Intelligence & Oversight

51+ min ago   (164+ words) Law Enforcement agencies react to unredacted crime scene photograph release. Big Country News | Providing sensitive unredacted crime scene material for public dissemination is an unwarranted invasion of the victims’ privacy and demonstrates a profound lack of integrity and professionalism. Those…...

42+ min ago   (717+ words) MADISON, Wis. (WAOW) — A state lawmaker is calling for Wisconsin to ban the unchecked use of automated license plate reader cameras by government agencies.Rep. Calvin Callahan, chairman of the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection, said he has serious…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (418+ words) The ACLU of Rhode Island says Flock Safety's public transparency portals show residents the present and nothing else — and that Flock's website is excluded from the Internet Archive, making earlier versions impossible to compare. Rhode Islanders in towns with Flock…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (204+ words) ALEXANDRIA, VA — Want to know where Alexandria’s Flock cameras are? As of September 15, 2026, volunteers had documented 75 license plate readers inside Alexandria, including 73 Flock Safety cameras and two Motorola Solutions cameras. The Alexandria Police Department reports operating 61 cameras. That is not…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (279+ words) The department said hundreds of cameras that were set to be cancelled today will remain online as the city attorney’s office reviews the matter. The department is looking for additional funding to keep them in use. NBC 5’s Shannon Miller…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1147+ words) A social media post about alleged Flock cameras and the police chief's response set off a firestorm that went before the Kemmerer city council Monday. Turns out they are standard surveillance equipment but residents are expressing privacy concerns. A social…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (466+ words) At the end of August, Florida's Department of Transportation ordered the removal of automated license plate readers from state road "rights-of-way." Several Florida counties and cities have since followed suit. The growing popular movement against "Flock cameras" (the most popular…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (563+ words) Are automated license plate reader cameras (also known by the brand name Flock cameras) a threat to a free society or a valuable crime solving tool? That question is a hot button issue across the country right now and last…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (453+ words) UNITED24 Media Moscow’s integration of cutting-edge digital amenities has transformed the Russian capital into one of the world’s most heavily monitored cities, weaponizing urban convenience to enforce an expanding surveillance state, The New York Times reported on September 15. While residents utilize…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (210+ words) Intoxicated By Spycraft | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper Magzter “ I am KGB,” he declared “ I am close to breaking point I need to defect I can supply you with important information.”Fearing that the surprise visitor…...