Surveillance

The New York Times' Texas editor writes about the controversy surrounding Flock cameras in his latest piece, "Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t."

Denton police say the license plate readers from Flock are an important crime-fighting tool. But some residents in Denton, similar to residents in cities across Texas recently, say they are mass surveillance and are petitioning for the city to end its contract with Flock Safety.

The group DeFlock Carrollton is circulating a petition for the city to get rid of controversial Flock license plate readers. The mayor said there are no plans to and says the technology has been used to solve crimes and locate missing people.

The Carrollton Police Department is expanding its security capabilities in partnership with Flock Safety.

A private surveillance company has skirted local regulations by installing dozens of cameras on public property without approval from the city of Fort Worth, an investigation by the Fort Worth Report has found.

Dallas police were responding to a call about an active robbery at around 1 a.m. last Thursday when the shooting took place.

Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman was on the committee behind a 77-page report released Sunday. The investigation revealed nearly 400 law enforcement officers arrived at the scene of the shooting, but, for many of them it was unclear who was in charge.

School buses delivering students to the first day of classes in the city of Dallas are equipped with an extra safety feature. They now have cameras that…