9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (213+ words) Public frustration hasn't stayed purely bureaucratic. A Facebook post sought to identify a suspect and seek a charge in a Flock-camera incident, according to Facebook. The incident underscored how contentious the cameras had become locally. Still, Waltham's retreat has unfolded…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (274+ words) Boylston isn't alone this month. Southbridge, Abington, and Ayer have each announced they will stop using Flock's license-plate-reading cameras, the station reported, as Massachusetts communities and states across the country reconsider their relationships with the technology. Some towns have found…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (597+ words) A city official has assured Fort Wayne City Council members that the traffic detection cameras the city is pursuing are not like Flock Safety license plate readers. When the city presented contracts to obtain traffic cameras for select intersections, council…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (610+ words) Flock Surveillance isn’t a new phenomenon, but is instead the product of the subordination of the tech industry to the Far Right and years of cooperation between the carceral state and surveillance capital. In the age of artificial intelligence, datacenters,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1098+ words) The town of Glenrock has been given a 30-day extension to decide if it will continue the use of Flock cameras. The police chief says he's asked the company to specify what it does and does not do to ease…...

2+ day, 37+ min ago   (214+ words) Jonesboro Sun Flock Safety license plate readers are typically mounted on tall poles, with a camera and solar panel on top. The company says its technology is used in more than 6,000 communities across 49 states in partnership with thousands of law…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (175+ words) Flock cameras covered with bags per order of the mayor Waltham Times Flock cameras covered with bags per order of the mayor Flock Safety cameras around Waltham have been covered with black plastic bags per order of Mayor Jeanette McCarthy,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (224+ words) FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Florence leaders faced questions Thursday night about the city’s use of Flock license plate reader cameras. The forum at the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library brought together City Manager Scottie Davis, Florence Police Chief Angela Green…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (312+ words) Some communities may want to take into account the fact that this uniquely powerful commercial plate-scanning infrastructure is marketed to private companies, including auto financers and insurers, and not only for repossession but also for “risk assessment” purposes — even though…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (837+ words) By Brittany Blackwell Reporter • Questions about automated license plate readers (ALPR), or LPR cameras, have surfaced recently but city officials say the Highland Police Department does not use Flock cameras. Highland participates in an automated license plate reader program involving…...