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Chesterfield Residents, Civil Liberties Groups Question Flock Safety Contract

VPM · VPM Staff · April 1, 2026

Chesterfield County's proposed $2.3 billion budget includes $60,000 for maintaining 141 Flock cameras and over $260,000 for three new intelligence officers to interpret ALPR data. Residents and civil liberties groups are pushing back against the expansion, while prior reporting found at least five Virginia counties shared Flock data with federal immigration enforcement.

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