‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 09, 2026 · 330 words · By POLITICO

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What to know about ‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan

‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan Over 20 local jurisdictions moved toward canceling Flock contracts in July, which the company says represents only a small fraction of its customers.

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Why it matters

are cutting ties with Flock Safety, one of the country’s leading producers of license plate readers and other surveillance …

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm”

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Three independent web search results confirm that two unvaccinated people died from measles in Pennsylvania, citing health officials.

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web search NEUTRAL — Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak, health officials say.With the measles outbreak in PA, there are rightfully a lot of concerned Pennsylvanians out there, including paren…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two unvaccinated individuals have died of measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials announced on Tuesday. The deaths are the first in the state in 35 years and have been announced just one day a…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/measles-deat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials confirmed Tuesday.In Pennsylvania, vaccination rates against measles have fallen from 96.7 percent in 2017 to 92.…
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/two-unvaccinated-peop…

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Claim 2: “Eight Flock cameras have been sawed down in Summit County”

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One web search result explicitly states that eight Flock cameras have been sawed down in Summit County. While another source mentions cameras being cut down in Winona, Minnesota, only one source confirms the specific event in Summit County.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Multiple private businesses have facilitated or allegedly facilitated deportation efforts of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal immigration officials, especially durin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fredrik Sträng (born March 25, 1977) is a Swedish mountaineer, adventurer and documentary film maker.
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Claim 3: “Over 20 local jurisdictions moved toward canceling Flock contracts in July”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions, a Pink Floyd album, and unrelated Wikipedia entries. There is no evidence mentioning local jurisdictions canceling Flock contracts in July.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flock Group Inc., doing business as Flock Safety, is a privately held American manufacturer and operator of surveillance hardware and software, particularly automated license plate recognition (ALPR),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sheep Detectives is a 2026 mystery comedy-drama film directed by Kyle Balda and written by Craig Mazin, based on the 2005 novel Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. The film features an ensemble cast …
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Claim 4: “The Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas”

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Multiple independent news sources (CNN, Fortune, and another overview) report that the Trump administration proposed a fee of approximately $103,000 (specifically $103,265) for H-1B visas.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The H-1B is a classification of non-immigrant visa in United States that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, as well as fashion models, or persons who are engaged i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An H-4 visa is a United States visa issued to dependent family members of H-1B, H-1B1, H-2A, H-2B, and H-3 visa holders to allow them to travel to the United States to accompany or reunite with the p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Fishback (born January 1, 1995) is an American investor and politician. He ran for the Republican nomination in the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election before being eliminated on August 18, 2026…
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Claim 5: “Flock Safety [is] one of the country’s leading producers of license plate readers and other surveillance”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly describe Flock Safety as a manufacturer and operator of surveillance hardware and software, specifically automated license plate recognition (ALPR).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flock, flocks or flocking may refer to: Flock (birds), a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Flock is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Andrew Lau, the co-director of the Infernal Affairs trilogy. The film, which marks his first English-language film, stars Richard Gere and Claire…
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Claim 6: “DHS itself estimates [the H-1B fee] would paralyze 76% of small businesses”

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Multiple sources report that the DHS estimated the proposed fee would have a significant economic impact on 76% of the small businesses analyzed, with some sources using the term 'paralyze'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security is a 2025 class action brought by a Cuban immigrant, with the court-authorized pseudonym of D.V.D., and three other immigrant plaintiffs seeking to prevent th…
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