Below is a curated listing of articles and news items that have been published on the topic of ALPR's and surveillance.

Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 26 Times in Recent Years

Christopher Ingraham

Across the United States, communities are rethinking their use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems, and in many cases ending them completely. Concerns about privacy, security, and always-on government surveillance are driving these changes, especially as new police technologies test the limits of the Fourth Amendment. 

The proliferation of police surveillance has led to repeated abuse. One shockingly common form: police officers using ALPR camera networks to keep tabs on their romantic interests, including current partners, exes, and even strangers who unwittingly caught their eye in public. 

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The Troubling Personal Side of Public Surveillance

Jamiles Lartey of The Marshall Project

Law enforcement cameras are popping up everywhere, but many agencies have little safeguards to prevent abuse by individual officers.

On Wednesday, former Milwaukee police officer Josue Ayala pleaded not guilty to a misconduct charge accusing him of using the department’s Flock-branded Automated License Plate Reader system (ALPR) for personal reasons. He resigned from the department hours before his initial court appearance, according to local reporting.

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Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Mark Keierleber of the 74

Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show

Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by the 74 reveals.

Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations.

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This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers

Benn Jordan and 404 Media

Flock camera captured kids on a playground. A security failure exposed them online

Mikael Thalen

The technology company Flock Safety left at least 60 of its AI-powered surveillance cameras exposed online, raising questions about the technology's safety. Among the live images left exposed was footage of unattended children at a playground.

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