Bulk procurement contract fuels rapid US spread of Flock surveillance cameras

A Wisconsin county official has uncovered a "piggybackable" Master Agreement between a Texas education agency and a purchasing cooperative that lets US cities acquire Flock Safety's AI-enabled license-plate-reader and drone camera network without local bidding or public debate. Investigators warn the system, now fully video-enabled, has already been misused by police to track critics and stalk private individuals, and could later be turned against religious congregations or political dissidents. This documents the rapid, largely unaccountable expansion of persistent automated identification infrastructure across ordinary American communities.