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Flock Safety's license plate reader and camera networks: police use and abuse, cities pulling out of contracts, lawsuits, and the privacy fight over who can see the data.

12 articles · Started 2026-07-11 · Last updated 2026-09-25

Sep 25, 2026

Republicans Want Warrants for Flock Cameras — Yes, Those Republicans

A Florida Republican just introduced a bill demanding warrants before the federal government can tap into a network of 120,000 license plate cameras blanketing...

Sep 05, 2026

Flock Cameras Have United Glenn Beck and Josh Shapiro. Yes, Really.

Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate cameras capture billions of plates every month, let police track your movements over time, and have been used by...

Sep 03, 2026

Fox News Warns That Opposing Surveillance Cameras Is a Chinese Communist Plot

If you live in Troy, New York and you're annoyed that a license-plate reader is cataloguing every time you drive to the grocery store, congratulations: you are...

Aug 31, 2026

Florida Just Banned Flock Cameras After a Cop Stalked His Ex 2,000 Times

A Kentucky cop used a police surveillance network to track his ex-girlfriend more than 2,000 times. Florida watched that story land, and on Monday the state...

Aug 23, 2026

Flock Cameras Are Now a Midterm Issue and Nobody Is Ready for That Conversation

Somewhere between electing people to fix the economy and electing people to fix healthcare, America has apparently decided that its real midterm priority is...

Aug 21, 2026

Americans Are Sawing Down Surveillance Cameras in 36 States

A man in Crystal, Minnesota, has been walking to his nearest Flock surveillance camera several times a week carrying a roof rake with a bright yellow sign...

Aug 20, 2026

You Kicked Out Flock Cameras. Meet Your New Surveillance Overlord.

Residents in Longmont, Colorado spent months organizing against Flock Safety's mass license plate surveillance, won a city council vote, and then watched their...

Aug 16, 2026

Flock Safety's AI Spy Network Is Getting So Big Even Cops Are Getting Sued

A private company has quietly built one of the largest vehicle surveillance networks in American history, and it turns out people are not thrilled about it....

Aug 13, 2026

Surveillance CEO Sorry Cops Used His 120,000 Cameras to Stalk Women

A company that built a network of 120,000 license plate cameras across America and sold access to police departments is very sorry that some of those police...

Aug 13, 2026

Flock Safety Tracks Billions of Plates Monthly, Offers You One Less Week of It

Flock Safety, the company quietly logging the movements of virtually every car in America, announced this week that it will hold your location data for one...

Aug 13, 2026

Flock Safety Cuts Cop Data Access After Admitting 'Police Abuse Has Been a Problem'

A company that built one of the largest vehicle surveillance networks in American history just admitted the people operating it cannot be trusted to use it...

Jul 10, 2026

LAPD Pulls Plug on Surveillance Vendor That May Have Fed Data to ICE

The Los Angeles Police Department is pulling the plug on its contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based surveillance company that operates part of the LAPD's...