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Resources
[edit]| Link | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [1] | DeFlock | Spot, map, and resist automated license plate readers (ALPRs) near you. |
| [2] | DeFlock Discord | Come hangout and join the fight |
| [3] | Eyes On Flock | Community made data aggregation of public transparency portals |
| [4] | Eyes Off CR | Cedar Rapids Hub! |
| [5] | Plate Privacy | Institute for Justice Project |
| [6] | Stop Flock | |
| [7] | Stop Flock OSM Mapper App | Contribute to OSM database on the go |
| [8] | Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure | |
| [9] | Map Complete Surveillance project | General coordination for contribution to OSM for surveillance tags |
| [10] | MuckRock | FOIA coordination and data |
| [11] | Drivers Against Flock | |
| [12] | Consumer Rights Wiki | Flock License Plate Readers |
Institute for Justice Lawsuit
[edit]News
[edit]| Link | Source | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| [13] | The Ithaca Voice | 2025-09-01 | Community concern over Flock cameras is rising. What do local officials have to say? |
| [14] | Redrock News | 2025-08-30 | City Manager memo to council accuses Sedona Mayor Jablow of manipulation over Flock cameras |
| [15] | 1011 News | 2025-08-30 | License plate readers in Nebraska help ICE conduct immigration enforcement efforts |
| [16] | MuckRock | 2025-08-29 | FOIA Friday: Flock cameras, surveillance tools, and automatic license plate readers |
| [17] | Muddy River News | 2025-08-29 | Quincy officials are closely watching the state investigation of Flock Safety camera system company |
| [18] | Kaxe | 2025-08-29 | Northern MN drug task force rolls out license plate surveillance tech |
| [19] | Finger Lakes | 2025-08-29 | Community members raise alarm over Flock surveillance tech in Ithaca and Tompkins County |
| [20] | Louis Rossmann | 2025-08-29 | Protest at Austin City Hall after not being allowed to speak |
| [21] | Institute for Justice | 2025-08-28 | Public Interest Law Firm Responds to Flock Safety Pausing Federal Access to License Plate Reader Cameras |
| [22] | Government Technology | 2025-08-28 | Flock Safety Responds to Allegations of Surveillance Technology Abuse |
| [23] | Jen's Two Cents | 2025-08-28 | Hot Mic Moment |
| [24] | Oakpark Journal | 2025-08-28 | After Oak Park cut ties, state says Flock Safety broke the law |
| [25] | The Times Weekly | 2025-08-28 | Giannoulias’ Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law |
| [26] | Evanston Round Table | 2025-08-28 | Flock challenges city’s termination of contract for license plate readers |
| [27] | Gazette | 2025-08-28 | Mayor says city staff is examining Flock contract |
| [28] | 404 Media | 2025-08-28 | Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes ‘Trillions of Images’ a Month |
| [29] | Range Media | 2025-08-27 | The State of Surveillance in Spokane |
| [30] | Patch | 2025-08-27 | Evanston Deactivates License Plate Cameras, Terminates Contract With Flock Safety |
| [31] | WIFR | 2025-08-27 | Hundreds of police departments use camera company accused of breaking state law |
| [32] | The Middletown Press | 2025-08-27 | License plate reader company used across Connecticut coordinated with federal authorities |
| [33] | Yahoo | 2025-08-27 | Flock Safety halts federal pilot programs involving homeland security |
| [34] | CT Insider | 2025-08-27 | License plate reader company used across Connecticut coordinated with federal authorities |
| [35] | MSN | 2025-08-26 | Norman faces pressure to halt Flock cameras over privacy concerns |
| [36] | GovTech | 2025-08-26 | Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation |
| [37] | Ben Jordan | 2025-08-26 | Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras |
| [38] | The Bemidji Pioneer | 2025-08-26 | Automated License Plate Readers installed throughout Bemidji |
| [39] | TTAC Matt Posky | 2025-08-25 | Flock ‘License Plate Readers’ Become Latest Traffic Enforcement Controversy |
| [40] | 404 Media | 2025-08-25 | CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide |
| [41] | Flock Safety Blog | 2025-08-25 | Ensuring Local Compliance |
| [42] | Electric Blake Games | 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety is Unsafe for You! I WAS RIGHT! |
| [43] | Jens Two Cents | 2025-08-25 | Public Comment at Sedona City Council Meeting Regarding Flock Safety Cameras - August 13, 2025 |
| [44] | Anthony Willroth | 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety - The Orwellian Threat Nobody is Talking About |
| [45] | Yahoo | 2025-08-25 | License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns |
| [46] | Louis Rossmann | 2025-08-25 | Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go |
| [47] | My NorthwestNews | 2025-08-24 | Mountlake Terrace residents continue to resist security cameras amid ICE raids |
| [48] | Derek Eder | 2025-08-22 | Why I voted to cancel Oak Park's contract with Flock (and so should you) |
| [49] | KNAU | 2025-08-21 | Residents petition Flagstaff to end Flock license plate cameras |
| [50] | Red Rock News | 2025-08-21 | Council directs Sedona Police Department on license plate readers: ‘Turn it off’ |
| [51] | Courier Herald | 2025-08-21 | Letter to the Editor: Enumclaw is a safe city. Why do we need Flock safety cameras? |
| [52] | Unraveled Press | 2025-08-19 | Eyes on the heartland |
| [53] | Koco News 5 | 2025-08-19 | Norman City Council to discuss controversial Flock cameras during special meeting |
| [54] | The Almanac | 2025-08-19 | Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state |
| [55] | LFP Town Crier | 2025-08-19 | Confirmed: Surveillance Trailer in Front of Ballinger Homes is FLOCK Equipment |
| [56] | KNAU | 2025-08-19 | Sedona council pauses automated license plate camera program |
| [57] | 9news | 2025-08-19 | Flock admits federal immigration agents have direct access to tracking data, despite previous claims |
| [58] | Creators | 2025-08-19 | Automated License Plate Readers Are Watching You: The Technology Enables Routine Surveillance of a Sort That Would Have Troubled the Fourth Amendment's Framers |
| [59] | ACLU | 2025-08-18 | Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance |
| [60] | Mikal Quailis | 2025-08-17 | big government is bad. so is flock safety AI cameras |
| [61] | 404 Media | 2025-08-12 | Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras |
| [62] | Jessica (Ka) Burbank | 2025-08-11 | You’re Being Watched: The Company Behind America’s Mass Surveillance Takeover |
| [63] | Chicago Tribune | 2025-08-08 | Oak Park ends contract with license plate reader camera company |
| [64] | WJHL | 2025-08-08 | Johnson City getting new security equipment |
| [65] | US Congressman | 2025-08-07 | Ranking Members Krishnamoorthi and Garcia Demand Accountability from Flock Group Inc. for Enabling Dangerous Abortion Surveillance and Immigration Tracking |
| [66] | Oak Park Journal | 2025-08-07 | Oak Park terminates Flock license plate reader contract |
| [67] | 404 Media | 2025-08-06 | Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops |
| [68] | 404 Media | 2025-08-06 | Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting |
| [69] | Institute for Justice | 2025-08-06 | Public Interest Law Firm Applauds Westchester County Village for Ending License Plate Reader Contract |
| [70] | 13ABC | 2025-08-01 | Lucas Co. Prosecutor says county board’s decision to rescind Flock camera contract is void |
| [71] | 9news | 2025-07-30 | 9NEWS Investigates questions Flock Safety CEO over mass surveillance and ICE access concerns |
| [72] | 9news | 2025-07-30 | Full interview: Flock Safety CEO addresses mass surveillance, access concerns |
| [73] | The Record | 2025-07-30 | Schools are next for Flock Safety’s automatic license place reader cameras |
| [74] | Reason | 2025-07-29 | An Arkansas Town Agrees To Remove a License Plate Camera Aimed at a Couple's Home |
| [75] | Institute for Justice | 2025-07-29 | Victory: Arkansas City Moves Surveillance Camera from in Front of Innocent Family’s Home Following Letter from National Law Firm |
| [76] | ACLU | 2025-07-23 | Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” |
| [77] | Bleeding Heartland | 2025-07-17 | AI mass surveillance expands, Iowa cities resist transparency |
| [78] | 13ABC | 2025-07-23 | Lucas Co. Sheriff taking county commissioners to court over canceled Flock camera contract |
| [79] | Next AI | 2025-07-15 | How a Misconfigured Demo Exposed Flock Safety’s 83,000-Camera Nationwide Tracking System |
| [80] | San Francisco Latinx Democrat | 2025-07-15 | 7.15.25 SFLDC Calls for Trevor Chandler's Resignation as a Democrat |
| [81] | SF Standard | 2025-07-14 | SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds] |
| [82] | Gainsec | 2025-06-30 | Trap Shooter – Flock Safety Sniffer & Alarm |
| [83] | EFF | 2025-06-27 | Flock Safety’s Feature Updates Cannot Make Automated License Plate Readers Safe |
| [84] | Gainsec | 2025-06-19 | Grounded Flight – Device 2: Root Shell on Flock Safety’s Falcon/Sparrow Automated License Plate Reader |
| [85] | GainSec | 2025-06-19 | Plucked and Rooted – Device 1: Debug Shell on Flock Safety’s Raven Gunshot Detection System |
| [86] | ABC7 | 2025-06-12 | Giannoulias speaks on reports Texas police illegally accessed IL license plate reader data |
| [87] | Houston Chronicle | 2025-06-10 | Houston police use a powerful surveillance tool to track vehicles. But they're not explaining why |
| [88] | EFF | 2025-05-30 | She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down. |
| [89] | EFF | 2025-05-29 | A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion |
| [90] | EyesOffCR | 2025-05-23 | The Unseen Architecture: Dissecting the Flock Falcon Flex Camera for Deeper Understanding |
| [91] | 404 Media | 2025-05-14 | License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows |
| [92] | CBS News | 2025-05-06 | Denver City Council rejects extention of Flock Safety cameras |
| [93] | Guthrie News Page | 2025-04-28 | City of Guthrie to end contract with Flock camera system in 2025 |
| [94] | The Frontier | 2025-04-02 | Tulsa’s surveillance gamble |
| [95] | 13KRCG | 2025-03-06 | Camden County commissioner charged with two felonies for removing plate-reading camera |
| [96] | International Flavor | 2025-08-03 | The Surveillance State Strikes Ike Skelton: The Defender of Privacy Rights in Camden County |
| [97] | International Flavor | 2025-08-04 | Flock, Felonies & the Fight for Camden County |
| [98] | 404 Media | 2025-02-26 | Flock Threatens Open Source Developer Mapping Its Surveillance Cameras |
| [99] | EFF | 2025-02-26 | Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety's Cease and Desist Demand |
| [100] | Daily Press | 2025-02-11 | One nation, under watch: Bill would allow installation of Flock cameras on Virginia interstates, bridge-tunnels |
| [101] | Queen City News | 2025-02-07 | Lawsuit over Flock police cameras to proceed in Virginia |
| [102] | 2025-01-31 | DeFlock Cease and Desist | |
| [103] | TechCrunch | 2025-01-08 | Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock. |
| [104] | WVTM13 | 2024-11-15 | Former AL man creates website to identify location of every flock camera in the country |
| [105] | Forbes | 2024-10-22 | Privacy Violated, Warrantless Surveillance Alleges Flock Safety Camera Lawsuit |
| [106] | 13 News Now | 2024-10-22 | Flock camera lawsuit underway |
| [107] | Forbes | 2024-06-20 | FedEx’s Secretive Police Force Is Helping Cops Build An AI Car Surveillance Network |
| [108] | The Virginia Pilot | 2024-06-15 | Norfolk judge rejects police Flock camera evidence without warrant |
| [109] | Jalopnik | 2024-02-27 | License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime |
| [110] | Forbes | 2024-02-29 | Flock Installed AI Cameras In This Small City And Claimed Crime Went Down. It Went Up. |
| [111] | Forbes | 2024-02-27 | This $4 Billion Car Surveillance Startup Says It Cuts Crime. But It Likely Broke The Law. |
| [112] | Good Times | 2023-12-03 | Santa Cruz City Council Debating License Plate Readers |
| [113] | Almanac News | 2023-09-28 | Citing privacy concerns, Menlo Park says no to automated license plate readers |
| [114] | The Urbanist | 2023-09-09 | Mercer Island Debates Surveillance Cameras |
| [115] | Just Luxe | 2023-04-05 | Flock Cameras and Privacy Concerns: Balancing Security and Civil Liberties |
| [116] | Science Technology and Public Policy | 2023-02-23 | Automated License Plate Readers widely used, subject to abuse |
| [117] | Washington Post | 2021-10-22 | License plate scanners were supposed to bring peace of mind. Instead they tore the neighborhood apart. |
| [118] | Wired | 2019-10-24 | Flock Safety Says Its License Plate Readers Reduce Crime. It’s Not That Simple |
| [119] | PBS | 2013-08-12 | Do License Plate Readers Prevent Crime or Abuse Privacy? |
Reddit Discussions
[edit]| Link | SubReddit | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| [120] | r/technology | 2024-08-28 | That dashcam in your car could soon integrate with Flock, the surveillance company providing license plate data to DHS and local police |
| [121] | r/iowacity | 2025-07-07 | Stand up against mass surveillance in Coralville |
| [122] | r/Bellingham | 2025-08-26 | More FLOCK Automatic License Plate readers reported in Bellingham |
| [123] | r/Denver | 2025-05-06 | Denver City Council votes against license plate readers renewal |
| [124] | r/Roanoke | 2025-08-30 | Flock cameras in Roanoke |
| [125] | r/boulder | 2025-08-26 | Flock halts cooperation with federal agencies, limits searches |
| [126] | r/Albuquerque | 2025-08-25 | Flock license plate scanners around town. |
| [127] | r/fortcollins | 2025-08-07 | Flock cameras now reporting people to police for being “suspicious.” We need them out of our city. |
| [128] | r/publicdefenders | 2025-08-27 | ALPR Evidence and Motions to Suppress |
| [129] | r/Connecticut | 2025-08-27 | CT Insider: License plate reader company used across Connecticut coordinated with federal authorities |
| [130] | r/IdahoFalls | 2025-08-27 | Public service announcement: Automated License Plate Reader at Lowes |
| [131] | r/SanAntonio | 2025-08-28 | Privacy Alert: Avoid Lowes, Live Oak/Schertz/Cibolo/Converse area to avoid being tracked by A.I. ALPR cameras. |
| [132] | r/askaustin | 2025-08-28 | What do you think about proposed AI surveillance cameras to be put in austin parks? |
| [133] | r/Iowa | 2025-08-29 | UI Flock Cameras - Public Information Request Dump |
| [134] | r/Sanfrancisco | 2025-08-29 | Your tax dollars at work? Or a data broker that enables SFPD to illegally surveil us? You decide. |
| [135] | r/Chicago | 2025-08-28 | Evanston shuts down license plate cameras, terminates contract with Flock Safety |
| [136] | r/privacy | 2025-08-26 | Flock Safety pauses all programs with the federal government |
| [137] | r/Austin | 2025-07-16 | The most surveilled small city in Texas? Kyle has 47 Flock cameras + want to add more—with a population of only 63,000 |
| [138] | r/CityCastDenver | 2025-06-09 | Police Chief Ron Thomas on Flock Surveillance, Safety Downtown, and a Surge in Graffiti |
| [139] | r/Evanston | 2025-08-26 | Report: Evanston terminates contract with Flock Safety for 19 ALPR cameras |
| [140] | r/Temple | 2025-06-04 | Temple PD uses automated surveillance tech from Flock Safety ... and shares it with states that seek to criminalize abortions |
| [141] | r/Eugene | 2025-07-25 | STATEMENT ON SENATOR WYDEN’S AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY |
| [142] | r/Tulsa | 2025-08-27 | Flock safety AI overreach |
| [143] | r/santacruz | 2025-06-17 | ICE has been found to be accessing and utilizing Flock Safety's nationwide license plate reader (ALPR) camera network for immigration-related searches in California |
| [144] | r/privacy | 2025-07-05 | Thoughts on "Flock Safety" Cameras |
| [145] | r/columbiamo | 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety - The Orwellian Threat Nobody is Talking About (and helping ICE) |
| [146] | r/SeattleWA | 2025-05-19 | Use of Flock Safety cameras growing across western Washington, raising privacy concerns |
| [147] | r/Asheville | 2025-08-13 | PSA: Flock cameras /license plate/ face scanners spotted on I40 eastbound between east Canton and Candler exit. |
| [148] | r/Denver | 2025-07-30 | Flock Safety CEO addresses concerns |
| [149] | r/videos | 2025-08-13 | You’re Being Watched: Flock, the newest company bringing mass surveillance to your town |
| [150] | r/AskLE | - | Flock Cameras |
| [151] | r/Georgia | 2025-02-16 | Flock Cameras |
| [152] | r/Iowa | 2025-03-23 | Concerned About Surveillance Overreach in Iowa? You should know about Flock Safety and Their Camera Deployments |
| [153] | r/Columbus | 2024-09-09 | Is anyone else nervous about Flock cameras |
| [154] | r/Connecticut | 2025-04-24 | Flock Cameras |
| [155] | r/Spokane | 2025-04-14 | Petition to Spokane City Council Regarding FLOCK Camera Installation |
| [156] | r/Spokane | 2025-04-14 | {Repost} Petition to Spokane City Council Regarding FLOCK Camera Installation |
| [157] | r/HuntsvilleAlabama | 2025-03-25 | More Flock license plate reader cameras coming, this time to Madison |
| [158] | r/Wichita | 2023-06-14 | This is a "Flock" camera, part of a rollout of new broad surveillance introduced by WPD. |
| [159] | r/SantaRosa | 2025-04-08 | Is there a way to get a list of locations of those Flock Cameras being installed all over town? |
| [160] | r/sysadmin | 2024-08-16 | Local Police want permanent access to our cameras. |
| [161] | r/VirginaBeach | 2025-01-29 | Flock cameras all over the beach now too |
| [162] | r/IowaCity | 2025-03-28 | Flock Surveillance Cameras |
| [163] | r/Dubuque | 2025-04-10 | Flock Automated License Plate Cameras in Dubuque |
| [164] | r/Elkhart | 2025-04-22 | Flock Safety Cameras |
| [165] | r/cedarrapids | 2025-02-13 | Flock AI Camera updates: we're up to 58/64 cameras found and CRPD quietly released a transparency portal! |
| [166] | r/GNV (Gainesville) | 2025-01-05 | Flock license plate cameras |
| [167] | r/Louisville | 2024-09-06 | Louisville approves nearly $200,000 to purchase new Flock cameras |
| [168] | r/fuckHOA | 2024-08-24 | License plate readers marketed to HOA’s. Argh |
| [169] | r/Memphis | 2024-08-08 | Does anyone else feel like they are being watched all the time with flock cameras everywhere, red light cameras, ring doorbells? Or am I just paranoid |
| [170] | r/Virginia | 2025-02-11 | New Virginia bill could allow large expansion in Flock cameras statewide. |
| [171] | r/Ferndale | 2024-11-10 | So after this election we're removing the Flock Cameras... Right? |
| [172] | r/Williamsburgva | 2025-04-15 | One nation, under watch: Williamsburg leads Hampton Roads in Flock camera deployment rate |
| [173] | r/Dayton | 2024-04-26 | In June 2022, Kettering installed the Flock Safety Automatic License Plate Readers. |
| [174] | rAmIFreeToGo | 2024-05-24 | Our city council approved 2 FLOCK cameras at the behest of our PD chief, who wants 5. Our town's population is less than 2,000. |
| [175] | r/lossprevention | 2025-05-01 | Questions for Lowe’s Loss Prevention Regarding Flock Cameras |
| [176] | r/Alamogordo | 2025-04-19 | FYI the city/county are installing flock cameras |
| [177] | r/Charlottesville | 2024-10-24 | Privacy Violated, Warrantless Surveillance Alleges Flock Safety Camera Lawsuit |