FlockStats - Flock Camera Destruction Tracker

Oct 4, 2026 (reported)

Anchorage, AK: newly installed Flock camera cut down outside Lowe's

A Flock license plate reader at the South Anchorage Lowe's on Old Seward Highway was severed around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, with a handwritten sign beside the pole reading "Lowe's says Fl__ck you!" Flock said it had begun installing cameras for a private customer in Alaska the week before. Lowe's filed a report; Anchorage police say they have no access to the feed. First incident tracked in Alaska.

1 camera

Oct 3, 2026 (reported)

Norfolk, NE: 2 of 6 highway Flock cameras destroyed

Two of the six Flock cameras Norfolk installed along highways in and out of town, including one on Highway 275, have been vandalized and destroyed since the police division began using the system in June; five remain operating. Roughly 20 residents spoke against the program during September public comment. No arrests were reported.

2 cameras

Oct 2, 2026 (reported)

Morehead, KY: all 8 cameras now vandalized, city left with none working

WKYT reports every one of Morehead's eight Flock cameras has now been vandalized in recent weeks, up from the six logged Sep 9. Council discussed bringing in outside help to decide how to regulate the cameras going forward; no arrests reported. Counts only the 2 additional cameras.

2 cameras

Oct 1, 2026 (reported)

El Paso County, CO: sheriff ends Flock program after cameras cut down

Sheriff Joseph Roybal discontinued the Sheriff's Office Flock Safety program effective immediately after several fixed cameras in unincorporated parts of the county, including near Security-Widefield, were cut down and are under investigation. He also cited expected Colorado legislative changes to how police may use the technology. No count was given, and these may overlap the three Bradley Drive cameras logged Aug 13, so no cameras are added to the known total.

unknown

Oct 1, 2026 (reported)

Lincoln Park, MI: 8 Flock cameras vandalized, council shrouds all 24

Eight of the city's 24 Flock cameras were knocked out of commission in the months before the council voted unanimously (vote reported Sep 28; shutdown confirmed Oct 1) to disable and cover the whole network, citing privacy concerns and the vandalism. Two city commissions will review the program over several months; the city remains under a contract running through Dec 2028.

8 cameras

Sep 30, 2026 (reported)

Kennesaw, GA: 3 Flock cameras destroyed across Cobb County, suspect arrested

James Ramirez, 20, is accused of knocking down Flock cameras at Big Shanty Park, Pine Mountain Road in Kennesaw, and the Liberty Commons entrance on Old Highway 41 in Acworth. Police identified him because one camera captured his white pickup and plate before it was disabled. Charged with interference with government property, criminal damage, and criminal trespass.

3 cameras

Sep 29, 2026

Spartanburg, SC: 2 Flock cameras destroyed at Burton St and East Main St

Spartanburg police were notified around 8 a.m. Tuesday that two Flock cameras had been destroyed, one at 100 Burton Street near a group of small businesses and one at 2400 East Main Street near the Home Depot entrance. No suspects identified.

2 cameras

Sep 27, 2026

Savannah, GA: Forsyth Park cameras spray-painted, wiring cut

Multiple Flock cameras in Forsyth Park had their electrical wiring severed and their lenses covered in bright red spray paint early Sunday morning. Savannah police opened an investigation and identified a person of interest; the number of cameras was not disclosed.

unknown

Sep 28, 2026

Evansville, IN: police count climbs to 14 damaged, destroyed, or stolen cameras

Evansville PD says it has now taken up to 14 reports of Flock cameras damaged, destroyed, or stolen, the latest at Vermont Ave and Allens Lane, where one camera was removed entirely and another had its wires cut. No suspects identified. Counted here as 8 additional cameras beyond the 6 already tracked for the Evansville area.

8 cameras

Sep 27-28, 2026

Wichita, KS: 3 more cameras vandalized overnight, second wave in a month

Wichita police say three Flock cameras were hit between midnight and 1am Sunday, at 3500 S. Seneca, 2300 S. McLean, and 1200 S. McLean — the city's second cluster of camera vandalism in weeks, after the Aug 29 West Kellogg Highway camera and the mass destruction at nearby Derby. No suspects identified; investigation ongoing.

3 cameras

Sep 14-15, 2026

Tahlequah, OK: half the city's cameras vandalized, council then drops Flock entirely

Three of Tahlequah's six Flock cameras were vandalized and removed before city council voted not to renew its contract, leaving the remaining three to come down too. Police Chief Nate King said the system had assisted roughly 500 criminal cases, but "the benefit we were gaining from Flock in small-town Oklahoma wasn't worth the problems it was causing us with public trust." First incident — and first cancellation — tracked in Oklahoma.

3 cameras

Jun-Aug 2026 (arrested Aug 24)

Palm Coast (Flagler County), FL: 7 cameras hit in five separate incidents

Flagler County sheriff's records show five separate attacks on Palm Coast-area Flock cameras between June and mid-August: one shot six times (~$15,000 damage), three more struck and spray-painted in mid-July (~$8,800 to repair), one targeted with a laser pointer, and one pulled down and stashed in a county maintenance garage. Michael Owen Rich, 28, of Ocala, was arrested Aug. 24 on an outstanding warrant; reports describe him as an active voice in the "de-flock" social-media movement.

7 cameras

Sep 26, 2026

Toledo, OH: 6th camera cut down in west Toledo in two months

A Flock camera and solar panel at Dorr Street and Flaire Drive, just west of South Reynolds Road, was found cleanly cut near the ground and hauled off by Saturday evening — at least the 6th Flock camera vandalized in the Toledo area in two months, following the mid-August east Toledo/Oregon wave and the Sep 6 Central Avenue incident already tracked below. Toledo city council has requested a formal audit of the city's Flock program. No suspects identified.

1 camera

Aug 6, 2026 (arrested Aug 13)

Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa camera dismantled, suspect ID'd by Flock's own network

University of Iowa police say Alex Rattenborg, 21, dismantled the top half of a Flock ALPR's pole at 413 N. Clinton Street around 11:12pm and let the camera fall to the ground before driving off, about $1,000 in damage. Investigators identified her using the Flock network itself along with other surveillance footage; she was arrested Aug. 13, admitted to the act, and was charged with third-degree criminal mischief.

1 camera

since Jan 2026 (latest Aug 8)

Ankeny, IA: 4 of the city's 16 cameras tampered with over the year

Ankeny police say four of the city's 16 Flock cameras have been sporadically tampered with since the start of the year: one was covered in tape, another rotated to face away from the roadway, one bent after being struck by a vehicle, and a fourth damaged Aug. 8 in an incident still under investigation. All were repaired in-house; no suspects identified.

unknown

Jul 23, 2026

Pleasant Hill, IA: pole cut in half — first incident tracked in Iowa

A Flock camera pole at Northeast 23rd Avenue and East 47th Street was found cut in half and the camera system destroyed, roughly $7,000 to replace; police called it the first publicly reported Flock destruction in the state. No suspects identified.

1 camera

Jul 2026

Johnston, IA: one camera destroyed, two more damaged by a group of juveniles

Johnston Police Chief Dennis McDaniel says one Flock camera was destroyed and two others were damaged by a group of juveniles during a string of July incidents; criminal mischief charges followed.

3 cameras

Jul 4 & 6, 2026

Wapello County, IA: 4 sheriff's office cameras shot out

One Wapello County Sheriff's Office Flock camera was shot out on the evening of July 4, and three more were shot overnight July 6 — four ALPRs destroyed by gunfire in a single week. The sheriff's office says it's reviewing its Flock policy in response. No suspects identified.

4 cameras

Sep 22, 2026

Warner Robins (Houston County), GA: 4 cameras smashed and burned

Reader-submitted report: four Flock cameras were downed, smashed, and burned near the Feagin Mill Road intersections with Peach Blossom Road and Moody Road.

4 cameras

Aug 11-27, 2026

Duluth, MN: cluster of reader-submitted reports

Six separate reader submissions reported Flock cameras cut down or cut at the base around Duluth on Aug 11, 13, 15, 21, 25, and 27 — each with minimal detail and no specific locations given. Grouped here as a single unverified cluster rather than six confirmed incidents, since the reports could not be individually corroborated and may include duplicate or spam submissions. Duluth's Flock contract lapsed Sep 7 after 5 cameras were stolen and 1 damaged earlier in the summer (already tracked separately below).

unverified

Sep 25-26, 2026 (reported)

Columbia, MO: 2 cameras cut down at Cosmo Park and Scott Boulevard

A Flock camera pole at Cosmo Park's Parkside Drive lot was found sheared off near ground level Friday, and a second unit near Scott Boulevard and the MKT Trail was also taken down. Columbia police say both are being investigated as vandalism and are part of a pattern of cameras cut down around the city; no suspects identified and prosecutors say no related referrals have been received yet.

2 cameras

reported Sep 22, 2026

James City County, VA: 7 cameras spray-painted and dumped in a marsh

Police Chief Mark Jamison says James City County lost seven Flock license-plate readers to vandalism, including units at Veterans Park, after someone covered camera lenses in yellow spray paint and threw at least some of the units into a marsh, disabling equipment that had logged over 180,000 vehicle detections in the prior 30 days. Replacement runs about $1,000 per camera; police note damaging the county-owned units is a Class 6 felony. No suspects identified.

7 cameras

Sep 10-23, 2026 (reported)

Transylvania County, NC: 6 cameras cut down, spray-painted, or stolen

The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office is chasing leads after six Flock cameras were hit around the county: a Lowe's-owned unit on Ecusta Road was found sawed down overnight Sep. 10, and four sheriff's office cameras — along Asheville Highway, Highway 64, Crab Creek Road, and U.S. 76 — were vandalized, with a fifth stolen outright. Investigators are reviewing Lowe's and nearby business surveillance footage. "We're just trying to keep the community safe," said Sheriff Chuck Owenby. No suspects identified.

6 cameras

reported Sep 22-23, 2026 (arrested Sep 22)

Anderson, Woodford & Franklin Counties, KY: pair allegedly shoot and dismantle cameras across three counties

Lawrenceburg police say Jim Thacker, 44, and Jovanna Grobe, 18, destroyed or removed "nearly all" of Anderson County's Flock cameras plus more in neighboring Woodford and Franklin counties — Lawrenceburg's own network alone lost 4 cameras, cut from their bases or shot up with a shotgun (each unit costs $3,000 to replace, police said). The case broke after a tip that a woman fired a shotgun at a Woodford County camera on KY 33; officers traced the vehicle to Pumphouse Road in Lawrenceburg and, with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, arrested the pair with two shotguns and ammunition still in the car. Thacker is charged with first-degree criminal mischief and conspiracy; Grobe faces criminal mischief, complicity, and discharging a firearm across a public road. Investigators say more charges are possible as the multi-county total is still being tallied.

unknown

reported Sep 9-10, 2026

Noble County, IN: vandals cut down 6 camera poles, sheriff pulls the whole system

Noble County Sheriff Max Weber said vandals had repeatedly cut down poles across the department's 90-day Flock trial — six in all — and asked Flock to remove the cameras "for the time being," citing the cost of replacing and insuring them on top of the repeated vandalism. Weber said he still considers the system "an excellent tool in assisting with criminal and traffic investigations," but that repairs, which can take weeks per pole, weren't worth the taxpayer expense; the county had no long-term contract in place. No suspects identified.

6 cameras

Sep 22, 2026

Cedar Rapids, IA: drunk driver snaps a Flock camera pole

Cedar Rapids police say a drunk driver crashed into a Flock camera at Wilson Avenue SW and 6th Street, snapping the pole and leaving tire tracks and a knocked-down bike lane sign at the scene. Police called it an accidental collision rather than deliberate vandalism, distinguishing it from the string of intentional Flock incidents already reported elsewhere in Iowa.

1 camera

found Aug 26, 2026 (reported Sep 23)

West Hartford, CT: camera found vandalized outside a preschool

A Flock camera outside the School for Young Children on Steele Road was found vandalized on Aug. 26, spotted and photographed by a resident; the incident surfaced publicly nearly a month later in a CT Mirror op-ed on Flock's growing footprint across Connecticut. No suspect identified.

1 camera

Aug 15 - Sep 20, 2026 (arrested Sep 20-21)

Montgomery & Clark Counties, KY: serial vandal destroys 17 cameras, caught by the tech he targeted

Robert West, 44, allegedly destroyed or tampered with 8 Flock cameras in Mt. Sterling/Montgomery County since Aug 15 (6 police-owned, 2 Lowe's-owned) before Winchester and Mt. Sterling police say he destroyed 9 more overnight in Clark County on Sep 20 — 17 cameras in all. Investigators used Flock's own ALPR data to match a truck seen on surveillance footage and located it at his home, along with clothing, a backpack, an impact wrench, and a pipe cutter matching the video. When told he'd been identified using Flock cameras, West reportedly said "well, they did their job." Charged with eight counts of first-degree criminal mischief and six counts of obstructing governmental operations in Montgomery County, plus an additional criminal mischief count in Clark County.

17 cameras

Sep 8 & 13, 2026 (reported Sep 21)

Salem, OH: two more cameras cut down and smashed within a week

A Flock camera in the 2900 block of East State Street was found cut down and smashed on Sep 8; five days later a second unit on Cunningham Road, just south of Walmart, was found knocked down with its solar panel smashed, discovered only after a resident posted photos to social media. Salem Police Chief J.T. Panezott said the department is withholding further details due to the active investigation; no suspects identified in either case.

2 cameras

Jul 2026 (charged Sep 16)

Silver Spring Township, PA: teens fire-bomb 5 Flock cameras with fireworks

Investigators say one of four teens climbed utility poles, taped fireworks directly to five Flock cameras, and lit the fuses, causing roughly $15,000 in damage; officers later found partial firework tubes, tape, and scorch marks on the poles. Tyler Brown, Robert Jeter III, Maxamus Kolivras-Cray, and Reese Rizzutto — all 19 — were charged Sept. 16 with reckless burning, possessing explosive material, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment after investigators say the group coordinated the attack over group text and discussed how to mislead police. Preliminary arraignments are set for Sept. 21. First incident tracked in Pennsylvania.

5 cameras

reported Sep 18, 2026

Santa Barbara, CA: cameras stolen and vandalized as city's Flock exit wraps up

Santa Barbara let its 12-camera Flock contract lapse at the end of August in favor of a city-owned Verkada system, but police confirmed this week that not all of the cameras came down intact — an unknown number were stolen or vandalized during the wind-down, now the subject of a separate criminal investigation. The department is withholding the exact count pending that inquiry.

unknown

reported Sep 16, 2026

Location undisclosed: hacker collective dismantles a Flock camera, exposes its internal data

A hacker collective calling itself stegan0gram says it pulled a Flock Safety camera out of the field, dismantled it, and extracted a near-complete copy of its stored data — including an unencrypted "media" partition holding the on-device encryption key Flock said protected footage — before sharing its findings with 404 Media, Distributed Denial of Secrets, and Wired. The group says the single camera captured 50,200 vehicles and generated 1.6 million photos in just 21 days, and that it could pick out details as small as an American-flag patch on a motorcycle saddlebag. Flock called the "unauthorized removal and tampering" illegal; the collective declined to disclose the camera's location, citing retaliation concerns.

1 camera

Aug 28, 2026 (charged Sep 15)

College Station, TX: cameras disabled and draped in American flags

A bystander flagged down officers near Wellborn Road and Greens Prairie Road on Aug 28 after spotting two Flock cameras with their power cables cut and American flags draped over them to block their view, alongside two handmade anti-Flock signs staked into the ground. Detectives traced barcodes and price tags left on the signs and stakes back to a local Lowe's and Office Depot, and Flock's own camera data helped place a suspect's vehicle at the scene; a 19-year-old was arrested Sep 15 and charged with a state-jail felony count of criminal mischief ($750-$2,500 in damage), released on $5,000 bond.

2 cameras

Aug 16 & Sep 2, 2026 (arrest Sep 2)

Okaloosa County, FL: two cameras damaged near Destin, whole network deactivated

Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies found a Flock camera damaged at Airport Road and Main Street in Destin on Aug 16, then a second damaged unit along U.S. 90 near the Walton County line on Sep 2; one suspect was arrested Sep 2 and booked on felony criminal mischief, with a warrant pending against a second person. Sheriff Eric Aden said OCSO deactivated all of its Flock cameras on Sep 1, a move the office called unrelated to the vandalism investigations: "What they are not free to do is destroy someone else's property." First incidents tracked in Okaloosa County.

2 cameras

late Aug & Sep 2026 (reported)

Okeechobee County, FL: two more ALPR cameras destroyed by gunfire

Okeechobee County Sheriff's deputies responded to a criminal mischief complaint after a Flock camera near Northwest 176th Avenue was shot and destroyed in late August; a second county ALPR was reported destroyed by gunfire in mid-September. First incidents tracked in Okeechobee County.

2 cameras

reported Sep 15, 2026

Fairborn (Miami Valley), OH: two cameras hit — one ripped down, one spray-painted

Fairborn police are investigating two separate Flock camera vandalism incidents in the Miami Valley region: a unit mounted in military housing near Riverside was ripped from its pole and left dangling by its wires, while another about ten minutes away on Kauffmann Road was found with "No Flock" painted across the pole. No suspects identified in either case.

2 cameras

reported Sep 13, 2026

Kinderhook (Niverville), NY: farm-adjacent camera pole cut down overnight

A Flock camera mounted along the driveway between the Niverville Fire Department and Golden Harvest Farms in Columbia County was found cut down Saturday morning; farm manager David Grout said an employee spotted the severed pole first, with the camera itself left intact on the ground nearby. Grout said he hadn't even been aware the camera was there until it went up roughly two years earlier. No suspects identified; investigators asked the farm for surveillance footage, but its own cameras didn't cover that angle.

1 camera

Sep 12, 2026

Mount Pleasant, SC: Lowe's-owned camera cut down, second in the city in under a month

A Flock camera and solar panel installed by Lowe's Home Improvement off Mazzy Lane near Mount Pleasant's Towne Centre were found cut from their pole and lying on the ground Saturday morning, discovered by an officer responding to an unrelated call; an employee at a neighboring business said the camera had still been standing two days earlier. Lowe's estimated about $800 in damage. It's the second Flock camera downed in the city in under a month, following an MPPD-owned unit cut down off Highway 41 in late August; no suspects identified in either case.

1 camera

reported Sep 9, 2026

Hubbard, OH: thieves steal 4 of the city's 6 Flock cameras, city pulls the rest and walks away

An unknown thief stole four of Hubbard's six leased Flock cameras over several weeks; with an investigation still open, Police Chief Robert Thompson opted to pull the remaining two rather than risk further losses. The city had already been leaning toward not renewing its contract when it expires in November 2028 and had asked Flock about early termination back in June, which would have cost $35,000 in remaining fees — the thefts made the decision easy. "The need for them wasn't as great as I thought it would be in our community," Thompson said.

4 cameras

Jul-Aug 2026 (reported Aug 30)

Gahanna, OH: fourth Flock camera cut down in six weeks

Gahanna police found a Flock camera pole cut in half and the camera missing at Cherry Bottom Road and Morse Road on Aug 30 around 4:15pm — the fourth camera vandalized in the city in six weeks, following earlier incidents near Agler Road & Penny Lane, Mill Street & Granville Street, and North Stygler Road & Ridenour Road (Aug 14, pole cut with a tool, over $1,000 in damage). No suspects identified in any of the four cases.

4 cameras

Sep 9, 2026

Morehead, KY: 6 of the city's 8 Flock cameras destroyed overnight

Vandals clipped wires and shattered the screens on six of Morehead's eight leased Flock cameras Tuesday night; none of the units captured the perpetrator's plate. Cameras on school property and a private security camera at a nearby Lowe's were separately hit but aren't counted in this total. Mayor Laura White-Brown said the cameras have helped recover $83,000+ in stolen property and locate two missing people and seven stolen vehicles since installation; an August department audit found no misuse. No suspects identified.

6 cameras

Jul 19, 2026 (charged Jul 22)

Grand Junction, CO: two ALPR cameras shot with a rifle during a drunken drive

Eric Lazorishak, 30, allegedly shot up a Grand Junction PD Flock camera at the Comfort Inn on Horizon Drive and a Mesa County Sheriff's Office camera in the Redlands with his grandfather's .22-caliber rifle late one Sunday night; a private security camera at a nearby Lowe's was also hit but isn't counted here. Investigators tracked his pickup truck using cameras he hadn't already shot; he admitted to drinking earlier in the day. Charged with six counts of reckless endangerment, two counts of criminal mischief, four counts of disorderly conduct, three counts of prohibited use of a weapon, and felony menacing.

2 cameras

Aug 25, 2026 (charged Sep 2)

Derby, KS: vandal destroys or damages 10 of the city's 16 Flock cameras in one night

Ten of Derby's 16 Flock cameras — including some operated by a neighborhood HOA — were found damaged or destroyed the evening of Aug 25, over $20,000 in equipment; police told the city council it left more than half the south Wichita suburb's network unusable. Zachary Miller, 31, of Derby was taken into custody that night and charged Sep 2 with two felony counts of criminal damage to property valued between $1,000 and $25,000.

10 cameras

Aug 29, 2026

Wichita, KS: camera sawed down on West Kellogg Highway — first incident tracked in Kansas

Reader-submitted report: a Flock camera on the south side of West Kellogg Highway near the Maize Road exit was sawed down.

1 camera

Sep 2, 2026 (arrest Sep 4)

East Cobb (Cobb County), GA: cameras torched, suspect caught by his own plate

A Flock camera at East Cobb Park was set ablaze and two more near a Home Depot roughly two miles away caught fire, while a fourth at the same site was found riddled with bullet holes — four cameras in all, Tuesday night. Investigators say ALPR footage captured the suspect's own license plate as he fled; Colby Williams was arrested two days later and charged with four counts of second-degree criminal damage to property, four counts of third-degree arson, reckless conduct, and interference with government property. Police say Williams had also left "deflock" stickers with QR codes linking to a camera-mapping site.

4 cameras

reported Sep 8, 2026

Cobb County, GA: Oregon Park cameras spray-painted, Due West Elementary unit stolen

Separately from the East Cobb arson, two more Flock cameras at Oregon Park had their lenses covered in black spray paint, and a camera pole was ripped out and hauled away outright from Due West Elementary School. Niccomedo Annan, one of three suspects police have identified, was arrested and released on bond facing nine charges in the Oregon Park case; two more suspects remain unidentified.

3 cameras

Sep 8, 2026

Bolivar (Tuscarawas County), OH: camera cut down, solar panel dumped in a pond

A Flock license plate reader on State Route 212, between the I-77 northbound exit ramp and the Tuscarawas River just east of Bolivar, was found cut down Sunday around 12:45pm; its solar panel was discovered submerged just beneath the surface of a nearby pond. Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating; no suspects identified.

1 camera

Sep 5-7, 2026

Brookland (Craighead County), AR: four cameras shot and destroyed — first incident tracked in Arkansas

Four of Brookland's 14 Flock cameras were found destroyed over the weekend: the Hayes Street unit was missing outright, later found dumped near Matthews St. & County Road 937 showing gunfire damage; a camera at School St. & County Road 937 was shot and badly damaged; one at County Road 928 & 937 was "obliterated" by gunfire though its pole remained standing; and an Eason Street unit was torn down with apparent gunshot damage. Police Chief Jon Moore confirmed evidence of gunfire at the scenes; the case remains under investigation with no suspects identified.

4 cameras

Aug 7, 2026 (reported Sep 7)

Highland Park (Lake County), IL: camera stolen near Fidelity Investments

A Flock camera at Lake Cook Road & Skokie Valley Road — one of at least five in the immediate area — was discovered missing Aug. 7; its last captured image was 9:54pm the night of Jul. 31. Police entered it into a law-enforcement database as stolen and issued a regional alert to Chicago-area agencies; no suspects identified. Believed to be the only Flock camera stolen or damaged in Highland Park in the past year.

1 camera

Sep 8, 2026

Brandermill (Chesterfield County), VA: camera removed outside Clover Hill High School

Reader-submitted report: a Flock camera outside Clover Hill High School in the Brandermill area was found completely gone — only the pole and solar panel remained.

1 camera

Sep 6, 2026

Toledo, OH: another camera knocked over on Central Ave

Toledo police found a Flock camera on the north side of Central Avenue near Auburn pushed to the ground just before 2 a.m. Sunday. It's the latest in a monthslong wave hitting the city, following the Aug. 15-17 weekend spree already tracked on this page.

1 camera

Sep 2-3, 2026

Livingston County, MI: sheriff pulls all ~25 cameras offline after repeated vandalism

Sheriff Michael Murphy took the county's entire fleet of roughly 25 Flock license plate readers offline after six were repeatedly vandalized — some cut down, others beaten with what looked like a baseball bat — causing about $5,000 in damage so far. Murphy, who credits the system with helping solve homicides and recover about 250 stolen cars, said the removal is temporary; the cameras will go back up once the department has a plan to protect them from vandalism, with no set timeline but a hope to have them reinstalled by year's end.

6 cameras

Sep 5, 2026

Omaha / Elkhorn, NE: two cameras hit on Kansas Ave — first incident tracked in Nebraska

Reader-submitted report: two Flock cameras in the Elkhorn area of Omaha were damaged the same day — at 205th & Kansas, wires were cut and the camera pulled down; at 208th & Kansas, wires were cut and the solar panel destroyed.

2 cameras

Sep 2, 2026

Rio Rancho / Bernalillo County, NM: serial vandal returns 10 dismantled cameras to the sheriff — first incident tracked in New Mexico

Jevon Martinez, 44, livestreamed himself removing ten Flock camera setups — poles, solar panels and all, worth roughly $16,500 — then drove them in his pickup bed past Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office headquarters three times before deputies stopped him and took him into custody. Martinez said he wanted to "return" the cameras as a political statement after Bernalillo County ended its Flock contract; he was charged with attempted larceny over $2,500 and interference with communications. It's his second run-in over Flock hardware this year — Rio Rancho police say he cut down three more cameras and stole their solar panels back in May, causing roughly $20,000 in damage and drawing nine felony counts when he was arrested in July.

10 cameras

Aug 21, 2026 (arrest Aug 31)

Augusta (Richmond County), GA: truck driver caught on the cameras he cut down

Two Flock cameras leased by Keystone Homes near Pine Ridge Road North and Forest Road were cut from their bases with their solar panels smashed around 1:23 a.m. on Aug. 21 — but one of the cameras photographed the getaway truck's plate on the way out, a maroon 2012 Chevrolet Silverado. Deputies traced it to Joseph Scott Dillard, 31, of Augusta, and arrested him Aug. 31 at a Gordon Highway muffler shop after he fled into the attic; Dillard said he'd been using methamphetamine and drinking and didn't recall taking the cameras. He faces a second-degree criminal damage to property charge.

2 cameras

Sep 3, 2026

Allendale (GVSU), MI: camera vandalized, falls and catches fire

A Flock camera on Grand Valley State University's main campus along Lake Michigan Drive was vandalized before dawn, causing it to fall and catch fire; GVSU police say it's unclear whether the fire was set or accidental. It's one of only two Flock cameras GVSU operates, and comes as Ottawa County Sheriff Eric DeBoer investigates at least six other pieces of the office's surveillance equipment damaged countywide, following the Holland camera destruction disclosed earlier on this page.

1 camera

Aug 25-28, 2026

Southold, NY: three more cameras cut and cracked

Two Flock cameras on Sound Avenue near Aldrich Lane in Laurel were found Aug. 25 with cut wires and cracked lenses — one had flagged a stolen or suspended plate the day before — and a third on Carroll Avenue in Peconic was damaged the same way; a fourth camera in Greenport was found repositioned away from the road Aug. 28 but undamaged. Officials say it brings tampered readers over the past two months to at least five, on top of the July spree already tracked on this page.

3 cameras

Aug 2026 (reported)

Kearney, MO: two cameras hit in two weeks amid privacy debate

A Flock camera pole at 19th Street and Nation Road was found cleanly cut through, the camera left on the ground; about a week later a second camera was stolen outright from Jesse James Park, its wires left dangling. The city said it would replace the equipment and warned that anyone caught cutting a camera down could face felony property-damage charges, as debate grows over the city's 14-camera network.

2 cameras

Aug 2026 (council vote Aug 25)

Dayton, MN: cameras damaged, council suspends entire ALPR program

After several of the city's Flock cameras were found damaged between Aug 18-20, Dayton took its network offline; the city council then voted 5-0 to suspend all automated license plate reader use, Flock included, through Dec. 31, 2027, following an Aug 18 public meeting where residents raised privacy concerns. Part of a broader Minnesota retreat that also includes Champlin, Isanti County, Sherburne County, and St. Paul stepping back from Flock.

unknown

Aug 21, 2026 (arrest Sep 3)

Highland, CA: ALPR spree ends when license-plate data IDs the suspect

San Bernardino County deputies found multiple automated license plate reader cameras cut down and damaged around Highland on Aug 21. Investigators used ALPR data to identify the suspect's vehicle, matched it with video from several scenes, and served a search warrant that turned up further evidence; a 41-year-old Highland man was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and held on $30,000 bail — deputies called it a first for the county.

unknown

Jul-Aug 2026 (reported Sep 3)

St. Louis region, MO: Maplewood, Clayton & Hazelwood cameras hit

Beyond the already-reported De Soto damage, Maplewood officers found one of their five Flock cameras cut down at Big Bend Boulevard and Gayola Place in July, four of neighboring Clayton's cameras were vandalized over the summer, and a camera in Hazelwood was found cut down in late August. St. Louis County police said they're reviewing camera policy in response, with one lieutenant noting "it's happening across the country."

6 cameras

Aug 2026 (reported Sep 1)

Champlin, MN: vandals hit two camera sites, city pulls its entire fleet

Champlin took every one of its Flock license plate readers offline after vandals struck equipment at two camera locations, city officials confirmed in a Facebook post. The city is now operating zero Flock cameras while staff compile formal answers to resident questions on installation dates, data collection, retention, and program cost, due in the Sept. 14 city council packet. Part of a broader Minnesota retreat that also includes Sherburne and Isanti counties stepping away from their own Flock trials.

2 cameras

reported Aug 7, 2026

Isanti County, MN: 2 of 8 camera poles cut down, sheriff ends trial

Two of the Isanti County Sheriff's Office's eight Flock camera poles were cut down during the department's trial period. Sheriff Wayne Seiberlich ended the trial by the end of August — saying the vandalism "is in no way a political victory" but citing the $3,000-per-camera cost against other budget priorities as the deciding factor — after the cameras had helped solve an arson case and locate a missing person during the trial.

2 cameras

Aug 3, 2026 (reported)

Burnet County, TX: task force pulls every fixed camera after vandalism

The Heart of Texas Auto Theft Task Force removed all fixed Flock license plate readers it operated in Burnet County after vandals disabled two of them in separate incidents — one struck with a blunt object with its battery smashed and cables cut, the other had its mounting brackets and power cables cut. The task force, funded through Texas DMV grants, covers 4,702 square miles across Burnet, Coryell, McLennan, and Williamson counties; Flock cameras run separately by municipal police in the Highland Lakes area were unaffected. Criminal investigations are open in both cases with no suspects identified, and the removal follows residents demanding the county terminate its Flock contract entirely at an earlier commissioners court meeting.

2 cameras

Jul 2026 (reported Jul 8)

New Bern, NC: brand-new camera cut down, suspects dubbed "Batman and Robin"

Two men were caught on camera cutting down a Flock license plate reader in New Bern just days after it was installed. When police asked the public for tips identifying them, the tip line instead filled with joke submissions naming the suspects "Batman and Robin" and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto," turning the pair into local social-media celebrities. No arrests reported as of the story.

1 camera

reported Aug 24, 2026

Quad Cities, IA/IL: at least 10 ALPRs hit — Iowa's first entry

At least 10 Flock Safety license plate readers have been vandalized across the Quad Cities metro straddling the Iowa-Illinois border — Davenport and Bettendorf, IA plus Moline and Rock Island, IL — area police departments say, as the national anti-surveillance backlash reaches the region. First incidents tracked in Iowa.

10 cameras

Aug 10, 2026

Durant, IA: pole cut down at I-80 exit

Reader-submitted report: a Flock camera pole at the Durant exit off I-80 was cut down. The camera was reinstalled over Labor Day weekend.

1 camera

Aug 2026 (reported)

Lumpkin County, GA: camera destroyed near Yahoola Creek Park, sheriff offers $1,000 reward

A Flock camera monitoring the entrance to Yahoola Creek Park — installed partly to alert deputies when registered sex offenders entered the grounds — was destroyed. Sheriff Stacy Jarrard offered a $1,000 reward for information and said the unit will be replaced with a model that also records video, but his own social-media defense of the cameras drew 17,000+ mostly critical comments over surveillance concerns, part of a wider Georgia reckoning after misuse cases surfaced involving Albany, Coweta County, and Habersham County deputies.

1 camera

2026 (reported Sep 1)

Decatur, GA: multiple incidents citywide

Police Chief Scott Richards told city leaders the department has dealt with several separate Flock incidents — a pole cut down with a camera on it, cameras spray-painted, units turned away from roadways, and cameras stolen from their mounts.

unknown

2026 (reported Sep 1)

Barrow County, GA: camera damaged, arrest made

Barrow County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Andrew Lyle Morrison in connection with the vandalism of a Flock camera.

1 camera

Aug 27, 2026 (reported Aug 29)

Temecula, CA: camera cut down and stolen

Riverside County sheriff's deputies arrested Andrew Anderson, 18, after a Flock camera was allegedly cut down and loaded into a vehicle in Temecula. Charged with grand theft and felony vandalism — the second Riverside County Flock-camera arrest in a single week, days after a Palm Desert man was accused of slashing a contractor's tires and threatening him with a knife over a replacement unit. Comes amid heightened scrutiny of Flock in Southern California following a Ventura County audit that found the company had inadvertently shared county data with out-of-state and federal agencies.

1 camera

Jun-Aug 2026 (reported Aug 28)

Covington, WA: fireworks and pellet guns take out most of the city's cameras

Covington Police say most of the city's 8 Flock license plate readers have been damaged over the past two months, some more than once, as online anti-surveillance campaigns spread — vandals have attached fireworks and detonated them, cut poles down, and shot at units with a pellet gun. A group of teenagers, ages 14 to 17, was arrested last month over one camera; several other cases remain under investigation. Repairs run about $2,000 per unit against a roughly $1,000 replacement cost. First incident tracked in Washington state.

unknown

Aug 2026 (reported Aug 28)

Yakima, WA: camera cut down

A Flock camera was cut down; police said repairing or replacing it would cost about $2,000. Reported amid a wider "Deflock" social-media campaign encouraging Washingtonians to disable or destroy ALPRs.

1 camera

2026 (reported Aug 28)

Ellensburg, WA: several cameras damaged

Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said a man was arrested for damaging several Flock cameras; authorities have since deployed decoy cameras alongside additional surveillance to protect the real units.

unknown

Aug 2026 (reported Aug 26)

Cave Creek, AZ: camera stolen, town pulls the plug entirely

A Flock camera was stolen from the intersection of 32nd Street and Carefree Highway. The theft, layered on top of privacy concerns and reports of officer misuse elsewhere in Arizona, pushed the town to terminate its Flock Safety contract effective immediately and have public works crews pull every remaining camera for safekeeping — the ninth Arizona city or town to drop or restrict Flock in the past year.

1 camera

Jun-Aug 2026 (reported Aug 28)

St. Cloud, MN: ALPR pole sawed off, second camera struck

Since June, public frustration over automated license plate readers in St. Cloud and neighboring Sartell has spilled into vandalism: one Axon-brand ALPR had its mounting pole sawed off, and a second was struck with an object. Bradley Allen Smith was charged — only the second person in Minnesota accused of vandalizing an ALPR camera — with damage estimated at $3,525. A newly formed group, Communities Against Mass Surveillance, is pushing both cities to end their camera contracts entirely.

2 cameras

Aug 15 / Aug 26-27, 2026

Edgemoor (Chester County), SC: hammered until battery pack exploded

Three 19-year-olds — Blaze Fuller, Samuel Carlisle, and James Ryerson — allegedly sawed down a Flock camera pole on Harmony Church Road, then beat the camera with a hammer until its battery pack exploded and caught fire; a nearby resident said it "could've caught fire and burned if it wasn't for the rain." Damage estimated at over $5,000. All three charged with criminal conspiracy and destruction of property; released on bail.

1 camera

Aug 20-21, 2026

Savannah, GA: HOA cameras cut down with a saw

Two Flock cameras installed by the Sweetwater Station HOA at the neighborhood entrance on Clubhouse Drive were severed with a saw overnight — last confirmed operating at 8:45pm Aug 20, found down around 6:50am Aug 21. The HOA director suggested the vandalism may be tied to a social-media dispute with a resident opposed to the cameras. No suspects identified; Savannah PD investigating.

2 cameras

Aug 25, 2026

De Soto (Jefferson County), MO: solar panel and pole struck

A Flock camera near the De Soto Athletic Complex had its solar panel and pole struck repeatedly with unidentified projectiles overnight. Police repaired the unit and it's back online. No suspect identified; department seeking public tips.

1 camera

Aug 25, 2026

Palm Desert (Riverside County), CA: contractor threatened with a knife

A contractor installing a replacement ALPR camera in the 73000 block of Fred Waring Drive — after an earlier unit at the same spot had already been vandalized — was confronted by Nathan Ceballos, 31, who allegedly slashed all four tires on the contractor's utility vehicle, damaged the new camera, and threatened to stab him. Deputies arrested Ceballos and, while searching his home, found what investigators described as sexually intrusive videos of teenage girls recorded in public and private spaces. Charged with assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, and multiple counts of felony vandalism.

1 camera

Aug 2026 (reported Aug 27)

Silver Spring & Bethesda (Montgomery County), MD: 5 LPRs vandalized

Five county-police license plate reader cameras vandalized this month — three in Silver Spring, two in Bethesda. Montgomery County Police don't have a direct Flock Safety contract, though at least 24 Flock cameras operate countywide through other agencies. Four of the five have already been repaired; police haven't determined a motive but are looking at the national wave of anti-surveillance-camera vandalism as one possibility. Comes amid a 16.8% year-over-year rise in auto thefts driving heavier reliance on the cameras.

5 cameras

Aug 25, 2026 (reported)

Oakland County (Orion, Commerce & Independence Townships) and Rochester Hills, MI: countywide wave

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office is investigating at least 8 vandalism incidents hitting at least 6 Flock cameras across Orion Township, Commerce Township, Independence Township, and Pontiac, plus a device stolen outright in Rochester Hills; two more cameras damaged in neighboring Novi were previously reported on this page. Metodija Lazoroski was arrested in connection with the Commerce Township incident. Comes as Clawson, Ferndale, Sumpter Township, and Milford, MI have all separately cancelled their Flock contracts over data-access concerns in the past year.

unknown

Aug 10-26, 2026

Columbia County (Evans), GA: 4 ALPRs damaged, teen arrested

Two Genetec license plate readers were damaged Aug. 10 near Pollard's Corner in Appling; investigating deputies then found a damaged Flock reader on North Tubman Road, and later a second damaged Flock camera near Savannah Rapids Pavilion, where deputies spotted a matching suspicious vehicle. Joshua L. Osborne, 18, of Evans was arrested and charged with felony criminal damage to property, felony theft by taking, possession of burglary tools, and interference with government property; held without bond.

4 cameras

Jul 4-6, 2026

Pageland (Chesterfield County), SC: two poles cut down

Two Flock camera poles were intentionally cut down over the Fourth of July weekend, part of a set of 10 cameras the town bought in June for $3,000 each. Police credited the cameras with helping solve a homicide and locate stolen vehicles, and asked the public for help identifying the culprit; no suspect identified as of the report.

2 cameras

Aug 14, 2026

Glendale Heights, Bloomingdale & unincorporated DuPage County, IL: spray-painted, cut down, stolen

Hayden Green, 19, of Glendale Heights allegedly spray-painted, cut wires on, and stole multiple Flock license plate readers across Glendale Heights, unincorporated DuPage County, and Bloomingdale between midnight and 2am, and separately damaged a pole-mounted speed radar unit near Reskin Elementary School. Charged with three counts of theft of government property and three counts of criminal damage to government-supported property; arrested Aug 20 on a warrant, then released under the SAFE-T Act. Investigators found notebook writings reading "they will fear me." A separate, unrelated DuPage County case from Jul 28 (three men, 5 cameras) remains open.

6 cameras

Jul 29, 2026

Troy, NY: caught with a saw

Vincent P. Harrington, 25, was found by police carrying a saw near 126th Street and 2nd Avenue around 1:30am, believed to have just cut down a Flock camera there; it followed three other Troy cameras vandalized the preceding week. Charged with second-degree criminal mischief and attempted second-degree criminal mischief; arraigned and released. Mayor Carmella Mantello said those responsible are "attempting to undermine a tool that helps keep our neighborhoods safe."

4 cameras

Jul 29 / Aug 25, 2026

Holland (Ottawa County), MI: camera destroyed

Jerod Allen Folkert, 19, of Holland was arraigned on one count of malicious destruction of police property after allegedly destroying a Flock camera on the city's north side on Jul 29, causing $1,500-$2,000 in damage; released on $5,000 bond. The case became public when it was disclosed at an Ottawa County board meeting Aug 25, where Sheriff Eric DeBoer defended the camera program and the board scheduled a dedicated workshop on the issue for the coming weeks.

1 camera

Jul 24 / Aug 13, 2026

Champaign, IL: University of Illinois campus cameras spray-painted

Mitchell Bryant, 26, a University of Illinois PhD candidate, allegedly covered the lenses of two Flock cameras with yellow spray paint — one in the 1000 block of West Green Street, another at Wright Street and Springfield Avenue. Arrested and charged with criminal damage to government-supported property, a Class 3 felony; preliminary hearing set for Sept 24. Part of a local "Stop Flock" campaign opposing the city's 66-camera, $1.15 million Flock contract.

2 cameras

Jul 8 / Aug 13, 2026

Brick Township, NJ: cut down at gas station

A Brick Township PD Flock camera at 181 Drum Point Road, near an Exxon station, was intentionally cut down. After a "lengthy investigation," the department's Detective Bureau arrested Andrew Wardell, 31, of Brick Township on Aug 13, charging him with fourth-degree criminal mischief; he was released on a summons. The case drew national attention after commenters praised Wardell online, coming the same week three Georgia deputies were arrested for using Flock searches to stalk people they were dating.

1 camera

Aug 24, 2026

Kanarraville (Iron County), UT: Sawzall and sledgehammer

Two men, 18 and 19, allegedly cut a Flock ALPR camera from its base with a Sawzall on S. Main Street, severed its wires, then struck it and its solar panel repeatedly with what appeared to be a large hammer. Deputies stopped their vehicle for speeding and found the tools plus black trash bags allegedly used to conceal the pair during the act; one suspect admitted he "got the idea after watching 'de-flock America' videos on social media." Both booked into Iron County Jail on suspicion of criminal mischief and obstruction of justice.

1 camera

Aug 21-24, 2026

Mount Pleasant, SC: pole severed near Charleston-Berkeley line

A Flock ALPR pole off Highway 41 near the Charleston-Berkeley County line was found crudely severed several inches off the ground, its cables cut, the camera left propped against a nearby guardrail. Mount Pleasant PD runs 22 Flock cameras (18 fixed, 4 mobile) as part of a tri-county network of 183+ ALPRs; damage estimated around $1,000. No suspect identified and the case was administratively closed with no leads. Comes a day after a Colleton County deputy was fired for making over 2,700 unauthorized Flock searches.

1 camera

Jun 13 / Aug 20, 2026

Union Township (Clermont County), OH: grand jury refuses to indict

Cody Morelock allegedly removed the bolts on a Flock ALPR pole, toppled it, and destroyed the camera and its solar panel on Jun 13. Investigators identified him through nearby camera footage plus credit-card and loyalty-account records, and he was charged with a felony. A Clermont County grand jury declined to indict him (reported Aug 20) and all charges were dismissed — a rare outcome that commentators say reflects just how unpopular Flock has become across the political spectrum.

1 camera

Jul 23 - Aug 20, 2026

Oviedo, FL: real cameras stolen, then a police decoy destroyed

Several Flock cameras were stolen from the Lockwood Boulevard corridor between Jul 23 and Aug 3 (exact count undisclosed). Police responded by installing a non-functional ~$800 decoy camera at Lockwood Blvd & Arrowroot Place; Evan Meyer, 24, allegedly cut it down with pruning shears at 12:57am Aug 20, telling investigators he believed it was a genuine unit worth $1,000-$5,000. Charged with grand theft, criminal mischief, and damaging electronic equipment.

unknown

Aug 6-20, 2026

Summit County, CO: 8 cameras cut down

A wave of vandalism hit the county's 30-camera ALPR network: four cameras cut down and one repositioned away from the road during the week of Aug 6, then two more cut down Aug 15 (Colorado Highway 9 near Frisco/Breckenridge, Barton Road) and two more Aug 18-20 (Ryan Gulch Road near Wildernest, Cove Blvd at Summit Cove entrance). Sheriff's office says all cases are under investigation as potential felony vandalism. Comes after a 740+ signature petition opposing the county's Flock contracts; a community forum is set for Sept 10.

8 cameras

Aug 16, 2026

Luray/Page County, VA: cameras torched, shootout with deputy

A New York man allegedly set two Flock cameras on fire — one near the Page Co-Op, another at Route 340 & Mechanic St — then a Page County deputy caught him vandalizing a third camera at Route 211 & Dry Run Rd. He fled, leading deputies on a pursuit to Rocky Branch, got out of his car, and opened fire with a rifle; multiple rounds struck a cruiser but no officers were hurt. He later called 911 to surrender. Charged with attempted murder, use of a firearm in a felony, and damage to critical infrastructure.

3 cameras

Aug 18, 2026

Lenoir County, NC: camera shot

A Flock license plate reader on Highway 58 outside Kinston, part of the county's 16-camera network, was shot multiple times, leaving visible bullet damage. Sheriff Jackie Rogers said investigators had been tracking damage to the network "for months" and warned offenders would face charges.

1 camera

Aug 15-19, 2026

Louisville, KY: shot at, 5 more found damaged

Christopher Embry, 35, allegedly fired a gun at a Flock camera in Riverview Park, endangering two Jefferson County sheriff's deputies patrolling nearby. A search of his home turned up five more damaged Flock cameras plus solar-panel components (~$4,850 in damage). Arrested Aug 19 and charged with first-degree criminal mischief, first-degree wanton endangerment, trespassing, and discharging a firearm across a public road; pleaded not guilty.

5 cameras

Aug 17-18, 2026

Travelers Rest, SC: camera dismantled and stolen

A Flock camera pole on North Poinsett Highway was dismantled overnight and the camera itself taken. The city runs 7 Flock cameras total; no suspects identified as of the report.

1 camera

Jul 13 - Aug 20, 2026

Allen County & Fort Wayne, IN: spray-painted

An Allen County Sheriff's Office camera on Coldwater Road (north of Union Chapel Rd) was spray-painted blue with an anti-Flock sign quoting Benjamin Franklin left in front of it. A second camera northwest of downtown Fort Wayne — one of the city's 36 — was separately vandalized. No arrests; Assistant Chief Ryan Spangler said the damage "causes further delays" in investigations.

2 cameras

Aug 18-19, 2026

Adams & Wells County, IN: shot, burned, cut down

Five ALPR cameras destroyed across two counties in a single week — two in Adams County (solar panel shot, components burned, pole cut down), one in Berne on State Road 218 (cut down), and two more in Wells County. The story drew over 3,500 Facebook comments, many supportive of the vandalism. No arrests; potential felony criminal recklessness charges over the firearm use.

5 cameras

Jun-Aug 2026 (reported Aug 21)

Evansville area, IN: 6 cameras hit since June

Vandals have hit six Flock cameras across the greater Evansville area since June, per the Courier & Press — including one on I-69 in Gibson County, cut from its base and found lying on the ground near the Haubstadt-Lynnville exit north of the city. Vanderburgh County's sheriff also reported losses as online "de-Flock" campaigns spread.

6 cameras

Aug 17, 2026

Douglas, MA: run over by vehicle

A Flock camera on Gilboa Street was knocked roughly 20 feet from its base, pole "flattened to the point of it being adjacent to the ground," solar panel shattered. Tire impressions found 30 feet away point to an intentional hit-and-run. Camera went offline around 9pm; no suspects identified. Town maintains eight Flock cameras total.

1 camera

Aug 1, 2026

Winona, MN: ALL cameras gone

All 8 Flock cameras sawed from poles and stolen overnight in what police called a "coordinated theft." Two additional cameras on the Mississippi River Bridge also taken. Poles found thrown in nearby weeds. No suspects. Total loss ~$24,000.

10 cameras

Aug 15-17, 2026

Toledo & Oregon, OH: weekend spree

Five Flock cameras cut down or damaged in one weekend across two cities — three in Toledo (I-280 & Starr Ave, Burger & Seaman, 100 block of Burger St), following an earlier camera destroyed near Dorr & Joyce, plus two more in neighboring Oregon, OH. Poles were cut, lenses spray-painted black, wiring severed, and one camera was thrown into Hecklinger Pond Park water. No suspects identified; police say charges would be a fifth-degree felony.

5 cameras

Aug 13, 2026

Irmo, SC: sealed with spray foam

At least two Flock cameras had their lenses spray-coated with foam sealant, days after the town council approved a $400,000+ contract for 22 additional cameras.

2 cameras

Aug 14, 2026

North Canton, OH: cut with reciprocating saw

A Flock camera pole on Applegrove Street NW was cut about three to four feet off the ground with a reciprocating saw. No suspects identified. Part of a wider Ohio wave also hitting Toledo, Hamilton, Parma, Clermont County, and Lorain County.

1 camera

Aug 11, 2026

St. Petersburg, FL: spray painted

A camera overlooking the Snell Isle Bridge was vandalized with gold spray paint. The police chief publicly defended the surveillance system afterward.

1 camera

Aug 8, 2026

Apache Junction, AZ: tilted with truck

A camera was tilted skyward using a pickup truck bed. Ed Kahle was arrested and charged with felony criminal damage.

1 camera

Aug 6, 2026

Edina, MN: spray paint (again)

Three more cameras hit with red spray paint, the latest in a string of Edina incidents since April 2026.

3 cameras

Jul 20 - Aug 5, 2026

Central Florida: multi-county wave

Cluster of incidents across Volusia and Lake counties: DeBary (pole and camera found on the ground, Jul 20), Osteen (destroyed with pieces scattered, apparent blunt-object damage, Jul 22), Clermont (two poles in the Ivey Ridge subdivision cut in half, ~$10,000 damage, Jul 31), and Port Orange (camera cut down along Taylor Road, Aug 5, 18-year-old charged). No other arrests.

5+ cameras

Jul 28, 2026

Fort Lauderdale, FL: melted and slashed

Two Flock cameras near the Croissant Park neighborhood, close to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, found cut down and destroyed — one pole apparently severed with a knife, both cameras "melted and slashed." City tallied roughly $6,000 in damage; case remains unsolved.

2 cameras

Jul 3 & 15, 2026

Milford, CT: two vandalism sprees

Four Flock cameras along Boston Post Road damaged in two separate incidents — one camera on Jul 3 (no suspects charged), three more on Jul 15. Eyad Rahim, 20, turned himself in Aug 1 and was charged with felony criminal mischief and conspiracy.

4 cameras

2026

Putnam, CT: run over

Reader-submitted report: a Flock camera was run over, with tire tracks visible in the mud at the scene. Exact date and precise location withheld to protect the tipster's anonymity.

1 camera

Jul 28, 2026

Monterey County, CA: three cameras hit

Marcus Bee arrested for intentionally vandalizing at least three Flock ALPR cameras.

3 cameras

Jul 28, 2026

DuPage County, IL: stolen and vandalized

Five cameras stolen and vandalized; three men charged with felonies.

5 cameras

Jul 14-22, 2026

Blount County & Maryville, TN: shot

Four Flock ALPR cameras shot — three in Blount County, one in Maryville. Adam Heimerman, a local congressional candidate, was charged with felony vandalism.

4 cameras

Jul 4-7, 2026

Southold, NY: paint + wires cut

Four cameras vandalized over the Fourth of July weekend — splattered with paint and had wires unplugged.

4 cameras

Jul 2026

Novi, MI: cameras damaged

Two cameras damaged, part of a wider wave of incidents also hitting Birmingham, Pontiac, and West Bloomfield, MI this summer.

2 cameras

2026

Birmingham, Pontiac & West Bloomfield, MI

Repeated vandalism and disabling incidents reported at multiple locations across these three Michigan cities. Full counts not disclosed.

unknown

Jul 2026

Albany, GA: cameras exploded

FOX affiliate reported two Flock cameras exploded in Albany, Georgia. Method and suspects unknown.

2 cameras

Jun-Jul 2026

Duluth, MN: serial thefts

Five cameras stolen and one damaged across two months. No arrests made.

6 cameras

Mar-Aug 2026

Dallas, TX: widespread vandalism

Dallas police began tracking damage after documenting 10 incidents in March 2026. Total climbed to 25 attacked cameras across the city by August. Flock Safety waived most replacement costs.

25 cameras

Jun 2026

Edina, MN: bat attack + graffiti

Camera and solar panel pummeled with a rounded object "similar to a baseball bat" on France Ave & W 40th St. Nearby Minneapolis pumphouse spray-painted with anti-Flock message. Five total incidents in Edina Apr-Jun 2026.

5+ cameras

Jul 2026

Plymouth, MN: smashed + cord cut

One camera found "in pieces at the base of the pole." A second had its power cord cut. Both incidents in July.

2 cameras

May 2026

Eden Prairie, MN: wires cut

Camera on Eden Prairie Drive had wires cut. No suspects identified.

1 camera

May 2026

Minnetonka, MN: damaged

Two cameras reported damaged. No further details released.

2 cameras

May 2026

Nowthen (Anoka County), MN

Deputy reported a damaged Flock camera at Viking Blvd & Baugh St. No arrests.

1 camera

Jun 16-17, 2026

Alexandria, VA: baseball bat spree

A 21-year-old climbed onto a parked Subaru to smash cameras with a baseball bat across at least eight locations, including Duke St & Telegraph Rd, N. Quaker Ln & Seminary Rd, Duke St & S. Reynolds St, Eisenhower Ave & Clermont Ave, Gunston Ln & Shirlington Cir, N. Quaker Ln & Preston Rd, King St & N. Quaker Ln, and Francis C. Hammond Middle School. Charged with felony destruction of property over $1,000 plus misdemeanor counts.

12 cameras

Aug 13, 2026

Security-Widefield, CO: cut down

Three Flock cameras cut down along Bradley Drive in unincorporated El Paso County. The Sheriff's Office said it already had several other damaged-camera investigations open before this incident. No arrests.

3 cameras

Aug 2026

Fountain, CO: juveniles arrested

Four Flock cameras damaged around Fountain; three juveniles arrested in connection with one of the incidents. Police increased enforcement in response, part of the same El Paso County wave as Security-Widefield.

4 cameras

Apr-Aug 2026

Summit County, UT: ALPRs damaged

Two license plate readers in western, unincorporated Summit County intentionally damaged over a four-month span (a third was damaged in an unrelated crash). Total repair/replacement cost topped $10,000. Sheriff's office spokesperson: "some of our ALPR devices have been damaged as part of various 'de-Flock' movements."

2 cameras

Apr-Oct 2025

North Suffolk, VA: systematic dismantling

Jeffrey Scott Sovern, 41, USAF engineer, accused of systematically dismantling 13 cameras over 6 months using vice grips. Began by redirecting cameras, escalated to knocking poles down, then throwing cameras off bridges onto interstates. Found with 6 solar panels at home. Faces 19 felony counts + 6 misdemeanors. Pleaded not guilty, argues technology is unconstitutional; privacy activists have donated $37,000+ to his legal defense.

13 cameras

Nov 2025

Newport News, VA: pole destroyed

Pole holding a Flock camera destroyed. No suspect identified.

1 camera

Oct 2025

Eugene & Springfield, OR: 9 down

Nine cameras severed from poles in what appeared to be a single coordinated run. Note left at base of a pole: "Hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling f*cks." At least one camera also spray-painted.

9 cameras

Feb 2026

La Mesa, CA: smashed on median

Two cameras destroyed on Fletcher Parkway weeks after city council approved Flock contract continuation despite clear public opposition. One smashed and left on the median, one had key parts removed.

2 cameras

Apr 29 - Aug 17, 2026

Lincoln, CA: repeated citywide damage

Lincoln Police report a string of ALPR vandalism across the year: 2 cameras damaged Apr 29, 4 between Jul 1-2, 2 more Jul 5, 2 more Jul 22, and a final 2 near Lincoln Regional Airport (1400 block of Flightline Drive) Aug 15 — the fifth and sixth incidents of the year. No suspects released; police withholding details to protect ongoing investigations. City says it has no plans to remove the cameras.

12 cameras

Aug 19-20, 2026

Folsom, CA: two cameras on same road

Two Flock cameras just east of Oak Ave & Santa Juanita Ave, near the Orangevale border, damaged on consecutive days — one punctured, the other broken entirely off its base. Folsom Police Department confirmed the incidents.

2 cameras

Aug 20, 2026

Kenner, LA: camera pulled down

A Flock camera was pulled down in Kenner. Police Chief Keith Conley said there are a few suspects and warned that damaging a camera is a felony punishable by up to two years in prison. Flock is the only ALPR brand used by the department.

1 camera

Jul 30 - Aug 20, 2026

Lee County, IL: poles cut along I-39

Three Flock license plate readers had their poles cut in eastern Lee County over a three-week period. Sheriff's office investigating; up to $1,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest.

3 cameras

2026

Oakland, CA: paint attack

Cameras in Oakland vandalized with thrown paint. Part of the California wave of incidents.

unknown

2026

Upstate New York: electric saw

Residents used electric saws to cut Flock camera poles down. Specific city not disclosed.

unknown

Jul 7, 2026

Pocatello, ID: truck ram

Two cameras near a Lowe's struck by a truck. Allyn James Carter charged with felony vandalism.

2 cameras

2026

Ashland, OH: struck by vehicle

Solar panels and camera poles found shattered, apparently struck by vehicles, bats, or clubs. City employees had to file purchase orders for replacement poles, panels, and wiring.

unknown

2025

West Virginia: arrested

Wesley Jackson, 20, was arrested in June for allegedly destroying several Flock cameras. No further details disclosed publicly.

unknown

2026

Waterford, MI: ripped from mounts

Several cameras ripped from their mounts and smashed, causing roughly $10,000 in damage. Felony charges filed against a Michigan man.

unknown

Aug 16, 2026

Bay County, MI: two cameras on US-10/US-75 ramps

Reader-submitted report: two Flock cameras on ramps at the US-10 and US-75 interchange were found laying on their side, appearing to have been cut down. The reader had seen both cameras standing on a prior pass but was unable to stop to confirm the method.

2 cameras

2026

Faribault, MN: theft + disassembly

Justin Lee Campbell, in his 40s, charged with three counts after stealing a Flock camera with intent to take it apart. Jul 27, 2026.

1 camera

2025-26

Greenview, IL: vandalism

Flock camera incident reported. Specific details not fully disclosed.

unknown

2025-26

Lisbon, CT: vandalism

Flock camera incident reported. Specific details not fully disclosed.

unknown

2026

Utah (Garfield County): vandalized on install day

Garfield County Sheriff's Office reported a Flock camera vandalized within days of being installed.

1 camera

Aug 22, 2026

North Las Vegas, NV: pole disassembled at Home Depot

Reader-submitted report: a Flock camera at the Deer Springs Town Center Home Depot was removed by taking the pole apart piece by piece rather than cutting it down. First incident tracked in Nevada.

1 camera

ongoing (latest reported Sep 2026)

Houston, TX: cluster of incidents keeps growing

A Flock camera on Studemont Street, just south of I-10 near the Heights, was found cut in half — at least the fifth Flock camera vandalized in Houston in the past month, per the Houston Chronicle. A police spokesperson said the department was not actively investigating the vandalism.

5+ cameras

ongoing

Florida: Lawn chair protest

One man in Florida sits in a lawn chair holding up a piece of cardboard on a pole to block a camera's view.

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