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Knox County Is Blinding Its Own Surveillance Cameras – Here's Why
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (224+ words) After an $800,000 ALPR rollout bypassed commission review for six years, Knox County engineers fitted lens covers over 143 Flock Safety cameras Knox County, Tennessee spent roughly $800,000 building a surveillance app-era license plate reader network. Now it’s paying engineers to physically blind…...
From $30,000 to $240,000: Flock Safety’s 700% Surge in Political Network Donations
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (247+ words) Facing contract cancellations over misuse scandals, Flock Safety spent $240,000 on party groups and $2M lobbying in 2025 Add $2 million-plus in state and federal lobbying since early 2025, per OpenSecrets, and the picture sharpens fast. It’s a playbook — and Flock isn’t the only one…...
Map Shows Where They Are Deploying Axon Cameras as Flock Backlash Grows
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (260+ words) As cities drop Flock Safety over privacy concerns, Axon steps in with fewer cameras but no hard limits on how long plate data is stored The backlash against Flock didn’t kill license plate readers — it handed Axon a market opportunity....
Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Loitering
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (301+ words) Audit logs from a single Illinois town show over 1,200 searches tied to loitering, with agencies querying cameras 600 miles away The gap between Flock’s investor narrative and documented police behavior is wide — and the records make it concrete. Here’s what officers…...
A Reporter Filmed a Flock Camera Being Installed. Three Officers Showed Up.
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (365+ words) Flock Safety’s 120,000 cameras scan plates billions of times monthly, yet a contractor called police when one journalist filmed an installation On a public sidewalk, a credentialed TV journalist pointed a camera at a contractor bolting surveillance hardware to a pole…...
She Bought a New Car. Flock Flagged It Twice Before the Tag Updated.
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (365+ words) Flock Safety’s license-plate AI cross-references stale DMV records, leaving new-car buyers stopped, questioned, and forced to prove innocence on the roadside This isn’t a one-off bureaucratic hiccup. It’s the design. Modern surveillance cameras are generating real-time alerts from databases that still…...
Dashcam Captures Moment Police Bike Collides With Tesla in Causeway Bay Gridlock
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (301+ words) Hong Kong police officer hospitalized with back and leg injuries after rush-hour junction crash; no Autopilot involvement confirmed The footage is unambiguous — and the sequence of events is already shaping the investigation. The vehicles collide mid-lane. The motorcycle overturns. A…...
Massachusetts Court Orders State Police to Disclose License Plate Reader Locations and Usage
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (252+ words) Suffolk County judge mandates release of camera locations and database search logs after a five-year ACLU records battle A statewide surveillance system operated for years with little public visibility — and the ACLU spent more than five years trying to get…...
Texas Police Bought Chevy Tahoes That Can Track Your Phone on the Highway
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (249+ words) Texas DPS paid Cognyte $3.9 million for Israeli cell-site simulators hidden inside four standard-looking patrol SUVs It’s not reading your texts — it’s tracking where you are, in real time, at highway speed. DPS called it urgent; the Texas Legislature had already…...
He Brought a Truck Bed Full of Stolen Flock Surveillance Cameras Straight to the Sheriff
1+ week, 2+ day ago (364+ words) Bernalillo County man arrested for hauling dismantled Flock cameras to BCSO hours before sheriff canceled all three contracts The timing borders on the Kafka-esque. Sheriff John Allen had already confirmed BCSO was terminating all three of its Flock Safety contracts,…...