"Police continue to blindly trust Flock cameras above and beyond the evidence in front of their own eyes," reports Jalopnik.com

Inside Higher Ed reports: In September, Emory University removed a dozen license plate-reading cameras from its campus in Atlanta and declined to renew its contract with Flock Safety, the company that sells and operates the automatic license plate readers and other mass-surveillance technology

The Plymouth City Council was left with no choice but to physically disconnect the cameras after Flock failed to respond to its demands.

Earlier The Drive reported a police chief "had to direct his staff to disconnect the power cords from Flock cameras in Plymouth, Minnesota after Flock Safety ignored and failed to respond to the department's notice the city was canceling its service

Dayton, MN's city council removed Flock cameras and canceled its contract in August, but Flock reinstalled cameras anyway, almost a month after the program's suspension.

Proton has published a map that locates over 200,000 Flock cameras around the world.

Privacy-focused firm Proton AG just decided to host the Flock camera map that a security researcher published last month.

Proton is hosting a free map of Flock surveillance cameras and devices after legal threats against its creator

A Texas man convicted of armed robbery is seeking to overturn his prison sentence, citing unconstitutional use of Flock cameras to profile his movements.

Georgia law appears to let Savannah police share their plate data with ICE, but the city never agreed to do that.

This new feature could help users avoid Flock and other ALPR cameras.

MapQuest creates a new layer (that can be toggled on and off), Gizmodo reports: After promising not to comply with the Trump administration's "Lake America" gimmick, the platform announced a new "Surveillance Layer" that displays the locations of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), including those from Flock Safety

Want to know just how many license plate readers you've got around you? MapQuest can now tell you.

MapQuest adds new surveillance layer, documenting locations of surveillance cameras in your area.

MapQuest..

The terrifyingly informative new map layer reveals all the cameras around you.

You can see the locations of known outdoor surveillance cameras in the MapQuest app.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Flock's founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn't think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards

Flocks CEO has made controversial statements about his companys products and citizens right to privacy.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley stressed that its mics detect gunshots, not humans, and claimed the surveillance company wouldn't work with clients who abused its systems.

WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flocks pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.

synthesizing the data it pulls in and allowing police command centers to watch an entire city from one place. Flock cameras, the automated license plate readers (ALPRs), have faced intense backlash in recent months amid stories of abuse

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: When Elgin Community College hired Flock Safety to install six surveillance cameras in April 2025, President Peggy Heinrich thought they would "enhance the safety and security of students...." They were supposed to help locate stolen cars and missing people

Canadian YouTuber Anthony Sistilli says police questioned him after he built an ALPR camera designed to track police vehicles, leading to an ironic discussion over the privacy risks of mass license-plate surveillance.

Last week a Florida woman sued Flock over its role in police officer accusing her of a crime she didn't commit But she's not the only one suing Flock over mistaken accusations, reports Gizmodo:

Reuters reports: Flock plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from communities and lawmakers...

Morale at one of the most reviled companies in America appears to be at an all time low.

It turns out that the gander is not actually super keen on what's good for the goose.

A cop initially said the case was a lock

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: As bipartisan backlash against Flock grows, some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees -- including charging tens of thousands or even millions -- to get information about how police departments are using and potentially abusing AI-enabled camera systems that track every vehicle that passes them

The progressive paradise is keeping its Flock cameras and the pull of Silicon Valley may have something to do with it.

From the transportation news site MotorBiscuit: In late September 2026, 23-year-old Liz Lindseay Isaacs testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about her harrowing experience after a Flock camera misidentified her Dodge Durango, linking her to a fatal hit-and-run miles away from where she actually was..

Car thefts in San Francisco are down almost 59% for the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same months in 2022, according to analysis of police department statistics by NPR's Planet Money and car break-ins are down more than 82%. "San Francisco's law enforcement leaders tell us that greater use of surveillance technology including a controversial, AI-powered license plate camera system made by Flock Safety has been crucial to this drop in car crime." How much credit does Flock actually deserve...? [In July of 2022, San Francisco District Attorney] Jenkins began taking a more aggressive approach to prosecuting people accused of crimes

404 Media reports: "We will not add facial recognition to our devices," Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video