Crime & Safety

Arizona cities dropping Flock license-plate cameras—but there’s a catch


Arizona cities like Chandler, Flagstaff, and Sedona are dropping Flock license-plate cameras—but that doesn’t mean mass surveillance is going away.

In other cities nationwide, dropping Flock has simply meant switching to another vendor like Axon.

With less than 1% of scanned plates tied to alleged crimes, community members are pushing for an end to mass surveillance altogether, not just a rebrand.

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