Month: March 2026

February 28, 2026 Serendipity… Blind spot, solar panel — strike! Surveillance lessens Found on Philly Anti-Cap

February 19, 2026 We sabotaged all four traffic cameras at a major intersection in Philadelphia. We opened the panels at the bases of the camera's poles and cut sections of the wires. We also painted over the fronts of the cameras to make it clear to passersby that the cameras were broken. We carried out […]

January 28, 2026 After the city of Rio Rancho launched new technology to crack down on speeders, it didn't take long for vandals to strike. Just this week, two of the city's new speed camera boxes were spray-painted. In years past, speed vans were vandalized with graffiti, and some vans were even set on fire. […]

February 16, 2026 At least two Flock automatic license plate reader cameras were vandalized over the weekend along Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa, with one device cut down and smashed and another removed with parts missing, according to on-scene observations. At Fletcher Parkway and Dallas Street, a camera was found lying in the center median. […]

Between April 1 and Oct. 12 last year, a man in Suffolk, Virginia, allegedly destroyed 13 AI-powered license plate reader cameras built by the surveillance company Flock Safety. He is charged with 13 counts of felony destruction of property, six counts of possessing burglary tools and six counts of petit larceny. An analysis by SAN of […]

February 25, 2026 One lone license-plate reader outside the Tractor Supply on State Highway 173 has turned Bandera into a battleground over surveillance. The Flock Safety camera the city installed there was vandalized and removed, and officials have now slammed the brakes on the rest of the rollout while police sort out what happened. That […]

January 2, 2026 The Menard County Sheriff's Office is investigating after one of their Flock cameras was cut down over the weekend. A burglary and theft were also reported nearby, and the Sheriff's Office is investigating that too. The sheriff's office said their Flock camera was located at the intersection of Illinois Route 29 and […]

January 8, 2026 State police said Thursday that a Flock camera, which is used by police to track vehicles and collect data on drivers, was damaged on South Burnham Highway in Lisbon, also known as Route 169. Troopers responded at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Police did not say who damaged the camera and said […]

October 15, 2025 Vandals have damaged recently installed pole-mounted license plate reader cameras in Springfield and also in Eugene, police said Wednesday, Oct. 15. In Springfield, "three poles were cut down and the cameras damaged." No arrests have been made. Similar technology has been in use elsewhere in the state and across the country for […]