{"id":421121,"date":"2026-08-30T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421121\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:14:11","slug":"texas-governor-abbott-blocks-funding-for-more-flock-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421121\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

As backlash grows over Flock\u2019s AI surveillance cameras, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen state spending<\/a> on them. The move came just ahead of the publication of a Texas Tribune investigation<\/a> that revealed the state spent over $30 million on Flock cameras. That money was primarily raised by tacking a $1 fee onto insurance policies, allegedly to help fight catalytic converter theft.<\/p>\n

In recent months, cities around the country have been canceling their contracts with Flock, including many in Texas. Abbott\u2019s Democratic opponent in the race for governor, Gina Hinojosa, has criticized him<\/a> for expanding use of the cameras in the state. And Republican representative Keith Self recently posted on Instagram<\/a> that, \u201cFrom Flock cameras to kill switches, we will NOT surrender our Fourth Amendment rights to the growing surveillance state.\u201d Cheering on the destruction of Flock cameras<\/a> has even become a unifying pastime on the internet.<\/p>\n

Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris<\/p>\n