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License plate cameras, police databases and the companies selling surveillance to Oklahoma.

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Latest in this investigation · Aug 25, 2026

A $12,359 Taser, a $5 Million Stock Purchase, and the Financial Architecture of the Surveillance State

ICE signed a $220 million contract for Tasers at $12,359 per unit. The President bought Axon stock two weeks before it was announced. The same investors funded both Flock and the company replacing it.

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The Company Inside Your 911 System Was Founded by Israeli Intelligence, Funded by Jeffrey Epstein, and Just Got Bought by the Taser Company

Axon paid $625 million for Carbyne — an Israeli-founded 911 platform built by former special forces and intelligence operatives, funded through a vehicle that included Jeffrey Epstein. It now runs inside 911 systems across 23 states. Development remains in Tel Aviv.

Aug 25, 2026 · 6 min read

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The City That Canceled Its Flock Contract Just Signed a $23 Million Deal for Something Worse

While every activist in America was focused on tearing down Flock cameras, a 40-year-old company was quietly installing surveillance devices inside existing street lights. Denver canceled its Flock contract. Then it signed a deal with Axon for something far more capable — and far harder to see.

Aug 25, 2026 · 8 min read

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23 Cities Said No to Flock Safety. Then the State Made It Illegal to Ask What the Cameras Captured.

Denver called Flock a 'bad actor.' Evanston covered the cameras with plastic. Oshkosh reversed a contract in 24 hours. Then a Washington citizen won the right to see his data, and the legislature passed a law to make sure nobody could ever do it again.

Aug 9, 2026 · 7 min read

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The Constitutional Case That Could Kill an $8.4 Billion Company: Schmidt v. Norfolk and the Legal Theory That Says Your Commute Is Your Diary

Two Virginia residents are suing their city for placing them under continuous warrantless surveillance by 200 Flock cameras. The legal theory behind their case has already killed one surveillance program. Flock's entire business model is next.

Aug 9, 2026 · 7 min read

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Hardcoded Passwords and Live Camera Feeds on the Open Internet: 51 Security Flaws in the Nation's Largest Police Surveillance Network

A researcher found live police cameras streaming to the open internet with no password. Hardcoded keys in the source code. A $5 USB stick that gives root access. Flock Safety is worth $8.4 billion. It runs on Android 8.

Aug 9, 2026 · 6 min read

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The Stalker Had a Badge: Inside the Police Database Where Cops Track Ex-Girlfriends and Feds Hunt Immigrants

A Milwaukee officer ran a woman's plates 170 times in two months. The detective assigned to investigate him was stalking a different woman. In Idaho, a sheriff searched his own wife 700 times. Nobody audited any of it.

Aug 9, 2026 · 7 min read

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They Know Where You Parked Last Tuesday: How 250 Million License Plate Scans Per Month Turned Your Commute Into a Police Database

A camera misread a plate number and a mother and her children were held at gunpoint on hot asphalt. The system that did it now operates in 6,000 cities, scans 250 million plates a month, and has never been independently audited.

Aug 9, 2026 · 8 min read

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The Surveillance State

A $12,359 Taser, a $5 Million Stock Purchase, and the Financial Architecture of the Surveillance State

The Company Inside Your 911 System Was Founded by Israeli Intelligence, Funded by Jeffrey Epstein, and Just Got Bought by the Taser Company

The City That Canceled Its Flock Contract Just Signed a $23 Million Deal for Something Worse

23 Cities Said No to Flock Safety. Then the State Made It Illegal to Ask What the Cameras Captured.

The Constitutional Case That Could Kill an $8.4 Billion Company: Schmidt v. Norfolk and the Legal Theory That Says Your Commute Is Your Diary

Hardcoded Passwords and Live Camera Feeds on the Open Internet: 51 Security Flaws in the Nation's Largest Police Surveillance Network

The Stalker Had a Badge: Inside the Police Database Where Cops Track Ex-Girlfriends and Feds Hunt Immigrants

They Know Where You Parked Last Tuesday: How 250 Million License Plate Scans Per Month Turned Your Commute Into a Police Database

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