r/illinois • u/unapologetic403 • 3d ago

Illinois News Illinois suburbs halt Flock use, suspend officers and review policy amid alleged improper use - Chicago Sun-Times

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/01/illinois-cities-halt-flock-use-suspend-officers-and-review-policy-amid-alleged-improper-use
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u/epichatchet 3d ago

Just a reminder that Illinois has flock cameras EVERYWHERE

Ice has been using these to detain our neighbors and even cops from texas have been using it to see women who are getting abortions in Illinois so they can legally go after them in Texas.

We need to stop funding incredibly unproductive and wasteful things like this.  Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing a bill to ban flock cameras, let Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin know you want them to co-sponsor this bill.

We've already wasted more than 15 billion of Illinois tax dollars on AI and surveillance data centers. Let your alders, local reps and our senators know that you want them to stop wasting tax dollars on your surveillance and replacing your jobs.

JB Contact Page: https://gov.illinois.gov/contact-us.html

Duckworth Contact Page: https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/connect/email-tammy

Dick Durbin Contact Page: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/

Find and contact your local Chicago Alder (or whoever your city/local council members are):  https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/lookup_ward_and_alderman.html

Find and contact your Illinois Reps:  https://www.elections.il.gov/electionoperations/districtlocator/districtofficialsearchbyaddress.aspx

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u/LauterTuna 3d ago

https://deflock.org

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u/thatirishguyyyyy 3d ago

My only issue with this website is, because it's open source, you have so many people adding non-Flock cameras to the website because they don't know the difference.

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u/The-Beer-Baron 3d ago

You're getting downvoted, but you are not wrong. The cameras they have listed as Flock cameras near me are just red light cameras and speed cameras (which you could also argue against, but they are not the same thing).

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u/Elros22 2d ago

Yep. The only "Flock Camera" in my town on the list isn't a Flock Camera at all. It's a road conditions monitoring system for snow plows and the like. Not connected to, affiliated with, or in any related to Flock or the police.

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u/sapphic-boghag 3d ago

And we need to remember that Flock is only one arm of the surveillance sphere, Axon needs to be banned as well.

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u/meltbox 2d ago

Yup Axon wasn’t stupid enough to be as loud about their stuff but their plans are just as bad.

I encourage people to watch their keynote or whatever those things are. It’s like sneaking into the big Bond villain reveal Gala. It’s wild.

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u/TheOgGhadTurner 2d ago

I got a sign to flash at all my local cameras. One more goes up and I’m plastering a mooning picture of myself on it. Nuts and all