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Flock Off: Five Arizona Cities Drop Contracts, Pinal County Declines Renewal; Four More Restrict Use Or Investigate Misuse

August 14, 2026 1:57 pmAugust 14, 2026 1:57 pm

Arizona’s retreat from Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader network has spread to five cities and Pinal County, while four other municipal police departments have suspended the system, restricted data sharing, tightened search controls or opened investigations into alleged misuse....

Chandler, AZ Ends Flock License Plate Reader Program After Audit Flags Potential Police Misuse

August 12, 2026 10:52 amAugust 12, 2026 10:52 am

The City of Chandler, Arizona, is ending its use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers after a routine audit uncovered potential misuse of the system by someone within the Chandler Police Department. The city announced Friday that it will...

AZ Tribal Nation Deploys Police to Stop Unauthorized Border Wall Work on Reservation

August 11, 2026 12:07 pmAugust 11, 2026 12:21 pm

The Tohono O’odham Nation has posted “No Trespassing” signs and placed tribal law enforcement on alert to turn back unauthorized federal contractors attempting to enter reservation lands for work connected to a planned 62-mile border wall project, escalating an ongoing...

Flock System Alerts Arizona Police To Shooting Before 911 Call Amid Surveillance Backlash

August 8, 2026 5:03 pmAugust 13, 2026 5:03 pm

An Arizona police department credited an automated gunshot-detection system with alerting officers to a weekend shooting before the first 911 call arrived, providing a new public-safety example for Flock Safety as opposition to the company’s surveillance technology grows in Arizona...

Nevada Doctor Charged in $95 Million Medicare Wound Care Fraud Scheme

August 7, 2026 11:29 amAugust 7, 2026 11:30 am

A Henderson physician has been charged in a sprawling $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts applied to elderly patients, including those in hospice care, federal prosecutors announced this week. On Tuesday, a...

Suspected Iranian Hackers Target Water Systems In At Least 12 States After Iran-Linked Arizona Election Portal Attack

August 7, 2026 10:06 amAugust 7, 2026 10:06 am

Federal investigators are examining a wave of cyberattacks that disrupted municipal water operations across at least 12 states, weeks after an Iran-linked group claimed it breached systems associated with a major California water utility and more than a year after...

White House Declassifies 2020 Maricopa County Voter Data Breach

August 6, 2026 1:14 pmAugust 6, 2026 1:14 pm

The White House Government Transparency Task Force released newly declassified FBI and intelligence community records Thursday detailing a significant cybersecurity incident in Arizona’s largest county just days before the 2020 presidential election. https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2085427895527166192 A self-described “hacker or tinkerer” exploited a...