Bipartisan backlash grows against Flock license-plate camera network

A bipartisan coalition in the US, from Bernie Sanders to Josh Hawley and Greg Abbott, is pushing back against Flock Safety's automated license-plate-reader network, which runs roughly 120,000 cameras conducting about 2 billion scans monthly. The backlash follows documented abuses, including police using the system to stalk people and track those seeking abortions, plus its use by ICE, prompting over 100 jurisdictions to cancel contracts. This rare cross-partisan resistance reflects growing unease with normalized, persistent vehicle tracking, even as some localities simply switch vendors rather than ending the surveillance.