In March 2021, a Brown University doctoral candidate wrote an op-ed in the school paper criticizing Brown’s increasing use of surveillance cameras and lack of transparency. “In the span of two decades ...

OAKLAND — The company that manufactures Oakland’s surveillance cameras remains in play to secure a new $2 million city contract, despite concerns that the license plate information captured by the ...

WASHINGTON. THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE WILL NO LONGER WORK WITH THE COMPANY BEHIND ITS AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS. THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL VOTED BACK IN OCTOBER TO END AN AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK ...

On Thursday, officials in the UK pledged to roll out a country-wide facial recognition system to help police track down criminals. The country’s ministers have launched a 10-week consultation to ...

Trust SD, a coalition of 60 nonprofit organizations, gathered outside San Diego's Civic Center Plaza on Thursday to demand that the city eliminate its Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) ...

Flock, the automatic license plate reader and AI-powered camera company, uses overseas workers from Upwork to train its machine learning algorithms, with training material telling workers how to ...

In a letter to the CEO of Flock, Garrett Langley, CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee reaffirmed that data and video gathered via Flock cameras cannot be shared with federal officials. The CHP's affirmation ...

OAKLAND — For years, the city has grappled with balancing public safety with residents’ privacy concerns — largely over law enforcement’s use of surveillance cameras that track license plate data on ...

The Hartford Police Department plans to install cameras at 50 additional intersections across the city, expanding a surveillance network that officials credit with helping reduce gun violence while ...

ATLANTA — Residents in a Buckhead senior community said they've endured two sleepless nights due to loud classical music and flashing blue lights coming from a mobile surveillance system installed in ...

WOODBURN, Ore — The city of Woodburn immediately suspended its Flock Safety camera system for at least 60 days after residents raised concerns that federal immigration authorities could access the ...