Columbia Heights Set to Drop Flock License Plate Cameras After Community Pushback

Columbia Heights City Council to end Flock Safety camera contract

This story comes to you from MPR News through a partnership with Sahan Journal. The city of Columbia Heights will stop using a set of 12 cameras that read license plates, after residents raised privacy concerns. The Columbia Heights City Council voted unanimously Monday night to cancel a contract with Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras. The vote came after a town hall meeting in May, where residents expressed strong opposition to the c…

Columbia Heights set to drop Flock license plate cameras after community pushback

The city council in Columbia Heights is moving to end its use of Flock cameras that track license plates, responding to growing privacy concerns from neighbors.

Columbia Heights City Council to decide on Flock camera removal

MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Will Owen, communications director at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a nonprofit that advocates for stronger privacy laws, about Flock cameras and their security concerns.

Columbia Heights Poised To Remove Flock Cameras

Columbia Heights plans to cancel its Flock Safety contract and remove 12 license‑plate cameras after residents raised privacy and immigration concerns.