Key points
- The Arkansas cities of Centerton, Greers Ferry, Searcy, Mayflower, Farmington and Pea Ridge have opted to end their use of Flock Safety cameras.
- Arkansas lawmakers expect discussion about automated license plate readers and possible new regulations to come up in next year’s legislative session.
- Flock has announced new guardrails in response to a growing backlash nationally to the cameras
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The backlash against Flock Safety Cameras in Arkansas has occurred as swiftly as its adoption by police departments throughout the state.
Just a few years after the Atlanta-based company’s sleek, black cameras began appearing in neighborhoods around the state, there’s a rush by some communities to abandon them. Citing privacy concerns or financial and administrative factors, several Arkansas cities are joining a national wave of communities removing the cameras once touted as a needed tool for policing…