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City of Lebanon releases automatic license plate reader audit results
Audit — Lebanon, MO · collected by Laclede County Record
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Shelton Police Department Announces Flock Audit Results and Strengthened Safeguards
Audit — Shelton, WA · collected by City of Shelton, Washington
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Records show Cass County's $37,900 Flock Safety contract covered Horace, Harwood cameras
Contract — Cass County, ND · collected by Valley News Live
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Audit logs show Chicago police ran more than 23K Flock searches
Audit — Chicago, IL · collected by fox32chicago.com
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Monongalia County Flock contract reveals nationwide camera network, vehicle search capabilities
Contract — Monongalia County, WV · collected by bing.com
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Stockton Police Audit Uncovers Employee Misuse of Flock Surveillance System
Audit — Stockton, CA · collected by Davis Vanguard
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Texas City police sergeant demoted after alleged Flock misuse, department reveals in audit
Audit — Texas City, TX · collected by houstonchronicle.com
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Records show Forsyth County Sheriff's Office signed 3 Flock contracts worth nearly $1.2 million since 2023
Contract — Forsyth County, GA · collected by Forsyth County News
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FOIA reveals Flock’s plans to lobby West Virginia Legislature
Records — West Virginia · collected by Black By God
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JP Anson Amis responds after Flock audit shows 663 searches under his account, access deactivated
Audit — Paris, TX · collected by myparistexas.com
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Georgia agencies' plate-reader audits uncover misuse, leading to suspensions and charges
Audit — Georgia · collected by Yahoo
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FOIA Documents Reveal Massive DEA Program to Record Americans' Whereabouts With License Plate Readers
Records — United States · collected by aclu.org
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BCSO releases Flock camera audit
Audit — Burke County, GA · collected by thetruecitizen.com
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Milwaukee police audit shows Flock camera uses, possible misuse
Audit — Milwaukee, WI · collected by fox6now.com
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California Auditor Releases Damning Report About Law Enforcement's Use of Automated License Plate Readers
Audit — California · collected by eff.org
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Harris Stingray Nondisclosure Agreement Forbids Cops From Telling Legislators About Surveillance Tech
Contract — United States · collected by techdirt.com
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Public Records Show Cops Are Obscuring Their Use Of Facial Recognition Tech In Criminal Cases
Records — United States · collected by techdirt.com
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Axon Says AI Police Reports Save Time. Public Records Show They Get Facts Wrong
Records — United States · collected by Forbes
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Facial recognition audit shows U.S. Customs has some privacy and notification work to do
Audit — U.S. Customs and Border Protection · collected by biometricupdate.com
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Routt County Sheriff to cancel Flock contract after records show local cameras were included in 8 million searches
Records — Routt County, CO · collected by Yampa Valley Bugle
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Flock audit reveals Kentucky officer allegedly used cameras to track ex over 2K times
Audit — KY · collected by Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)
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Audit shows Illinois license plate data shared with U.S. Customs, violating state law
Audit — Illinois · collected by mystateline.com
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No misuse of Flock cameras in McDonough, audit reveals
Audit — McDonough, GA · collected by fox5atlanta.com
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After assurances from city's police chief, council approves agreement to buy additional Flock technology
Contract — Palm Springs, CA · collected by The Palm Springs Post
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police release Flock Safety agreement after officer's arrest
Contract — Charlotte, NC · collected by WBTV
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Closing the Blinds: New Public Records Act Exemption Limits Disclosure of ALPR Data
Policy — Washington · collected by mrsc.org
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Braselton officer ousted after internal audit uncovers Flock camera misuse
Audit — Braselton, GA · collected by fox5atlanta.com
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Toledo City Council releases Flock camera system audit plan
Audit — Toledo, OH · collected by 13abc.com
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Inside Jeffersonville Police Department's $7M contract with Flock Safety
Contract — Jeffersonville, IN · collected by www.bing.com
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police releases Flock Safety agreement after officer's arrest
Contract — Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC · collected by www.bing.com
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Giannoulias: Audit shows Illinois license plate data shared with US Customs, violating state law
Audit — Illinois · collected by capitolfax.com
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LAPD ends contract with license plate reader company Flock after audit reveals 161 innocent drivers were wrongly stopped in two months
Audit — Los Angeles, CA · collected by timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Audit of APD License Plate Reader Program Reveals Privacy Concerns
Audit — Austin, TX · collected by austinchronicle.com
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New Jersey releases 2024 audit of license plate reader data; two significant violations identified
Audit — New Jersey · collected by WRNJ Radio
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Ginther orders Columbus police to stop statewide sharing of Flock cameras after audit release
Audit — Columbus, OH · collected by WYSO Public Radio
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Leaked city attorney memo shows Berkeley risks potential million-dollar lawsuits if council renews Flock contract
Report — Berkeley, CA · collected by Daily Cal
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Milwaukee police audit shows Flock camera uses
Audit — Milwaukee, WI · collected by FOX6 News Milwaukee
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FOIA reveals inconsistencies with Hartford PD's claims about Flock
Records — Hartford, CT · collected by Inside Investigator
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75M license plates scanned under rebooted Austin police program; audit reveals successes, concerns
Audit — Austin, TX · collected by Community Impact
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San Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds 'Improperly' Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by KQED
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Audit reveals hundreds of illegal searches of SFPD's license plate reader system
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by The San Francisco Standard
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Flock camera audit program reveals misuse by Georgia law enforcement
Audit — Georgia · collected by Yahoo
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Audit shows San Francisco police Flock license plate camera data accessed by outside agencies
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by CBS News
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Records request shows lack of transparency about Oklahoma City license plate reader use
Records — Oklahoma City, OK · collected by KOSU
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Border Patrol, DHS accessed Woodburn Flock camera data, city audit shows
Audit — Woodburn, OR · collected by Woodburn Independent
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SFPD audit shows Flock cameras accessed on behalf of federal, out-of-state agencies
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by KTVU
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Flock Safety contract with San Francisco (2023)
Contract — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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NCRIC ALPR audit (June 2026, OCR)
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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SFPD ALPR surveillance technology policy (Feb 2024)
Policy — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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SFPD Flock Safety invoice
Invoice — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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SFPD ALPR / Flock briefing 24-052 (Mar 2024)
Briefing — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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Police Commission DRB Q3 2025 presentation (Feb 2026)
Presentation — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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Mayor's office email re: MTA/PUC contact (Feb 2024, redacted)
Records / Email — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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Mayor's office: public safety camera technology memo (May 2024)
Memo — San Francisco, CA · collected by DeFlock SF
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San Francisco PD audit shows Flock cameras accessed on behalf of federal, out-of-state agencies
Audit — San Francisco, CA · collected by FOX 11 Los Angeles
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