https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/cities-blinding-flock-cameras-covering-171450977.html
Cities Are Blinding Flock Cameras By Covering Them With Trash Bags
C. da Costa
Thu, May 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM PDT
Black trash bags fluttering over sleek surveillance cameras tell you everything about how “smart city” policing went sideways. In Dayton, Ohio, city workers are literally covering license plate readers with garbage bags because that’s the only way officials can guarantee the devices aren’t secretly feeding data to federal immigration enforcement. This isn’t some Luddite rebellion against technology—it’s what happens when cities discover they signed surveillance contracts that give them less control than a Netflix subscription.
The Accidental Data Pipeline to ICE
Dayton’s surveillance scandal exposes how easily local crime-fighting tools become immigration enforcement networks.
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Dayton isn’t alone in this digital quicksand. Evanston, Illinois terminated its Flock contract, only to discover the company had allegedly reinstalled cameras without permission. The city issued a cease-and-desist letter and covered cameras with trash bags while waiting for Flock to remove them.
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