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Stephen Starr in Beavercreek, Ohio

Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say

street lights on a pole
The city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Flock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI-powered surveillance of private citizens and for targeting immigrants for years. But now safety advocates are also claiming that their physical location can pose potential roadside hazards.

At the bottom of a tree-lined hill on a narrow, two lane rural road in Greene county, Ohio, stands a black metal rod with a camera and solar panel attached at the top.

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