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  • A Flock camera and solar panel mounted on top of a pole
    0

    Flock Won't Take No For An Answer, Keeps Cameras In Service After Communities Cancel Contracts

    Police departments are resorting to unplugging or removing the cameras themselves when Flock ignores requests to take down the surveillance equipment.

    By Justin Hughes 2 hours ago Read More
  • Bugatti theif
    0

    Mate Rimac Chased His Stolen Bugatti Chiron Across The Border In His 911 After It Was Nabbed From Rimac HQ

    The Bugatti's keys had been left inside, and thief drove the Chiron from Croatia to Austria, crossing through Slovenia in the process, before being apprehended.

    By Andy Kalmowitz 4 days ago Read More
  • A Flock camera on a pole by a road covered up by a trash bag
    0

    Flock Cameras Are Being Covered With Garbage Bags As Contracts With The Wildly Unpopular Mass Surveillance Company Are Terminated

    Unable to take the cameras down themselves, some cities that have cancelled their Flock contracts are resorting to covering the cameras up.

    By Justin Hughes 7 days ago Read More
  • Front 3/4 of 2016 Hyundai Tucson
    0

    That Time Someone Stole A Hyundai Tucson Holding Both Parents' Ashes The Night Before A Funeral

    A stolen Hyundai Tucson turned an already difficult time into a family's worst nightmare, highlighting a troubling side of a U.S. vehicle theft problem.

    By Charles Krome 9 days ago Read More
  • 3/4 view of the Accomodation Barge Kalmar at dock
    0

    Data Center Builder Puts Construction Workers In Barge Previously Used To Detain Migrants, Welcome To Late-Stage Capitalism

    Building data centers requires lots of human workers, but with nowhere for them to live, some companies are turning to barges aimed at migrant detention.

    By Justin Hughes 11 days ago Read More
  • A grey saloon car with smashed front-end is hit on the side by a police SUV, with two other police cars nearby, on a main strip of highway
    17

    447 Miles And 16 Hours: The Cops In New Zealand May Have The Longest Recorded Car Chase

    Police chases make excellent scenes in movies, but the longest cop chase ever, which lasted for 16 hours, might have been less entertaining and more terrifying.

    By Simon Stark 16 days ago Read More
  • Side view of an RCMP Ford Taurus police car.
    40

    Retired RCMP Police Cars Go To The Crusher Because Canada Will Not Let Them Be Sold

    The cars are being kept from the public for a good reason, but RCMP officials want to recoup the cost of the vehicles when they're no longer in use.

    By Chris Tsui 17 days ago Read More
  • Inside view of a car with a police woman looking at the driver's license in the window
    55

    Cops Holding Contest To See Who Can Pull Over The Most Black People Surely The Result Of A Bunch Of Bad Apples

    The text thread also contained racial slurs "related to use of force and discharging firearms at Black residents."

    By Justin Hughes 19 days ago Read More
  • A red car is winched onto the back of a tow truck.
    9

    The Rules Around Stopping Your Car From Being Towed Are Annoyingly Complicated

    Getting towed is never a pleasant experience, whether you're at fault or not. But catching the tow truck in time might just save you if local laws allow.

    By Josh West 23 days ago Read More
  • E36 BMW doing donuts around an intersection with newly installed street takeover deterrents
    66

    Stockton Thinks Putting A Giant Skidpad In The Middle Of Intersections Will Stop Street Takeovers

    Different cities are tackling street takeovers in different ways, but this solution from Stockton officials has backfired pretty spectacularly.

    By Chris Tsui 25 days ago Read More
  • Screenshot of NBC LA report showing the rubber medians at Center and Alondra.
    108

    New Medians Intended To Prevent Street Takeovers Coming Straight Into Compton

    The bumps have already been installed in 22 intersections, with 23 more on the way, and officials say that the deterrents are working.

    By Chris Tsui 26 days ago Read More
  • A screenshot of the Delta gas station sign with prices.
    21

    Gas Station Owner Caught Scamming Customers With Changing Prices Ordered To Pay $17,500 Fine

    As if gas prices weren't high enough already, the owner of three New Jersey gas stations was caught advertising different prices than he was charging.

    By Chris Tsui 28 days ago Read More
  • A flock camera attached to a utility pole.
    29

    The Number Of Cities That Have Dropped Flock Camera Contracts Has Quietly Been Exploding

    Is there a future without these cameras anywhere? It might be a far-distant dream, but maybe it's not impossible.

    By Lalita Chemello 30 days ago Read More
  • A young driver is disappointed to find a parking barnacle on their windshield
    78

    Parking Barnacles Are Like Facehuggers From Alien (And Might Violate California Law)

    Whether it's with a parking boot or a windshield barnacle, there's a limit on who can immobilize your car, even if you've broken a few parking rules.

    By Erik Sherman 1 month ago Read More
  • A Flock camera and solar panel mounted on a pole against a clear blue sky
    95

    Flock Forces Website Showing Camera Locations To Shut Down, Because 'Transparency Matters'

    The website may be down, but the internet is forever, and the Internet Archive has preserved the original site.

    By Justin Hughes 1 month ago Read More
  • A dashcam filming traffic
    6

    According To Leaked Pitch, Flock Cameras Were Once Nearly Put In Ubers And Lyfts

    If you think things are bad now, wait until you hear how close Flock came to to integrating hundreds of thousands of Uber and Lyft cars into its network.

    By Brontë Wieland 1 month ago Read More
  • Lindsey Isaacs testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism
    201

    Woman Spends 86 Hours In Solitary Confinement Due To Flock Cameras Despite Driving Car Of Different Color

    Florida Highway Patrol mixed up Lindsay Isaacs’ car with another, and arrested her on vehicular homicide charges, among eight felonies she hadn't committed.

    By Collin Woodard 1 month ago Read More
  • A flat pile of Pokemon trading cards, just the backs with the pokeball.
    31

    Pokémon Card Scalper Put GPS Tracker On Delivery Driver's Vehicle To Follow Restocks

    The man who placed the tracker was sentenced to one year's probation, and somewhat ironically will have to wear a GPS monitoring device for the next 90 days.

    By Lalita Chemello 1 month ago Read More
  • A traffic camera on a light pole.
    26

    These 15 States Don't Have Red Light Cameras, Here's Why

    While at least 22 states and Washington DC still use red light cameras, at least 15 states explicitly block or heavily restrict remote traffic monitoring.

    By Michael Frank 1 month ago Read More
  • Stock image of a police officer on a laptop outside with a serious look.
    48

    Cops Are Looking Stuff Up On Flock And Putting 'LMAO,' 'WEIRD KID,' And 'Sexy' As Reasons

    Adding irreverence and unprofessionalism to the surveillance state, police are using nonsensical search terms while they're tracking your movement in public.

    By Chris Tsui 2 months ago Read More
  • A contractor walking behind a Ford Transit parked on a street corner behind a Flock camera
    94

    Reporter Gets Visit From Cops For Filming Flock Camera Installer At Work

    The irony of being opposed to being filmed while maintaining and upgrading a system of mass surveillance was apparently lost on the Flock worker.

    By Justin Hughes 2 months ago Read More
  • Axon surveillance camera
    7

    Flock Cameras Aren't The Only License Plate Trackers Stalking Your Car's Every Movement

    Flock is one of the biggest providers of license plate readers nationwide, but many other companies are providing the same warrantless tracking services.

    By Collin Woodard 2 months ago Read More
  • A phone with the Tesla app on the screen sitting on a Tesla's center console
    33

    'I Am In Your Car. I Am In Your Maps,' Abuser Terrorizes Ex Using 'Parental Controls' And Tesla's App

    Common tracking and remote-access vehicle systems designed to improve safety can be easily misused, sometimes in pretty scary and dangerous ways.

    By Justin Hughes 2 months ago Read More
  • A Flock camera in Miami, Florida.
    26

    Here's The Unimaginably Huge Number Of Pictures Taken By Flock Cameras Every Month

    With a vast network of cameras capturing photo and video every second of every day, Flock is taking a staggering number of photos every month.

    By Chris Tsui 2 months ago Read More
  • A police officer getting out of her car after pulling over a station wagon on a road at sunset
    129

    Cops Ticket Insured Driver For Having No Insurance Because Flock Said So

    Thanks to Flock cameras, a Georgia student now has to fight an insurance citation, despite presenting valid insurance to officers when she was pulled over.

    By Justin Hughes 2 months ago Read More
  • Front three quarters shot of a Dallas Sanitation Department trash truck with a white cab and blue container on the back parked on brick in front of trees and a blue sky
    93

    Dallas Installs AI Cameras On Its Garbage Trucks That Photograph Every House And Scan For Code Violations

    A little privacy infringement along with your trash collection, what's not to love?

    By Logan K. Carter 2 months ago Read More
  • Jevon Martinez surrendering to Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies with a truck bed full of Flock cameras
    61

    Sovereign Citizen Fills Truck Bed With 'Tyranny Trees,' Cops Arrest Him For Allegedly Cutting Down Flock Cameras

    This brazen vigilante was already facing nine felonies, including larceny, criminal damage to property, and tampering with evidence.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 months ago Read More
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