The growing use and in some cases misuse of the technology is creating serious privacy concerns and a raging debate: Is this advanced safety or invasive surveillance?

At least five cities and counties in the state — including Clark County, Reno and Sparks — have penned agreements with an automated license plate reader company called Flock Safety in the past three ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from March 23, 2026 OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — License plate reader technology in Okaloosa County has led to the arrest of a person accused of stealing a ...

Concerns over privacy and data sharing have led more and more cities to cancel previous deals with ALPR companies.

Although Axon isn’t Flock, privacy and surveillance concerns that come with license plate reader technology “apply to any ...

Flock Safety, the controversial Atlanta-based surveillance company, just wants to build a network of cameras that allows it to track every single person's movements at all times, and for some reason, ...

53 cities across 20 different states have, so far, deactivated or altogether rejected Flock's license plate-reading cameras ...

The City of Coralville canceled its contract with Flock Safety for automated license plate reader cameras after months of ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. A group in South Pasadena gathered Wednesday to urge their city council to end its contracts with Flock Safety, the ...

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. The cameras on roads and freeways that take images of the back of passing cars are popular with police for ...

A public records request by a citizen journalist has revealed that Oklahoma City lacks transparency rules for automatic ...

"We want to protect people's privacy rights in our free and open society," said state Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield.