GoKawiilFlock reinstalls surveillance cameras in Dayton, Minnesota, after city canceled contract
Dayton, Minnesota's government says Flock reinstalled two surveillance cameras and put them back into service despite being told a day earlier that the city's work order program was on hold. Residents noticed the cameras and alerted police, who removed them; Dayton had already voted in August to cancel its Flock contract, and city officials say the company took five days to acknowledge the cancellation and said removal would take 60 days.
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The incident echoes a similar case in Grass Valley, California, where canceled cameras were also reinstalled, which Flock attributed to its system misreading early camera removal as equipment failure. Repeated incidents like this could deepen public distrust of Flock at a time when numerous communities are already dropping its contracts over privacy concerns, and may prompt cities to demand clearer safeguards or faster compliance with cancellation requests.
- Flock reinstalled cameras in Dayton, Minnesota, a day after being told its work order program was on hold.
- This follows a similar incident in Grass Valley, California, which Flock blamed on its automated system misinterpreting early camera removal.
- Dayton is one of hundreds of US communities that have canceled or removed Flock's surveillance cameras amid privacy concerns.
Source: techspot.com — Rob Thubron, 2026-10-30
Published there as: “Flock just can't seem to take no for an answer as its cameras reappear in another city that rejected them”
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