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Flock camera contracts canceled in 23 jurisdictions

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Newest development Aug 4, 2026 · 2 reportsFlock Cameras Violate Highway Safety Standards As Well As The Fourth Amendment

Flock cameras are marketed to police and local officials as a way to track criminals, but the camera network has come under scrutiny.

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  1. Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Up

    Headline from Gizmodo ·

  2. A Flock Camera Reckoning Has Been Long Overdue

    Headline from Jezebel ·

  3. Newest

    Flock Cameras Violate Highway Safety Standards As Well As The Fourth Amendment

    Headline from Jalopnik ·

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  1. Local News 8

    Flock cameras are getting mobbed (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Over the last few months, people have cut down surveillance cameras owned by the company Flock Safety with an electric saw in upstate New York, thrown paint on them in Oakland, California, and rammed a truck into them in Idaho. One man in Florida sits in a lawn chair

  2. The Guardian

    Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say (opens The Guardian)

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    Roadside safety advocates say some automated license plate readers may not meet highway safety standards Flock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI -powered surveillance of private citizens and for targeting immigrants for years.

  3. Gizmodo

    Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Up (opens Gizmodo)

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    Advocates warn that some Flock license plate readers may not meet safety standards.

  4. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News

    Flock’s Flying Cameras: How $300 Million Drone Deal Turns America Into an Always-On Surveillance Grid (opens AmmoLand Shooting Sports News)

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    Flock Safety is expanding beyond fixed license plate-reader cameras and into autonomous drones capable of reading plates, streaming thermal video, and responding to gunshot alerts.

  5. Insider

    Flock cameras are everywhere. Here's how they track cars. (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Flock Safety's license plate readers are raising privacy concerns and igniting a surveillance debate. Here's what you need to know.

  6. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Dallas police defend Flock cameras as vandalism, privacy concerns grow (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Flock Camera

  7. Arklatex Home Page

    What are Flock cameras? How you can find them in your area (opens Arklatex Home Page)

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    Arklatex Home Page's feed description

    There is a growing partnership between law enforcement and private companies, such as Flock Safety, to expand the use of surveillance cameras across the country.

  8. Jezebel

    A Flock Camera Reckoning Has Been Long Overdue (opens Jezebel)

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    Jezebel's feed description

    The creepy technology—which records and tracks any cars it catches on camera—is being misused by a growing number of officials for reasons beyond doing their job.

  9. CNET

    Flock’s AI Cameras May Have Misread Over 70% of License Plates, Creating New Headaches for Cities (opens CNET)

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    New data suggests Flock surveillance cameras have an abyssal recognition rate. Here’s what that’s a major problem for drivers.

  10. Jalopnik

    Flock Cameras Violate Highway Safety Standards As Well As The Fourth Amendment (opens Jalopnik)

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    Jalopnik's feed description

    The poles that cameras are attached to don't have breakaway points in case a car crashes into them, and some are just stuck right into the ground.

  11. RedState

    Flock Cameras Just Got Even Creepier (opens RedState)

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  12. News Nation Now

    Flock camera contracts canceled in 23 jurisdictions (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    Flock cameras are marketed to police and local officials as a way to track criminals, but the camera network has come under scrutiny.

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