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The Narragansett Town Council voted to end the town's Flock Safety camera contract immediately, according to Uprise RI's account of the meeting.
Uprise RIAug 4, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A suit filed in Kansas argues Wichita's use of license plate reader cameras amounts to unconstitutional warrantless tracking. The claims are allegations from the plaintiffs and have not been decided.
KCURAug 1, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Several Minneapolis-area suburbs adopted rules barring immigration-related searches of their Flock license plate data, the Star Tribune reported.
Star TribuneJul 31, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
El Cerrito started physically removing its license plate reader cameras, according to Local News Matters.
Local News MattersJul 30, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A plain-English tour of automated license plate readers, what they record, and why reasonable people argue about them.
The Flock Desk · 2026-07-28
It goes out. It gets seen. It is photographed at events you were not invited to. Technically you were driving, but still.
The Flock Desk · 2026-07-22
Six clauses that tell you almost everything, and the one number that people usually skip.
The Flock Desk · 2026-07-14
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