We honor the courage of Manuel Teran, known to fellow forest defenders as Tortuguita, who sacrificed all in defense of Weelaunee Forest three years ago today. 🖤 And we give thanks for those who responded to Tortuguita's murder with a wave of fierce direct action. 🏴 crimethinc.com/LivinginanEa...

"The fight in New Orleans is one that every city will eventually face. New Orleans is the laboratory for mass surveillance experiments that eventually may spread to the rest of the country." truthout.org/articles/bat...

New feature on HaveIBeenFlocked.com The list of all agencies searching Flock's national database who also have 287g agreements. haveibeenflocked.com/ice-287g

According to John Brown over at the FBI office in Atlanta, HaveIBeenFlocked.com "poses significant officer safety risk to law enforcement personnel." Surprise, surprise but the FBI doesn't like anyone interrogating what cops do, especially when it comes to their surveillance toys like Flock.

The Huffman Independent School District in Texas contracts with Flock Safety for ALPRs & shares their data directly to the Texas Department of Public Safety. From Nov.: "Texas DPS troopers will have immigration enforcement powers under new agreements with ICE" www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

This bizarre email that Flock Safety sent to its customers in December has made the rounds. What we haven't seen discussed is the odd inclusion of a hyperlink to this story: theoutline.com/post/6131/sn... Garrett's feelings were hurt in 2018 and he holds grudges.

There's a pattern here with police using ALPR systems & data to stalk people. It's easy to do and more common than we know. After countless examples of this, it continues because it cannot actually be prevented. ALPRs are dangerous. ALPRs make us all less safe. thegeorgiagazette.com/featured/for...

"Building up an RTCC would not only be a step backwards, but upend all the progress we’ve made." www.durhamdispatch.com/post/real-ti...

Join us and Healthy and Free Tennessee to learn about how we can use pod-mapping as one tool to improve our personal and community's safety, both in real life and digitally. Please register at tinyurl.com/podmapping101

These tools are more widely used across the South than is probably know. Reach out to us and we can help you confirm if your local police are using Tangles, Webloc, or similar tools.

Please enjoy the latest from @bennjordan.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F4...

Got to talk more about the exploitation at the intersections of marginalization.

"38 companies based in North Carolina receiving contracts from CBP and ICE. These contracts are currently valued at $61.7 million, with a potential to grow to $77.9 million once the work is completed." truthout.org/articles/ami...

RESEARCH UPDATE We're documenting which school districts in the South have contracts with Flock Safety. We will be adding more districts and documentation throughout the year. www.sassisouth.org/flockschools

To Struggle Is to Remember A call to take action and organize events on January 18, Day of the Forest Defender, in memory of Tortuguita, killed by Georgia State Patrolmen on that day in 2023. crimethinc.com/ForestDefend... Together, we can create a world without police or deforestation.

Shameless plug but come build with SASSI in 2026 if you find this concerning

Worth re-upping this video about a similar vulnerability exposed in one of Flock's major competitors, Motorola Solutions. The many problems with Flock are common throughout the industry. Flock isn't the problem, surveillance is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUn...

Surveillance makes everyone less safe. When we consider all of the forms of violence these tools can enable, it is clear that these tools are too powerful for anyone to use, not just police. If we're serious about "public safety" then we need to demand an end to surveillance in our communities.

Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, is oblivious. This man cares more about selling a product than actual community safety or anything that might resemble democracy. Shameless plug but we're starting a session of SASSI School focused on Techno-Fascism in January. Garrett may be discussed.

Join us for our next SASSI School! We will take a deep dive into techno-fascism in order to understand the people, ideas, interests, and ideologies shaping our current political moment and its impact on the South. Email us with any questions and to register: [email protected]

Flock Safety is getting desperate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnB...

Traveling for the holidays? We’ve got your back. Our December advice column offers travel tips galore:

Remarkable that New Orleans has enacted an even worse plan than building a police-run surveillance camera network. The growing pattern of privatizing policing and surveillance systems through non-profits needs to end. www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

If we don't end the use of surveillance technologies, the tools will only become more pervasive and violent. If we argue against a surveillance tool based upon its "accuracy" or suggest implementing oversight models, we're misunderstanding the problem. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

Fusion Centers are a core infrastructure driving the growth of the surveillance industry & apparatus across the US. The recommendation here misunderstands the problem. The issue isn't federal access to Fusion Center data. The problem is the existence of Fusion Centers.

We did it! Hosted another Flock camera community discussion in my rural WA town, and the sheriff came to confirm they won’t be renewing the contract or considering them again. This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.

Did the Houston METRO perform a facial recognition search on a protester on behalf of the Israeli Consulate in Houston? www.sassisouth.org/clearviewhou...

@freddieoconnell.bsky.social quietly tried to push through a program that would massively expand Nashville's surveillance apparatus. Not a great look, especially in this political moment. nashvillebanner.com/2025/12/01/n...

I really wish people learned without having to actually touch the hot stove.

In two separate incidents, both in Kansas, two police officers in different departments, (one of them a chief), were caught using Flock to spy on ex-partners.

If you’re wondering how Flock’s network appeared on our streets in the first place, the answer is more than ironic: In numerous localities Flock simply went ahead without permits and illegally strapped their cameras onto Department of Transportation infrastructure, earning them a ban in two states.

Security camera start-up Flock is estimated to consist of around 80,000 cameras in over 4,000 cities — with its key clients being law enforcement agencies, ranging from major metropolitan forces to small local police units, as well as private entities like retail corporations.

Why do they always try to do the stuff around the holidays? To the #MetroCouncilNash: our concerns about oversight of surveillance programs actually are not allayed by putting it into the hands of a third party. Please do not let this happen. readrichtext.substack.com?utm_source=s...

Durham wants to contract with Peregrine to launch a Real Time Crime Center. Peregrine was founded by a former Palantir executive. If Durham does this, the Durham Police Department will be introducing an infrastructure that will become a predictive policing program. www.wral.com/news/local/d...

This article is copaganda. This article is intended to make us believe that holding police accountable is possible. ALPRs are powerful. It's not safe for anyone to use them. There is no legitimate use of ALPRs. ALPRs make us all less safe. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Atlanta: we want to hear from you! Do you have a recommendations for what the Atlanta Police Department should use instead of “Facial Recognition”?

the assholes at APD are really trying to piss on our heads and tell us it's raining

In developing their facial recognition policy, the Atlanta Police Department thought that using facial recognition "may be too aggressive and create unnecessary concern and backlash." What do we think of the proposed alternatives @atlpresscollective.com

Starting today with @williamcson.bsky.social's @deathpanel.bsky.social episode: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/a...

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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

"The Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation donated $521,761.60 to the town to pay for five years of the Skydio Drone as a First Responder program. The Town Council at its Nov. 12 meeting approved accepting and then spending the donation." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Another cancelled Flock contract! In this press release, Ferndale names that they are looking at other ALPR vendors. The problem isn't Flock. The problem is ALPRs. ALPRs are violent tools. The problem is how much power these tools grant police and corporations. ferndalemi.gov/news/ferndal...

"Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers' data with ICE, officials say" "ICE and another Department of Homeland Security body, Homeland Security Investigations...accounted for nearly 900,000 queries against the database in the year prior to Oct. 1." www.reuters.com/world/democr...

"SAPD’s new mass surveillance system comes as ICE drafted plans to set up a 24/7 social media surveillance team in Santa Ana. Mayor Amezcua in denial." inadvertent.substack.com/p/birds-of-a...

Attention Durham residents: Durham wants to contract with a company named Peregrine to build a Real Time Crime Center. 🧵

Flock Safety Update While organizers won a cancellation of Austin's contract with Flock this year, it looks like Flock might still be active in Austin via the Austin Housing Authority. Flock is listed in the 2025 budget from this 10/17/2024 meeting: www.hacanet.org/wp-content/u...

This week, we’re sharing two segments: A chat with Palestinian writer and assistant professor @hamayel.bsky.social ; Plus a segment of the October 2025 B(A)D News with network participants discussing thinking through resisting the rise of fascism thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...