Documented Incident
Sixth Flock camera damaged in Toledo area in two months as council requests audit
First reported: September 28, 2026 · 1 source
Toledo police are investigating after a pole holding a Flock license-plate reader and solar panel at Dorr Street and Flaire Drive appeared to have been cut off cleanly near its base, according to reporting by CBS affiliate WTOL-11. The equipment had been removed from the site by 8 p.m. Saturday. WTOL-11 reported it is at least the sixth Flock camera vandalized in the Toledo area in two months, following a pole pushed over near West Central and Auburn Avenues around Labor Day weekend and several knocked down in mid-August in east Toledo and nearby Oregon. No arrests have been reported.
The incidents come as Toledo City Council formally requested an audit of the city's Flock camera program, placing questions about oversight and public acceptance of ALPR networks before elected officials rather than only police administrators.
Key facts
- The Toledo Police Department operates more than 100 license-plate readers, which police say capture plate numbers, vehicle characteristics, location, date and time for use in criminal investigations.
- Toledo police say the system does not use facial recognition and is not designed to track pedestrians.
- Toledo City Council formally requested an audit of the city's Flock cameras earlier in the week.
- Fairborn police are separately investigating two vandalized Flock cameras, one left dangling by its wires and another painted over with 'No Flock' written on the pole.
- Dayton indefinitely suspended its Flock camera use earlier this year during an investigation into data sharing after safeguards were not properly implemented.
- Flock says its cameras are deployed in more than 6,000 communities in every U.S. state except Alaska.
Sources
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- Police investigating after another Flock camera vandalized in Ohio city (WHIO TV, September 28, 2026)
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Updated September 28, 2026. Corrections: blockflock@bytebunny.io. See all documented incidents or search the full article archive.