The Flock reckoning keeps spreading: El Paso may pull cameras entirely, Bernalillo County is swapping vendors instead of asking harder questions, and a San Jose officer just got fired for abusing the system. States are finally noticing the pattern.
- El Paso City Council to vote Tuesday on removing Flock cameras kfoxtv.com
El Paso council should ask why guardrails weren't in place before deployment, not just whether to rip the cameras out now.
- San Jose driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run of pedestrian, police say San Francisco Chronicle
A tragic hit-and-run, but watch whether ALPR data played any role in the arrest — that's the accountability question, not the crime itself.
- BCSO bets on different ALPR company after Flock, will it make a difference? KOB 4
Switching vendors without fixing oversight, audit trails, or data-sharing rules just rebrands the same risk under a new logo.
- Statewide momentum builds for ALPR guardrails following wave of local suspensions wtwcfox
Good — but 'guardrails' only matter if they include public audits, retention limits, and real penalties for misuse, not just policy statements.
- San Jose police officer fired for misusing Flock camera data, chief says NBC Bay Area
This is exactly the misuse critics warned about: unaccountable access to plate data will get abused by someone, eventually, every time.
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