US residents push back against Flock license plate cameras

Residents in US cities are opposing Flock ALPR cameras by mapping them, requesting contracts and search logs, and attending council meetings. Saratoga Lake's council voted 4-1 to cancel its contract; Syracuse found gaps between its agreement and actual data access.

• DeFlock Maps volunteers map ALPR cameras on OpenStreetMap
• Syracuse searches of city data reached nearly 4.4 million in a year
• Saratoga Lake council voted 4-1 to cancel Flock contract
• Hackers removed one camera and copied its data for journalists