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The Harrisonburg City Council voted unanimously this week to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety. It will bag the company’s surveillance cameras with trash bags until they are removed and will consider an ordinance that prohibits other similar mass-surveillance entities from entering into contracts with any entities in the city.

Earlier this year, the Charlottesville City Council discontinued its one-year pilot program with Flock Safety after concerns about data protection, potential misuse, and limits on local control. The city had 10 cameras installed in late 2024, including one near the University of Virginia grounds.

In Staunton, some of the city’s Flock Safety ALPR cameras were removed, though not all were taken offline.

The Virginia Department of Transportation operates speed-zone cameras in areas near roadwork and uses vehicle sensors to photograph or videotape vehicles at intersections during red-light violations. They are also used for unmanned speed monitoring in certain areas where speeding is a known problem.

Norfolk’s ALPR network remains operational after a 2026 federal court ruling upheld its constitutionality. Given the campaign against Flock cameras, let’s examine that case, Schmidt v. City of Norfolk.

Judge Mark S. Davis found that Norfolk’s Flock ALPR system does not constitute a “search” under the Fourth Amendment because the cameras take discrete, noncontinuous images at different locations, the system has gaps in coverage, and the data is limited to information visible on public roads.

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