Alexandria, Virginia, moves to shut down Flock cameras after council and community backlash

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Alexandria, Virginia, officials announced Tuesday that they will deactivate Flock cameras and have the automated license plate readers completely removed by December.

The city council first began discussing ending its contract with Flock Safety last month, with some council members objecting to having Flock or any similar technology in the city. Several other northern Virginia communities had already paused or canceled their contracts with the company at that time.

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