The Select Board authorized the town administrator and town counsel to cancel the Flock contract and directed removal of hardware; the chief said Flock had been used sparingly and recommended public input on alternatives and policy guardrails.

The Henrico County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 11 to set for public hearing an ordinance to allow photo speed-monitoring devices in school zones, while residents used the public-comment period to voice concerns about automated license-plate readers, private vendors, and surveillance transparency.

Dozens of residents urged the county commissioners to pause or remove funding for Flock automated license‑plate readers, citing long retention, third‑party access and mission creep; multiple speakers asked for audits, transparency and stronger limits.

Nearly 30 public speakers in the first comment period covered concerns about Flock/ALPR cameras and surveillance, ICE and jail releases, housing supply and condominium policy, and calls for a living wage at the airport; speakers urged the council to agendize the ALPR question and to pursue tenant and infrastructure follow‑ups.

Councilors pressed Police Deputy Chief Hallstrom on a proposed $200,000 DOJ microgrant to expand the department's Axon/Skydio drone program and voted 7–0 to lay the item over for one week to gather more information about scope, data retention and vendor ties.

Police described how the Flock ALPR system is used, safeguards in place (audit trails, access controls, 30‑day retention), and investigative examples; multiple residents and a local organizer urged a surveillance-accountability ordinance and greater transparency.

At the Aug. 26 Delhi Township trustees meeting, public commenter Rich Gages questioned the use of Flock ALPR cameras and cited privacy and legal concerns. The board's law director and police chief responded with court citations and an overview of safeguards and transparency tools.

An ACLU letter read into the record urged cancelling or tightening the city's ALPR contract; commissioners asked for community engagement, a transparency portal showing sharing relationships, and possible application of the city's surveillance policy to ALPRs.

The council ordered a public hearing (second meeting in October) on a proposed ordinance to add city agencies to Chapter 9.25 (surveillance technology), seeking details on camera locations, purposes, data retention and costs.

Multiple speakers urged the council to explain Ogden's use of Flock/ALPR surveillance, raise privacy and evidence‑integrity concerns, and request public records. Council members asked administration for contracts, costs and retention policies and discussed pursuing an ordinance to govern camera and data use.

Residents raised privacy and transparency concerns after Automated License Plate Reader cameras were placed on city streets; the police chief said data is retained 90 days and used for investigations, and the board directed staff to publish factual information and review policies.

Multiple residents urged the city and county to remove or publicly account for Flock license‑plate readers, citing privacy, vendor trustworthiness and concerns about third‑party access; officials said the cameras aid investigations but agreed to consider more public information.

After extended questioning about privacy and federal access to data, Columbus City Council voted to renew a $661,500 contract with Sound Thinking (formerly ShotSpotter) even as members demanded stronger oversight, an audit and a public hearing on use of Flock ALPR sensors and related policies.

Citizens express concerns over transparency and potential misuse of surveillance data in St. Louis.

Commission discusses revisions to hate crimes directive and plainclothes officer protocols.

City council allocates $500,000 for security towers, pending advisory board's input.

A public commenter told the Metro Human Relations Commission that MNPD's new drone trial bypassed council approval and disproportionately flew over majority-minority districts, prompting commissioners to seek more information about the pilot, camera use and data retention.

A public commenter urged the Community Review Board to warn Metro Council that routing surveillance procurement through a private nonprofit could bypass required public hearings; the board voted to draft a letter asking for pause and clarity about the mayor's proposed MOU.