College Station City Council takes up agenda item 9.6 on September 24, 2026 — renewing two Flock Safety contracts covering 78 cameras at a combined $299,061.80 per year. Here is what is in the packet, and how to speak before the vote.
Deflock BCS Leonardo's SignalTrace links plate reads to nearby phones and Bluetooth devices, pushing ALPR networks well past the narrow pitch sold to city councils.
Deflock BCS Cameras aimed at an apartment pool area, not a roadway, undercut the claim that Flock devices only capture license plates from passing vehicles.
Deflock BCS A day after officials assured The Woodlands that Flock data access is tightly controlled, a Montgomery County deputy was arrested for database misuse.
Deflock BCS A review of the City of College Station contract with Flock Safety and what its clauses on anonymized data, machine learning, and retention allow.
Deflock BCS Flock Safety markets its cameras as plate readers with no facial recognition, but its own patent filings describe recognizing people and faces.
Deflock BCS Texas banned red light cameras in 2019 after public backlash. Flock Safety cameras are a far broader version of the same automated enforcement idea.
Deflock BCS Flock Safety and Amazon-owned Ring now let police request doorbell video from inside Flock software, blurring the line between private and public cameras.
Deflock BCS A plain-language primer on Flock Safety ALPR cameras: what they record, which agencies use them, and how residents can weigh in before deployment.
Deflock BCS Flock NOVA merges police records, dispatch data, plate reads, and open-source intelligence into one search, raising serious data control concerns.
Deflock BCS DeFlock.me maps where Flock Safety cameras are installed, and the data shows how quickly the network has grown across Bryan and College Station.
Deflock BCS The people backing Flock Safety want safer neighborhoods, but good intent does not prevent the abuse that permanent surveillance infrastructure invites.
Deflock BCS A Business Reform video examines how private companies like Flock Safety accumulate surveillance power and reshape the balance between police and public.
Deflock BCS A Flock Safety camera leak let strangers watch live public feeds, showing how quickly misconfigured surveillance infrastructure can be abused.
Deflock BCS Technologist Benn Jordan shows how Flock Safety cameras were compromised in under 30 seconds, exposing outdated software and serious security gaps.
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