Editing News-June-28-2026

'''June 28, 2026''' — Vermont police use of out-of-state Flock license-plate camera data highlighted privacy-law gaps around AI-enabled surveillance networks.<ref name="vtdigger-flock" /><ref name="engadget-flock" />

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# [[#Vermont police use out-of-state Flock data despite state license-plate surveillance limits|Vermont police use out-of-state Flock data despite state license-plate surveillance limits]]

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== Vermont police use out-of-state Flock data despite state license-plate surveillance limits ==
VTDigger reported that Vermont police departments conducted more than 100 searches since 2023 using license-plate camera systems when people under investigation traveled out of state.<ref name="vtdigger-flock">[https://vtdigger.org/2026/06/28/vermont-lawmakers-tried-to-curb-license-plate-surveillance-police-found-a-way-around-it/ Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.], VTDigger, June 28, 2026.</ref> The report said Vermont's law restricts use of license-plate tracking data by Vermont law enforcement but does not clearly address use of a national out-of-state camera network that did not exist when the law was adopted.<ref name="vtdigger-flock" /> VTDigger identified the New England State Police Information Network as the regional intelligence hub through which Vermont agencies obtained Flock network data for some investigations.<ref name="vtdigger-flock" /> Engadget reported that Flock automated license-plate readers use AI to catalog and search footage and that more than 100,000 such cameras are installed nationwide.<ref name="engadget-flock">[https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/ Flock Cameras Track More Than Your License Plate, And They're Spreading Fast], Engadget, June 28, 2026.</ref> The Vermont report is legally significant because lawmakers who wrote the state's automatic-license-plate-reader limits said the out-of-state workaround may require more explicit legislation before the law sunsets next year.<ref name="vtdigger-flock" />

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