{
  "id": 2114644,
  "title": "Police Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/police-are-hiding-their-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T09:48:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Schneier on Security",
    "slug": "schneier-on-security",
    "url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/police-are-hiding-their-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A usage policy for Flock license plate reader cameras tells police not to talk about the cameras: When cops use Flock to arrest someone in Wapello County, Iowa, they don’t want them to know. A usage policy for the automated license plate reader cameras in the county tells police, in no uncertain terms, to keep them a secret: “DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE,” the policy…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}