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# Police Deploy 100K Automated License Plate Readers With Minimal Oversight
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/police-deploy-100k-automated-license-plate-readers-with-minimal-oversight/
- Published: 2026-06-29T16:09:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-29T16:09:48.000Z
- Description: Flock Safety’s license plate readers, now numbering over 100,000 units across U.S. police departments, operate with documented security vulnerabilities and minimal legal oversight.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, regulation/policy, surveillance, ai governance

Source: [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/?ref=adjacent.media)

Flock Safety's license plate readers, now numbering over 100,000 units across U.S. police departments, operate with documented security vulnerabilities and minimal legal oversight. The system's rapid adoption outpaced both technical security hardening and statutory frameworks governing data retention and access, exposing communities to criminal exploitation of the data and police misuse with limited recourse.