Immigration
🔗 Hearing on 'Flock cameras' took place Tuesday in Olympia Legislation
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🔗 Washington scrambles to regulate license-plate cameras that could aid stalkers Legislation
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🔗 New bill would regulate Flock license plate cameras across WA Copies at:
🔗 Proposed bill would regulate Flock Safety cameras Legislation
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🔗 Proposed bill would regulate Flock automated license plate readers Legislation
🔗 Walla Walla Police end Flock Safety camera program over public safety concerns Walla Walla
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🔗 WA could regulate Flock Safety and other license-plate readers in 2026 Legislation
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🔗 Skamania County's Flock data was used more often by a Texas police department than its own sheriff's office Skamania County
Oversharing
🔗 Concerned about legal liabilities, Walla Walla police disable Flock Safety cameras Walla Walla
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🔗 Sedro-Woolley and Stanwood appeal ruling regarding Flock camera data Sedro-Woolley
Skagit County
Stanwood
FOIA
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🔗 Flock-enheit 451 Spokane
Activism
Analysis
🔗 "Alien." "Ice pick-up." "immigration violation." Spokane
Immigration
🔗 Moses Lake Police Keep Flock Cameras Online as Other Agencies Suspend Use After Court Ruling Moses Lake
🔗 'Time to pull the plug': MLT City Council votes to cancel Flock contract Mountlake Terrace
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🔗 Wenatchee Police Department shuts off Flock cameras after public record ruling Wenatchee
Suspended
"Before deciding to pause the data collection, Reinfeld said his department conducted a 'data dump' and found that more than 7 million images were collected over the span of a month."
Notes: Wenatchee PD has eight cameras in a city with a population of 35,508 per Wikipedia. "More than 7 million images" represents more than 197 images per person per month!
🔗 Edmonds joining cities in disabling Flock feature Edmonds
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🔗 Did you go to a protest this year? Local cops might've been searching for you on Flock cameras. Spokane
Scope Creep
🔗 Update: City of Olympia Suspends Flock Safety Camera Pilot Program Olympia
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🔗 Washington lawmakers want to regulate license plate readers Legislation
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🔗 Everett seeks SnoCo judgment that Flock footage is not public record Everett
Snohomish County
Lawsuit
🔗 'Had an abortion, search for female.' Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras Spokane
Spokane County
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Reproductive Rights
🔗 Stanwood, Sedro-Woolley appeal Flock public records decision Everett
Snohomish County
Lawsuit
🔗 Snohomish County Democrats call for removal of 'Flock' cameras Snohomish County
Pushback
🔗 WA cities reconsider Flock traffic cameras as judge rules their data is public Lynnwood
Redmond
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Stanwood
Lawsuit
🔗 Skamania County Sheriff's Office to stop using controversial Flock cameras Skamania County
Suspended
🔗 Flock camera error leads police to detain wrong man Redmond
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🔗 Woodburn suspends Flock Safety camera system amid community concerns OR
Skamania County
Woodburn
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🔗 Washington Cities Question Use of License Plate Readers Citing Federal Overreach Lynnwood
Redmond
Stanwood
🔗 Flock Cameras Disabled After Recent Court Decision Skamania County
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🔗 Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are Public Records Skagit County
EFF
Lawsuit
🔗 Des Moines Police tighten privacy controls on Flock safety camera data, cut off all federal access Des Moines
🔗 Lynnwood PD suspends Flock camera system amid concerns over ICE access Lynnwood
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🔗 Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions Mount Vernon
FOIA
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🔗 Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act Everett
FOIA
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🔗 Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act Read more at: https://www.heraldnet.com/2025/11/06/judge-denies-request-to-exempt-flock-footage-from-public-records-act/ Skagit County
Lawsuit
🔗 Redmond PD completely suspends Flock camera use amid statewide concerns over ICE access Redmond
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🔗 Federal Way approves expansion of Flock Safety cameras Federal Way
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🔗 Report finds feds searched Flock system in Yakima Valley, but local police say they didn't grant access Yakima
Oversharing
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🔗 Sedro-Woolley turns off law enforcement cameras while it seeks court ruling Sedro-Woolley
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🔗 Mukilteo Police Department responds to report revealing federal immigration authorities accessed Flock camera system data Mukilteo
Oversharing
🔗 Federal immigration authorities accessed Washington state license plate readers, report finds Olympia
Immigration
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🔗 City of Auburn condemns U.S. Border Patrol's unauthorized use of Flock camera system Auburn
Immigration
Oversharing
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🔗 Stanwood's Flock cameras shut off due to legal dispute over public records access Stanwood
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🔗 Stanwood pauses Flock cameras amid public records lawsuits Stanwood
FOIA
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🔗 Stanwood pauses Flock cameras amid public records lawsuits Read more at: https://www.heraldnet.com/2025/09/10/stanwood-pauses-flock-cameras-amid-public-records-lawsuits/ Skagit County
Lawsuit
🔗 The State of Surveillance in Spokane Spokane County
🔗 Mountlake Terrace public express ongoing ire with future Flock system Mountlake Terrace
Pushback
🔗 25-206 Prosser
FOIA
Notes: Contains internal correspondence about responding to FOIA requests for information about Flock
🔗 License Plate Readers Proliferate in Washington, Bringing Concerns over ICE Overreach King County
Analysis
Immigration
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order King County
FOIA
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order (Prosser Police Department) Prosser
FOIA
🔗 Flock Safety search audits, network sharing, and general order (Yakima Police Department) Yakima
FOIA
🔗 Should Enumclaw embrace automatic license plate readers? Enumclaw
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🔗 Gig Harbor won't install license plate-reading cameras Gig Harbor
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🔗 License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime FL
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"In June of 2022, an Illinois DOT official in contact with Flock representatives told the company it had many repeated, error-filled permit applications for camera installations. A Flock representative gave the IDOT official a thinly-veiled threat that if they didn't fast-track the process, Flock would send "about 30 different police chiefs" to their office to talk to them about it."
🔗 Whitman County Sheriff's Office halts flock safety cameras over community concerns Whitman County
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🔗 Who's Watching Washington: Dangers of Automated License Plate Readers to Immigrant and Reproductive Rights in Washington State Analysis
🔗 Deflock Lynnwood Lynnwood
Activism
🔗 Your City Is Watching. Are You Watching Back? Activism
