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3 Ex-Georgia Deputies Used Flock Cameras to Stalk People, Sheriff Says

The former Bibb County deputies were arrested this week amid a growing national debate over Flock cameras, which can be found on roads in every state but Alaska.

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About 7,000 law enforcement agencies, or 40 percent of all departments in the United States, have contracts with Flock.
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A Driver’s Fatal Spiral After a Police Officer’s Typo

Police thought they had caught a car thief in San Francisco. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said, then arrested him with excessive force.
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Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?

Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

A Flock Security camera in Addison, Texas.
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Edgy Vanity Plates Test Limits of Free Speech

Virginia will ask the Supreme Court to hear a dispute over a seven-character license plate message.

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The Supreme Court may rule on whether vanity license plates are official government communications or protected personal speech.
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