Wylie votes to shut down Flock license plate cameras over data privacy concerns
The city of Wylie voted to discontinue its use of Flock Safety license plate recognition cameras, citing concerns about resident privacy. The decision makes Wylie one of the few municipalities to actively roll back automated vehicle surveillance infrastructure.
Why this matters: Most cities add surveillance cameras and never look back. Wylie did something different — it actually voted to take them down. Flock cameras log where your car goes, when, and how often. That data gets stored, and it can be requested by other agencies. A city council deciding that tradeoff is not worth it is a real accountability moment. Other towns running Flock systems, which is a lot of them, might want to ask the same question their residents probably never got to answer.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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