{"id":369062,"date":"2026-07-11T03:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369062\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:09:21","slug":"abc13-discovers-more-flock-cameras-cut-down-across-houston-day-after-residents-express-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369062\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC13 discovers more Flock cameras cut down across Houston day after residents express concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; ABC13 has found more Flock cameras destroyed in Houston as some residents continue to push back against the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ORIGINAL REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/houston-flock-cameras-vandalized-cut-down-spray-painted-washington-avenue-police-say\/19459797\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Flock cameras vandalized, cut down and spray-painted near Washington Avenue, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Harris County residents pleaded with county commissioners Thursday to do away with the county&#8217;s Flock camera contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Please do not renew the Flock contract; protect us, not surveillance,&#8221; one public commenter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 found at least half a dozen Flock cameras cut down across the city this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/more-flock-cameras-cut-down-houston-amid-privacy-concerns\/19471780\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Flock cameras cut down in Houston amid some privacy concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Safety is streetlights that work, safety is water that drains, safety is officers who know our names,&#8221; another resident said at commissioner court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Thursday, county commissioners voted unanimously to amend their contract with Flock, not to restrict Flock but to ensure the device is available for use countywide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The cameras collect information and can be accessed by agencies, like law enforcement. It&#8217;s this kind of access that some residents said makes them uncomfortable with the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to Flock&#8217;s website, their product is different from traditional security cameras. While security cameras capture an area, Flock says its system uses machine learning to capture clear photos of license plates and store them with a physical description of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Experts told ABC13 that public distaste for the cameras is growing nationwide, along with concerns for mass surveillance, privacy, and data sharing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flock states on its website that it does not sell data to third parties and that all searches are recorded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Houston police said they are investigating who has been destroying Flock cameras, but no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/residents-ask-harris-county-commissioners-cancel-flock-contract-surveillance-concerns\/19476849\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residents ask Harris County commissioners to cancel Flock contract over surveillance concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; ABC13 has found more Flock cameras destroyed in Houston as some residents continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[130745,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-369062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-130745","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}