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  • Why Redmond walked away from Flock's license‑plate cameras

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📰 News we're reading

• Cities are kicking out Flock. The surveillance might be here to stay. (theblaze.com) — Redmond has fully canceled its contract with Flock Safety, ending the city's automated license plate reader program after deactivating the cameras months earlier. The article places Redmond's move in a growing national backlash against plate‑reader surveillance, detailing other cities' cancellations, privacy concerns, and new safeguards as communities debate how much tracking they're willing to accept from law‑enforcement technology.
   

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