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DeFlock Redmond

@deflock-redmond.bsky.social
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Pushing back against mass surveillance. Based in Redmond, WA. No Flock, No Axon, NoALPRs.com 🚫 Learn more: ℹ️ deflock.org Get alerts: 🔔 alprradar.com

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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 53m
How much Flock costs and the multi-year deals, bundles & "free" trials they offer as incentives to open the door and keep it open! "Once you let police officers try a tool it becomes really hard to get the political will and motivation to take that tool away from them." - @mguariglia.bsky.social
wired.com
What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country
WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 11h
"Axon Fusus is designed to fuse many separate surveillance feeds into one unified dashboard for police to access. But unlike Flock’s system — which is already enabling privacy abuse at an unprecedented scale — Fusus works with all kinds of police gadgets, not just the company’s proprietary cameras."
futurism.com
Flock Cameras Are Really Just the Start of Our Dystopian Surveillance Hell, Experts Warn
The rising tide of all-encompassing police surveillance systems like Axon's Fusus make Flock Safety look like a privacy wonderland.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's because the contracts all usually have this line in them: "Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, Customer is not permitted to remove, reposition, re-install, tamper with, alter, adjust or otherwise take possession or control of Flock Hardware."
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ridiculous. "Heinrich said Elgin Community College staff began to cover the cameras using black trash bags and zip ties so that they would not be able to capture footage. But workers in an unmarked vehicle, which Heinrich assumed belonged to Flock, repeatedly removed the coverings."
wbez.org
To protect immigrant students, a Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused.
Elgin Community College resorted to covering the surveillance cameras with trash bags and zip ties. Public records show that federal immigration authorities have accessed Flock data at other Illinois ...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@maassive.bsky.social joins @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for a great talk about expanding border surveillance technology! "those same tools, autonomous AI watchtowers, hidden ALPRs, thermal imaging trucks, and military aerostat blimps, are moving into domestic US cities, suburbs, and neighborhoods." 😩
youtu.be
AI Spy Towers Are Secretly Tracking You
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Wyden said that the nonprofit contractor MITRE conducted a privacy review of HIDTA’s surveillance programs, including its cell phone data collection project and its ALPR program, in 2024. That report has never been made public."
404media.co
Following 404 Media Investigation, Senator Demands Info About White House's License Plate Surveillance Program
Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Feat. Terry Stapleton, former National Secretary-Treasurer of the APWU "USPS is testing cameras on postal vehicles that can scan & analyze the streets they travel. Could America's mail trucks eventually become a nationwide network of mobile surveillance cameras?" www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
youtu.be
Are USPS Mail Trucks Becoming Surveillance Vehicles?
YouTube video by Business Reform
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"I wanted to see whether it was feasible and use the irony to illustrate a point. Sometimes it’s easier to show people what this kind of surveillance means by turning it around than by simply explaining what companies like Flock are doing." san.com/cc/he-built-...
youtu.be
I Investigated Flock Cameras. Then Police Came to My Door.
YouTube video by Anthony Sistilli
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Flock Safety 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."
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say
Flock Safety 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...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Documents filed with the court show the totality of both the Flock and Motorola records, and show timestamped, geographically mapped images of the vehicle multiple times per day, driving throughout the entire country." www.404media.co/watch-footag...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Alaniz is seen driving 60 miles per hour, one hand on the steering wheel, one hand on his laptop, searching Flock before he had even fully pulled over [Kyle] ... and decided to pull it over for no reason other than it was from California" NoALPRs.com 🚫
404media.co
Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"I understand people's concerns, but if you're not up to no good, we're not looking at you. We are looking at people who are committing crimes" - Michelle Iezzi, Montgomery Co. PD, Maryland. AI surveillance means that we are *all* under investigation all of the time.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Real-time *surveillance* centers, powered by AI! 😩 "Tools like Axon Fusus, which is a leader in this type of software, also pull in footage & data from police body cameras, LE dashcams, 911 dispatch, gunshot detectors & surveillance cameras, inc. sometimes those of private businesses that opt in."
npr.org
Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A really good Flock guide! ✅ "The reach of the system comes from what happens after the picture ... the hardware is the on-ramp, not the destination. Every device is like a prison watch tower, constantly watching whether you have done anything ‘wrong‘ or not." flocksurveillance.org/complete-flo...
Flock Safety and FlockNova: A Complete Guide

From zero to expert on the cameras, the AI, the map, the alerts, & the data-fusion engine behind them

Joshua Michael
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you're actively mapping Flock cameras for deflock.org, this site provides some useful data about where to look if either your local city/PD won't reveal the locations, or for cameras under private contract such as HOAs/retail. 👉 flocksurveillance.org NB. This data won't be updated over time.
theintercept.com
Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Victory in Fayetteville, AR! 🏆 They didn't even have an ALPR contract, this was a preemptive ordinance! "There are lots of things government could do that would make investigations easier. In a free society, we deliberately place limits on those powers." - CM Bob Stafford NoALPRs.com 🚫
nwaonline.com
Fayetteville City Council approves ban on automatic license plate readers | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville joined a number of other cities Tuesday -- state and nationwide -- in adopting an ordinance prohibiting the purchase and use of automatic license plate readers, such as th...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gah. Will repost 😆
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Last week, not one but two audits on Seattle's surveillance apparatus dropped. Such sloppy implementation of this surveillance program, especially the SDOT traffic cameras and private cameras, is troubling and doesn't appear to take community concerns seriously.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
44 days between these headlines
Banner Press August 24 2026: Brenham Police Department secures grant to expand license plate reader tech
KBXT3 October 6 2026: Brenham police confirm internal investigation into officer following alleged Flock camera misuse
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Chrisanna Elser is suing after Columbine Valley police Sgt. Jamie "can’t get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing" Milliman falsely accused her of stealing a package citing Flock surveillance footage! "If it can happen to me, it can happen to you." NoALPRs.com 🚫
coloradosun.com
Denver woman sues police, Flock Safety after being falsely accused of stealing package from porch
Chrisanna Elser was accused of stealing a $25 package after a Columbine Valley police sergeant cited Flock surveillance of her car as proof
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lowe's and Home Depot. 😩
deflocklowes.com
DeFlock Lowe’s Home Improvement
Join us to build pressure on Lowe’s Home Improvement to drop its Flock contract and stop enabling mass surveillance.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Law enforcement is using tools that can tell officers who you associate with, where you sleep, & what you believe. They call it safety. The law should call it a search and impose the safeguards & remedies that accompany one." We need to ban dragnet AI surveillance like Flock, not add safeguards! 🚫
lawfaremedia.org
The Law Can’t Keep Up With Flock’s AI Surveillance
Flock promised to read license plates. It built surveillance that can track dissenters—and the law hasn’t caught up.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The outrage against Flock points to a much broader discontent with the state of surveillance in our country. Flock is just the straw that broke the camel’s back because it reveals just how in-your-face surveillance has become." "pass legislation that stops dragnet surveillance in all of its forms"
thefulcrum.us
From ALPRs to AI dossiers: Why we need more than local pushback to protect our civil liberties.
Chances are, you’ve seen one in your neighborhood. Flock cameras have become a major flashpoint for voters in the leadup to the midterms. The concept sounds straight out of 1984 — a network of governm...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Victory in Henrico County, VA! 🏆 "Ending this contract is the right thing to do for our residents and community" - Board of Supervisors Chair Roscoe D. Cooper III ⚠️ "The county said it will review other options as it unwinds the Flock contract." Hopefully that doesn't mean another ALPR vendor!
richmonder.org
Henrico County decides to eliminate Flock cameras
"As a county, we have listened as our residents have shared legitimate concerns about Flock Safety."
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two Chicago-area officers facing charges for abusing Flock ALPR system! "Ciccola, 30, is charged with 13 counts of Official Misconduct and eight counts of Computer Tampering. Solis, 39, is charged with one count of Official Misconduct and one count of Computer Tampering." NoALPRs.com 🚫
abc7chicago.com
Former Itasca, West Chicago officers charged with misconduct for unauthorized use of Flock cameras
Two former suburban police officers now face charges for allegedly misusing Flock license plate reader cameras.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Victory in Atkinson, NC! 🏆 "On Thursday, Oct. 1, commissioners in the Town of Atkinson unanimously passed a new ordinance that prohibits ALPRs from being installed or operated in the town’s limits." NoALPRs.com 🚫
wect.com
WECT INVESTIGATES: Pender County town becomes 1st in North Carolina to ban license plate readers
The Town of Atkinson passed a new ordinance that questions if Flock cameras are constitutional.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@vntrinh13.bsky.social and @bjmendelson.com discuss Flock! "the existence of this tech & its use implies that we are all under investigation at all times & then once the crime actually does happen the police have already conducted a pretty significant portion of their investigation through Flock"
stupidsexyprivacy.com
Everyone Is Being Watched All The Time Now
Ohio State University professor, Dr. Viet Trinh, joins BJ to talk about Flock Safety cameras, how everyone is basically under surveillance all the time by the police thanks to them, and what we can do...
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Deflock Yakima @deflockyakima.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pandemic recovery checklist: Support small businesses? ❌ Aid public health? ❌ Fund a mass surveillance dragnet? Bingo! ✅ Shoutout to Yakima leadership for deciding that ARPA funds are best spent watching us drive to the grocery store. Make your voice heard at City Hall on Tuesday at 5:30pm. 🗣️
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Whether or not consumers are aware, big tech companies are all over the vehicles that we drive ... It does not appear that a customer can buy a new car that does not track you." ICYMI, Mozilla also covered this in 2023: www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/priv... Every manufacturer failed!
consumerreports.org
Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports
New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The high price tags may be hiding data that anti-surveillance groups note have triggered audits, arrests, and changes in how law enforcement uses cameras, including decisions to get rid of cameras. Many cops have been found using the cameras to stalk strangers and people in their personal lives"
arstechnica.com
Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
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DeFlock Renton @deflockrenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The fight against Flock isn't over in Renton! The current Flock contract is set to expire November 2, 2026. BUT it could get renewed between now and then... Come join us Mondays at City Hall at 7:00 PM (including tonight!) to get Flock out of Renton for good! #DeFlock #NoSurveillance #Renton
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICYMI, this is Dr. Trinh's excellent public comment about Flock cameras at a Columbus City Council public safety meeting in August. "It inverts the very nature of how police are supposed to function."
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@vntrinh13.bsky.social and @bjmendelson.com discuss Flock! "the existence of this tech & its use implies that we are all under investigation at all times & then once the crime actually does happen the police have already conducted a pretty significant portion of their investigation through Flock"
stupidsexyprivacy.com
Everyone Is Being Watched All The Time Now
Ohio State University professor, Dr. Viet Trinh, joins BJ to talk about Flock Safety cameras, how everyone is basically under surveillance all the time by the police thanks to them, and what we can do...
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Whether or not consumers are aware, big tech companies are all over the vehicles that we drive ... It does not appear that a customer can buy a new car that does not track you." ICYMI, Mozilla also covered this in 2023: www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/priv... Every manufacturer failed!
consumerreports.org
Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds - Consumer Reports
New study finds cars send driver data to Big Tech companies, including locations, VINs, and other identifiers.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The backlash against Flock has been impressive, but if cities start switching to Axon and acting as if that solves the problem, then the work activists are doing to fight surveillance won’t have made the difference they were hoping for." Major concerns are also raised around RTCCs and drones.
prospect.org
License Plate and Switch - The American Prospect
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Two more Flock cameras are gone, both on the northern edge of Redmond city limits! The one on Redmond-Woodinville Road NE (12) and the one on Willows Road NE (13). 6 still remain or at least are not yet confirmed as having been removed. www.reddit.com/r/redmond/co...
Map from deflock.org showing the Flock camera locations in and around Redmond, WA. Each location is numbered in red from 1-19 with a black cross over the locations that have removals confirmed.Map from deflock.org showing the locations of the six remaining Flock cameras to be removed from Redmond, WA. They are numbered according to the ids assigned on the Flock camera map posted to Reddit.
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Deflock Yakima @deflockyakima.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing says “family-friendly festival fun” quite like combat gear & surveillance trailers next to the funnel cake stand. The city & county spares no expense turning the Central WA State Fair into an occupied zone. Our leadership’s priorities couldn’t be clearer. #deflockyakima #fundourcommunities
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Not every Flock terminated contract is a win, though. A few cities and counties have just moved on to other, possibly more problematic ALPR systems, like Axon. Is there a future without these cameras anywhere? It might be a far-distant dream, but maybe it's not impossible." NoALPRs.com 🚫
jalopnik.com
The Number Of Cities That Have Dropped Flock Camera Contracts Has Quietly Been Exploding - Jalopnik
Is there a future without these cameras anywhere? It might be a far-distant dream, but maybe it's not impossible.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We see widespread opposition to this and frustration on the part of communities that they were never informed, they were never involved in this decision to use the technology in the first place." Put surveillance on the ballot with the DeFlock election toolkit: noalprs.com/election-too...
motherjones.com
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This was entirely based on the witness's confidence in the vehicle make, model, and color! 🤯 "Despite what the massive presence of armed officers in their yard might suggest. Instead, they were merely testing a paper-thin lead they had generated using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs)."
futurism.com
Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera
A family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We see widespread opposition to this and frustration on the part of communities that they were never informed, they were never involved in this decision to use the technology in the first place." Put surveillance on the ballot with the DeFlock election toolkit: noalprs.com/election-too...
motherjones.com
Welcome to the Flock elections
Candidates across the spectrum are suddenly campaigning against the spread of license plate cameras.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are these ones logged on the deflock map already? deflock.org/legacy-map
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This was entirely based on the witness's confidence in the vehicle make, model, and color! 🤯 "Despite what the massive presence of armed officers in their yard might suggest. Instead, they were merely testing a paper-thin lead they had generated using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs)."
futurism.com
Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera
A family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lowe's and Home Depot both have private contracts with Flock. These cameras are in most of their parking lots nationwide! 😩 Fight for the Future has a campaign to DeFlock Lowe's:
deflocklowes.com
DeFlock Lowe’s Home Improvement
Join us to build pressure on Lowe’s Home Improvement to drop its Flock contract and stop enabling mass surveillance.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A big result in court! 🏆 "Notably, Hill suggested that other courts that have ruled #Flock searches do not constitute a Fourth Amendment search were likely wrong to do so, and that they have not considered the widespread and automated context of the AI-powered #surveillance system." #deflock #alpr
404media.co
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Deflock Yakima @deflockyakima.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
City Council is rushing to pass rules that authorize "automated video analytics systems" for the 76 live-streaming surveillance cameras they already approved the County to install, all w/o prior public hearings or transparency w/ rules they don't even follow themselves. ❗️Show up Tues, 5:30pm.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Flock are at it again! 😩 > “the City’s direction was not followed, and the camera was placed back into service without authorization.” "After that report, the city said staff checked camera locations across the community & found one more reinstalled camera." #deflock #surveillance #alpr
kstp.com
Dayton Flock cameras reinstalled without city approval, police notified
Dayton found two Flock cameras reinstalled without city approval after a program hold and ordered their removal.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Two more Flock cameras are gone, both on the northern edge of Redmond city limits! The one on Redmond-Woodinville Road NE (12) and the one on Willows Road NE (13). 6 still remain or at least are not yet confirmed as having been removed. www.reddit.com/r/redmond/co...
Map from deflock.org showing the Flock camera locations in and around Redmond, WA. Each location is numbered in red from 1-19 with a black cross over the locations that have removals confirmed.Map from deflock.org showing the locations of the six remaining Flock cameras to be removed from Redmond, WA. They are numbered according to the ids assigned on the Flock camera map posted to Reddit.
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Deflock Yakima @deflockyakima.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our website is now live! Fill out the survey below. www.deflockyakima.org
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The backlash against Flock has been impressive, but if cities start switching to Axon and acting as if that solves the problem, then the work activists are doing to fight surveillance won’t have made the difference they were hoping for." Major concerns are also raised around RTCCs and drones.
prospect.org
License Plate and Switch - The American Prospect
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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