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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

Researcher Who Oversaw Flock Crime Study Now Has Concerns About It

Flock Logins Exposed in Malware Infections; Senator Asks FTC to Investigate

Flock Police Cameras Scan Billions of Plates per Month, Sparking Protests

Virginia Police Used Flock Cameras to Track a Driver 526 Times in 4 Months, Lawsuit Says

When License Plate Readers Get It Wrong

Cherokee County Sheriff's Officers Arrested for Alleged Misuse of License Plate Reader Database

Flock License Plate Readers Shared Data With Out-of-State and Federal Agencies, Audit Finds

AI License Plate Cameras Tore This Town Apart and Led to a State of Emergency

Washington Post

The Powerful Tools in ICE's Arsenal to Track Suspects and Protesters

Washington Post

Why Some Cities Are Canceling Flock License Plate Reader Contracts

Some Sanctuary States Discover Feds Mining Local License Plate Data

Aurora Will Pay $1.9M Settlement After Officers Drew Weapons on Black Family in Stolen Vehicle Mix-Up

Lawmakers Say Stolen Police Logins Are Exposing Flock Cameras to Hackers

Flock Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Despite Previous Claims

9News Denver (NBC affiliate)

After Police Used Flock Cameras to Accuse a Denver Woman of Theft, She Had to Prove Her Own Innocence

She Got an Abortion. So a Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF's Investigations Expose Flock Safety's Surveillance Abuses: 2025 in Review

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Human Toll of ALPR Errors

Electronic Frontier Foundation

San Francisco Woman Pulled Out of Car at Gunpoint Because of License Plate Reader Error

Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location

ACLU of Massachusetts

Police Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 21 Times

Institute for Justice

Dozens of Innocent Motorists Detained at Gunpoint Due to ALPR Errors

Institute for Justice

Automatic License Plate Readers: Legal Status and Policy Recommendations

Brennan Center for Justice

License Plate Reader Patrols in Crime Hot Spots Generated No Deterrent Effect

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Data to Immigration Enforcement

UW Center for Human Rights

Dayton Suspends Flock License Plate Readers; Data Used for Immigration Enforcement

Dayton Daily News

Sherwood Stop Sparked After Flock Camera Misread Plate by One Letter

KATV (ABC Arkansas)

Sandy Springs Officer Terminated After Using City Flock Cameras for Personal Gain

WSB-TV (ABC Atlanta)

Automated License Plate Readers: A Study in Failure

Independent Institute