Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.

Flock promised a Bishop Fox report in September. It published a summary saying no customer data was accessed. Three days later, its lawyers said confidential customer data had been taken.

Flock has made unsupported or inconsistent statistical claims in the past, according to a CBS News review and criminal justice experts.

"Flock and other companies are building an omnipresent digital dragnet without democratic consent, enabling law enforcement to track people across the country with the click of a mouse," writes Gideon...

Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.

"Flock and other companies are building an omnipresent digital dragnet without democratic consent, enabling law enforcement to track people across the country with the click of a mouse," writes Gideon...

Dayton found two Flock cameras reinstalled without city approval after a program hold and ordered their removal.

Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.

CLE ELUM, Wash. — Cle Elum began covering its city-owned Flock cameras Thursday after the City Council voted 3-2 on Monday not to renew the contract.The contract expired on Wednesday,

Flock has made unsupported or inconsistent statistical claims in the past, according to a CBS News review and criminal justice experts.

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The official line is that HIDTA is a grant program, not an agency. Reality is more complicated.

A Lufkin police officer was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 100 counts related to Flock camera misuse.

Androu Eskandar, 30, is alleged to have used his position as an officer to access law enforcement information systems for purposes unrelated to his job, according to a release.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three public safety dispatchers with Cheektowaga police have been suspended after misusing the Flock system, according to the Cheektowaga Police Department. Police said…

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

San Francisco's decision to retain its use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) surveillance cameras belies what we know about this spying technology tool: it endangers residents and threatens the...

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USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.

Columbus has had a contract with Shotspotter, an AI-powered gunshot detection microphone system, since 2018.

Jury rules in favor of driver in a case that uncovered unsettling facts about how a vast and secretive network is being used to track people across Texas.

By Erica C. Barnett A Seattle Police Department officer, Adam Sun, is on administrative leave after using a pair of…

Amazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock ...

A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.

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GREENFIELD, Ind. — A central Indiana sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on accusations that he misused Flock cameras, conducting over 6,000 illegal searches. He now faces over 400 felony char…

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We've moved past cops doing stuff because a dog gave them permission to do it. Now, we're at the post-truth era of policing, where cops will do stuff because a machine told them to do it. We already know ALPRs (automated license plate readers) generate false positives. And we know that these false positives can...

GREENFIELD, Ind. — A central Indiana sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on accusations that he misused Flock cameras, conducting over 6,000 illegal searches. He now faces over 400 felony char…

Court hearings begin for IMPD officers charged over misuse of the department's Flock ALPR technology.

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We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to privacy? An...

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A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.

A Naperville police officer used Flock Safety license plate reader technology to track a girlfriend and her ex-fiance, documents show.

Councilor Patricia Valley says she voted to approve Flock in good faith. She now wants the cameras removed from the city, citing 359 searches on her own plate by Lawrence police and a past investigati...

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Investigative research and analysis of the use of police surveillance technologies is necessary to ensure government tech accountability, says Kate Kaye.

Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council...

Lawmakers asked Flock for details on digital security, accuracy and data sharing. So far, the company has sidestepped most of those concerns.

ALPR Radar monitors city council and county agendas for hearings on license plate readers and similar camera systems, and alerts nearby residents in time to show up.