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Asheville Council Votes 5-2 To Rip Out Flock's License-Plate Cameras

The resolution orders immediate hardware removal, cuts staff access to stored data, joining Lansing, Fort Wayne, Santa Barbara and Tempe this month.

  • Asheville's council voted 5 to 2 on August 25 to end Flock's contract.
  • City must remove all Flock hardware and cut staff access to stored data.
  • Lansing, Fort Wayne, Santa Barbara and Tempe dropped Flock contracts this same month.

Why it matters: A camera network answers to whoever holds the database, not to the citizens it watches.

City of Asheville, NC — official council action summary ↗ · Aug 27, 20268/27/26