Los Angeles Times

Surveillance company Flock generates controversy — and a roster of L.A. clients

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Flock Safety has not only marketed its plate readers to law enforcement as a vital crime-fighting tool, but ...
KING5

Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage is public record

EVERETT, Wash. — The City of Everett has shut down its entire network of Flock license plate reader cameras after a Snohomish County judge ruled the footage those cameras collect qualifies as a public ...
New Republic

The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras

From New York to Alabama to Arizona, everyday people are mounting a local resistance to the company’s mass surveillance. And sometimes, they take matters into their own hands. Len Phillips had just ...
9NEWS

Denver dumps Flock, awards location tracking camera contract to Axon

DENVER — Denver is getting rid of its controversial automated license plate reading (ALPR) camera vendor Flock Safety, choosing to award its new ALPR contract to Axon, the Denver Mayor's office ...
The New York Times

A Powder Quest in Japan’s Ski Country

Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, which gets up to 50 feet of snow a year. Mount Yotei dominates the horizon at ...
TechCrunch

Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras

Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license ...
wtvr

Emporia rolls out suite of Flock Safety technologies as Virginia's first 'Flock Safe City'

EMPORIA, Va. — Emporia, Virginia, is now the first "Flock Safe City" in the Commonwealth, rolling out a sweeping suite of public safety technologies that go far beyond license plate readers. The city, ...
HeraldNet

Lynnwood becomes one of the 1st in the state to terminate Flock contract

LYNNWOOD — Lynnwood is one of the first cities in the state to terminate its contract with Flock Safety amid mounting public pressure and privacy concerns. The City Council voted 7-0 Monday to cancel ...
Gizmodo

Flock Cameras Have a People-Love-Smashing-Them Problem

Flock cameras have become such attractive targets for destruction that some police have become protective of information about where they’re mounted. A local news story Friday in Louisville, Kentucky ...
WDRB

LMPD keeps FLOCK camera locations secret despite pressure to release information

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) — The exact locations are a secret — and police want to keep it that way. Louisville Metro Police gave some members of Metro Council a private rundown on how the department ...
The Denver Post

Denver considers kicking out Flock — but still using license plate cameras

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver is considering ending its relationship with Flock, a controversial company that maintains a network of license-plate reading cameras in the city, but ...