The sheriff’s office says it is barred from using the cameras under a new policy adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

Joplin police have implemented a new auditing tool to monitor the use of Flock license plate readers, which has detected over ...

According to an internal review, out-of-state agencies ran more than 364,000 queries on the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office ...

Cities across the state have turned off or removed their cameras, made by vendors like Flock Safety and Axon, over swelling ...

A flaw in the automated license plate reader system used by most Ventura County law enforcement agencies allowed searches by out-of-state agencies.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said out-of-state agencies accessed their license plate reader data more than 364,000 times, including federal agencies.

Even after Flock removed California law enforcement agencies from its National Lookup service last year, unauthorized access ...

A prolonged and unresolved debate over Petaluma’s use of Flock license plate readers reflects cities’ growing concerns over the tool’s surveillance ramifications.

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The group has raised questions about the use of the cameras by the Joplin Police Department, citing red flags about details they record that can be used to track motorists for nonpolice reasons.

Las Vegas is unusual because cameras have been donated by venture-capitalist Ben Horowitz, who has allocated millions for Flock technology in Vegas. Because the donations were private and made to a ...

Milwaukee's police chief is defending the department's use of Flock license plate reader cameras after an officer faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly misusing the technology for personal reasons.