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An AI-generated fake school threat report spread on social media, prompting the CrimeRadar app to alert users about a possible device at Middlebranch...
New Jersey's Privacy Protection Act establishes statewide limits on how ALPR data may be sold, shared, transferred, or disclosed by government entities.
Grand County has switched all public safety radio traffic to encryption, ending live feeds that apps like CrimeRadar rely on for real-time...
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula announced the city's decision to withhold Flock camera data from ICE, signaling tighter controls on how ALPR surveillance feeds are shared.
Troy's mayor and council have imposed new limits on Flock Safety ALPR cameras, including annual data audits, bans on immigration and protest uses,...
Upstream feed stability is CrimeRadar's top operational risk, stemming directly from law enforcement agencies altering ALPR data sharing practices.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has urged the state Supreme Court to dismiss Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell's petition over sharing...
Apple has expanded a privacy setting in iOS 26.5 that limits carriers to neighborhood-scale location accuracy instead of street-level detail via CSLI...
Kash Patel disclosed that the FBI buys location data from brokers to track US citizens during a Senate hearing, highlighting urgent gaps in data broker laws and warrantless tracking risks for apps handling similar data.
Rising restrictions threaten ALPR vendors like Flock Safety, CrimeRadar's key upstream feed source.
Flock ALPR privacy breach exposed: Network-sharing enabled over 7,000 immigration searches beyond intent, fueling resident demands for camera removal...
Key user complaints on dispatch audio:
Dayton pauses Flock cameras after safeguards lapse exposed excessive data access.
CrimeRadar and NewsBreak are drawing questions in Lanier County for ramping up publication of real-time Tri-County E911 dispatch traffic over the past...
REAL ID driver: CA DMV to upload license data to AAMVA's SPEXS/State-to-State system, including name, DOB, DL#, SSN last 5 digits.
CT's new law tightens ALPR controls amid Flock Safety network concerns:
A bipartisan bill to add guardrails on license plate reader cameras in Colorado is not moving forward at the state capitol, after the main sponsor withdrew.