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When a single Highland Heights police dispatcher resigned, the department’s Flock Safety search volume did not dip. It collapsed.

If you’re concerned about the rise in Flock license plate tracking cameras that are popping up everywhere, one of the oldest names in online navigation has a new way to help.

The new feature includes location data for a dozen surveillance companies.Credit: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Contributor / Lee Newspapers

Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company’s gunshot-detection microphones detect “just gunshots,” but Flock’s website paints a far broader picture of what other ambient audio also gets picked up.

powered license plate reader cameras will come down at Penn State’s University Park campus after the university declined to renew its contract with Flock Safety. As of publication, no removal date has been announced

Flock’s founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn’t think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that his company has not ended any contracts with its customers over abuse of its products.

Approximately 270 positions are slated for elimination at Flock Safety, representing roughly 18% of the company’s approximately 1,500-person workforce, according to people with direct knowledge of the plans. Departures are expected at the end of October; the company declined to comment, and no public announcement has been made.

Morale at one of the most reviled companies in America appears to be at an all time low.

Surveillance camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce as the company faces ongoing and growing backlash to its license plate readers and people-tracking technology.