August 16-22 is the National Week of Action Against ALPRs. Join us and fight back. Sunday, canvass City Heights. Wednesday, tell SD City Council why they should shut down ALPR. Friday, hear from Austin and LA organizers at Safety in Unity 2026. Details in thread below... 🧵

SDPD jailed the wrong person for several weeks based on Flock ALPR. Flock has led to wrongful accusation elsewhere, and now it happened here. Tell City Council and @MayorToddGloria not a cent more for for Flock! timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/0... #surveillance #sandiego

A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.

A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.

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Join community on Monday May 4th (today!) at the City of San Diego’s Evening Budget Hearing to tell the City what you want funded instead of Flock smart streetlights. With arts and children's services chopped, there's so much more to want than surveillance 6pm at 202 C Street, SD City Hall, 12th fl

What is Flock Nova, the service SDPD quietly adopted last December according to Axios? 404 media reports that Flock Nova is a "massive people look up tool" that uses open source intelligence and agency data to find links between people. www.404media.co/license-plat... #sandiego

Last Dec, SDPD quietly signed a contract for Flock Nova without going through the Privacy Advisory Board or public oversight process. Nova, like Palantir, links and integrates in house and "open source intelligence." www.axios.com/local/san-di... #alpr #flock #surveillance

While City Council was filled with thousands of people asking for the Flock contract to be dropped, SDPD signed a contract (same month!) with Flock for Nova, the Palantir-like data fusion software without bringing it to the public. www.axios.com/local/san-di...

Scoop: San Diego police quietly signed new Flock tech deal

Police say the software was exempt from an oversight process for surveillance tech.

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Show up to San Diego City Council Thursday, April 30 at 5:30pm @ San Diego City Hall (12th floor). The Privacy Advisory Board votes ONCE A YEAR on Flock ALPR, Smart Streetlights & more. Tell the Board: NO RUBBER STAMPS. PAB needs to hear from the community. #alpr #flock

Flock left 60 Condor AI-people tracking cameras open to the internet. @404mediaco reports cameras can zoom in close enough to read your cell phone screen. San Diego has not said it has these cameras, but it shows (again) Flock as sloppy and creepy. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

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Former ICE and CBP leaders who have now left the agency told the FT that previous safeguards are gone, with ICE pursuing aggressive quotas by using data from Social Security, the IRS, and commercial surveillance and license plate reader companies. ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...

We are inspired, furious, and we will not stop. Read our statement on yesterday's San Diego City Council vote on ALPR.

What the Flock indeed! Union Tribune drops this gem: An SDPD captain helped secure a multimillion dollar surveillance deal. Now he works for the contractor. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/09/a...

SD City Council votes on Flock TODAY at 2pm downtown. Today is the day to hold our representatives accountable. Come to City Council. If you can’t, call in. Action toolkit: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e Want a reminder or tips? Dm us

"We hacked Flock Safety cameras in under 30 seconds" www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...

We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥

YouTube video by Benn Jordan

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"Get Flock off our block" is also excellent. Credit to gee_emcee on IG

Phrase of the year: "get the flock out of my city!"

For 2 weeks this year, unauthorized outside agencies searched SD's Flock license plate data. Flock messed up the settings. SDPD first hid the breach, then admitted it months later but still redacts the reasons for the 12,914 unauthorized searches. Council vote Tue! Act now: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

SD City Council votes on Flock tomorrow! 🗯️ Why do you want Flock stopped? Leave your story in the replies. Tomorrow, come to City Council downtown at 2pm. If you can’t, call in. Info to show up or call in here: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e Want a reminder or tips? Dm us

Union or Bust talks about Flock, and why the right to privacy still matters no matter what Silicon Valley or the police try to tell us. youtu.be/yyNIR4XIork?...

UnionorBust #53-Lilly Irani, FLOCK cameras are bad for workers!

On this episode, we interviewed Lilly Irani, an Associate Professor at UCSD and a member of the SD Trust Coalition that is fighting surveillance in San Diego. For more information, visit…

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Leaders and community spoke truth at our press conference this week. "The SD police officer that led this initiative, that led bringing this technology to the city of SD, is now an employee of Flock. There is something extremely wrong with how this was done." Councilmember Henry Foster

Are people wondering why Flock is so terrible and out of control as a company? Here's a one pager you can share around too: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Why shut down Flock? A thread 🧵⬇️ Message your Council member and show up at City Council next Tuesday, Dec 9! Flock prioritizes getting investors rich by building creepy AI and people profiling tools using our tax dollars. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

SD City Council votes on Flock next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Mark your calendars to show up or call in. Tell City Council to shut down Flock. Pull the plug on out-of-control location data. Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e

Why shut down Flock? A thread 🧵⬇️ Message your Council member and show up at City Council next Tuesday, Dec 9! Flock prioritizes getting investors rich by building creepy AI and people profiling tools using our tax dollars. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

City Council votes next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Tell them to pull the plug on out-of-control location data. Shut down Flock! Mail your City Council rep now: actionnetwork.org/letters/shut... Show up or call in to City Council Dec 9 keep the pressure on.

Organizing online, offline, and everywhere in between! Whoever is out there handing out flyers and having conversations at the club in Hillcrest, we love you! To all of you getting your friends to email City Council, we love you too! Get yours: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dx27z...

Flock lied about a Texas sheriff who searched Flock to track down a woman for an abortion. Flock asserted the woman was never under criminal investigation. Court documents showed Flock misled the public for months, accusing journalists of lying. #shutdownflock #whattheflock

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Hearing SDPD say if people don't want their plates shared widely they can shop elsewhere is sbad faith when it is only a kpbs investigation that reveals the mall, Lowe's, and Home Depot sharing data.

San Diego County police agencies access many private license plate readers with minimal oversight

Dozens of businesses and homeowners associations around San Diego allow law enforcement to search through data from their license plate readers, including Home Depot, Lowe's, and local malls.

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San Diego City Council Public Safety Committee considers Flock this Wednesday, Nov 12 at 2pm. Tell them to get Flock out of San Diego, and explain to them how Flock makes your community less safe. Comment on agenda item 3: trst.fyi/PS-comm

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In Dec, SD City Council will decide whether to spend millions to keep Flock automated license plate readers (ALPR) on our streets. Flock has created an out-of-control data sharing technology. Flock deceived the public. Flock overrode City authorities. Flock Hall of Shame 🧵👇🏼

In Dec, SD City Council will decide whether to spend millions to keep Flock automated license plate readers (ALPR) on our streets. Flock has created an out-of-control data sharing technology. Flock deceived the public. Flock overrode City authorities. Flock Hall of Shame 🧵👇🏼

Public Safety Committee Public Comment Form | City of San Diego Official Website

In lieu of in-person attendance, members of the public may participate and provide comment via the Zoom webinar, telephone, the Committee form below, email submission or via U.S. Mail of written…

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Flock must be cancelled! bsky.app/profile/sand...

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10mo ago

City of San Diego's Privacy Advisory Board votes unanimously to "cease' Flock Automated License Plate Reader Technology. PAB's report: www.sandiego.gov/sites/defaul... The final decision is with City Council. Be heard by leaving a comment for Public Safety Committee. How to in thread 🧵

In true form for San Diego, we are paying for the worst of the worst of the license plate readers systems: Flock. Lies, data breaches, lawsuits, failed audits, abusive practices. Never stop fighting against San Diego adopting the worst products and practices. We can and should have better.

San Diego TRUST Coalition@sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10mo ago

City of San Diego's Privacy Advisory Board votes unanimously to "cease' Flock Automated License Plate Reader Technology. PAB's report: www.sandiego.gov/sites/defaul... The final decision is with City Council. Be heard by leaving a comment for Public Safety Committee. How to in thread 🧵