SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Springfield Police Department said Friday it will cover all Flock automatic license plate recognition cameras in the city in the coming days as it prepares to remove them.
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San Marcos becomes latest Central Texas city to cut ties with Flock cameras – KXAN
SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – The San Marcos City Council decided this week not to move forward with its contract with Flock Safety – the controversial company that produces automated license plate readers, or LPRs.
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Flock Safety cameras used to monitor protesters, rights group finds – The Record
Police departments across the country searched records from a national network of automated license plate reader cameras hundreds of times over the last year to track protest activity, according to new research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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The Technical and Ethical Failure of Mass Surveillance in Lynnwood – Lynnwood Times
As someone who takes privacy and the 4th Amendment seriously, I have grave misgivings about the surveillance contract Lynnwood has with Flock. In what LPD claims was a misconfiguration, they exposed this surveillance database to outside agencies, which used it for immigration-related searches. This is contrary to explicit promises made to the Lynnwood City Council. As a Systems Engineer, I find this excuse highly concerning. A ‘checkbox error’ that violates state law and civil rights isn’t a glitch; it’s a failure of governance and architecture.
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Somebody’s watching me: Flock versus red light cameras in Lynnwood – Lynnwood Times
LYNNWOOD—In reaction to several members of the community voicing their concerns that the City of Lynnwood’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology may have been accessed for immigration-related queries at its October 24 meeting, the Lynnwood Police Department (LPD) announced last week that it temporarily paused the law enforcement tool known as Flock Safety cameras citing public trust.
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Judge denies request to exempt Flock footage from Public Records Act – Herald Net
MOUNT VERNON — A Skagit County Superior Court judge denied a request from Stanwood and Sedro-Woolley to exempt Flock camera footage from the Public Records Act.
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Police used ‘Flock’ cameras to accuse Denver woman of theft — then she had to ‘prove’ own innocence even though she wasn’t there. Here’s how – Money Wise
They say that the camera never lies but, in the case of one Colorado woman, it certainly didn’t get to the truth of the matter either.
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Lynnwood pauses Flock license plate cameras after immigration-related data breach – Lynnwood Today
Just five months after launch, the City of Lynnwood paused its Flock license plate reader cameras altogether after a University of Washington study found that two out-of-state law enforcement agencies accessed the City’s database for immigration-related searches, breaking promises made by the Lynnwood Police Department when the City Council approved the cameras in January.
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Wyden, Krishnamoorthi Urge FTC to Investigate Surveillance Tech Company on Negligently Handling Americans’ Personal Data – Senator Ron Wyden
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., today called for a federal investigation into surveillance technology company Flock Safety, for failing to implement cybersecurity protections and needlessly exposing Americans’ personal data to theft by hackers, foreign spies, and criminals.
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Redmond PD completely suspends Flock camera use amid statewide concerns over ICE access – KOMO News
REDMOND, Wash. — The Redmond Police Department (RPD) announced Wednesday that it has suspended operation of its automated license-plate reader (ALPR) system, commonly known as “Flock cameras,” following a recommendation by the Redmond City Council on Nov. 3.