A Glendale Heights has been charged with vandalizing and stealing several Flock Safety cameras in Chicago's western suburbs.

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

Civil liberties groups and digital rights advocates have long warned that Flock’s surveillance network, which relies on the broad collection and sharing of location data, poses a threat to individual privacy. If anything, the recent publicity over its burgeoning drone business will only intensify scrutiny of a vendor already under fire.

The allegations come days after the city council voted against putting a measure related to the city's use of Flock license plate reader cameras on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Temple police asked Texas Rangers to investigate an officer’s alleged misuse of Flock cameras after an internal audit found an unauthorized search.

The lawsuit challenges whether governments can withhold public records by storing them with private vendors like Flock Safety, potentially setting a statewide precedent.

This goes way, way further than keeping an eye on license plates.

A west suburban police officer has been placed on leave after allegedly misusing the department's Flock surveillance camera system, officials said.

Federal and state grants helped the City of Norfolk get its Flock cameras up and running. Law enforcement often uses automatic license plate reader cameras, such as Flock cameras, to help them