The surveillance & liberty brief

Crow's Nest tracks license-plate readers, facial recognition, police surveillance and the wider civil-liberties beat, town by town. One free email each weekday morning, every line linked to the reporting it came from.

Wednesday, October 28 — as of 10:40 AM ET
Today's issue

Flock Safety removed six license plate…

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 23 stories · view as email
Top
The pattern
Three police departments investigated, disciplined or charged officers for misusing automated license-plate reader data.
Under the radar
Flock watch
Surveillance & Privacy
Coming Up
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DeadlineDutchess County, New York — Flock Group Inc. must remove all hardware under county demand notice (Mid Hudson News)
Speech & Press
Useful
Atlas of Surveillance(atlasofsurveillance.org)
EFF's searchable record of which surveillance technologies each police department has bought, by city and agency.
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