More cities are walking away from collaborations with Flock.
Tempe, Arizona, said on Wednesday that it shut down its network of Flock Safety license plate readers and plans to terminate its contract with the surveillance company, citing privacy risks and cases of alleged misuse reported by other cities.
The city said that it would not replace the system with technology from another provider. Tempe operated 33 Flock cameras, which police used to identify vehicles during investigations.
“These cameras have helped our police officers do their jobs, and we don’t discount that,” Mayor Corey Woods said in a public statement. “But the risk of misuse…
