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Controversial Flock Cameras to be Removed from South Portland Amid Privacy Concerns and Republican Push to Ban Them Statewide

The council acted after records showed outside agencies made millions of searches of the city’s license plate data, including 1,800 immigration-related queries.

Summary by The Maine Wire
The South Portland City Council voted Thursday to immediately terminate the city’s contract with Flock Safety, a controversial surveillance company best known for its AI-enabled Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras that collect and store information on passing vehicles. [RELATED: Maine Gets Flocked With New Camera Rollout Despite No Citizen Input…] “The problem is with [...] The post Controversial Flock Cameras to be Removed from South …
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The Maine Wire broke the news on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
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