Flock’s controversial cameras were removed from this Californian city over privacy concerns — but Flock…

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  • Grass Valley police ended its contract with Flock and removed its cameras
  • They later found that Flock had reinstalled the devices
  • This was allegedly due to one of Flock’s automated systems

Flock is not exactly the most popular company in the world right now, with its automated license plate recognition (ALPR) devices attracting protests, vandalism and canceled contracts with cities across the US. And it’s managed to invite even more negative headlines thanks to its reaction after one city had had enough of its cameras.

According to Fox40, the police force of Grass Valley, California, decided to end its contract with Flock and remove all of the company’s cameras in mid-August. Yet the authorities have since discovered that Flock took it upon itself to reinstall many of the cameras in the following weeks.

Grass Valley Police Chief Alexander Gammelgard had previously written a public letter to the town’s...

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