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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
404 Media
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Researcher Who Oversaw Flock Crime Study Now Has Concerns About It
404 Media
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Flock Logins Exposed in Malware Infections; Senator Asks FTC to Investigate
404 Media
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Flock Police Cameras Scan Billions of Plates per Month, Sparking Protests
NBC News
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Virginia Police Used Flock Cameras to Track a Driver 526 Times in 4 Months, Lawsuit Says
NBC News
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When License Plate Readers Get It Wrong
CBS News
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Cherokee County Sheriff's Officers Arrested for Alleged Misuse of License Plate Reader Database
CBS News
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Flock License Plate Readers Shared Data With Out-of-State and Federal Agencies, Audit Finds
CBS News
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AI License Plate Cameras Tore This Town Apart and Led to a State of Emergency
Washington Post
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The Powerful Tools in ICE's Arsenal to Track Suspects and Protesters
Washington Post
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Why Some Cities Are Canceling Flock License Plate Reader Contracts
NPR
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Some Sanctuary States Discover Feds Mining Local License Plate Data
NPR
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Aurora Will Pay $1.9M Settlement After Officers Drew Weapons on Black Family in Stolen Vehicle Mix-Up
CNN
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Lawmakers Say Stolen Police Logins Are Exposing Flock Cameras to Hackers
TechCrunch
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Flock Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Despite Previous Claims
9News Denver (NBC affiliate)
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After Police Used Flock Cameras to Accuse a Denver Woman of Theft, She Had to Prove Her Own Innocence
Colorado Sun
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She Got an Abortion. So a Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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EFF's Investigations Expose Flock Safety's Surveillance Abuses: 2025 in Review
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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The Human Toll of ALPR Errors
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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San Francisco Woman Pulled Out of Car at Gunpoint Because of License Plate Reader Error
ACLU
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Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location
ACLU of Massachusetts
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Police Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 21 Times
Institute for Justice
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Dozens of Innocent Motorists Detained at Gunpoint Due to ALPR Errors
Institute for Justice
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Automatic License Plate Readers: Legal Status and Policy Recommendations
Brennan Center for Justice
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License Plate Reader Patrols in Crime Hot Spots Generated No Deterrent Effect
Journal of Experimental Criminology
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Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Data to Immigration Enforcement
UW Center for Human Rights
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Dayton Suspends Flock License Plate Readers; Data Used for Immigration Enforcement
Dayton Daily News
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Sherwood Stop Sparked After Flock Camera Misread Plate by One Letter
KATV (ABC Arkansas)
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Sandy Springs Officer Terminated After Using City Flock Cameras for Personal Gain
WSB-TV (ABC Atlanta)
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Automated License Plate Readers: A Study in Failure
Independent Institute
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99.9% of ALPR Data Has No Connection to Any Crime
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Flock's AI Surveillance Cameras Exposed to the Internet: 51 Vulnerabilities Found
PetaPixel
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53 Cities Cancel Flock Contracts Over Unauthorized Federal Data Access
TechTimes
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