The ALPR expansion machine keeps grinding, even as the cracks show. San Mateo is signing up for more Axon cameras while Reno is walking away from Flock entirely, and that split tells you the honeymoon phase for these vendors is ending. Meanwhile lawmakers and labor unions are asking the questions cities should have asked before they signed anything.
- San Mateo to implement Axon cameras: The city will add ALPR cameras in new contract with Axon Enterprises San Mateo Daily Journal
Another city handing Axon a camera network before answering basic questions about data retention and access.
- W.Va. lawmakers, Flock Safety spar over information requests The Dominion Post
Lawmakers asking for records is the bare minimum; a vendor stonewalling them should worry every resident in that district.
- City of Reno ends contract with Flock, seeks new vendor for cameras Reno Gazette Journal
Reno's exit shows cities can walk away from Flock, undercutting the vendor's pitch that these contracts are permanent infrastructure.
- Hawaii’s largest labor union raises privacy concerns over state’s use of flock cameras Hawaii News Now
A labor union flagging privacy risks is a signal that surveillance creep is becoming a workplace and civil rights issue, not just a policy debate.
- City of Reno to end Flock Safety license plate reader contract, city manager says KRXI2
Two outlets confirming the same Reno story shows this cancellation is real news, not just a budget footnote.
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