# AP - Flock paused federal pilots after unauthorized-access concerns > *Audited source extract. The dossier was used only as a lead; the underlying source was independently acquired and checked on 2026-07-20.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** Associated Press - **Original dossier URL:** https://apnews.com/article/immigration-abortion-license-plates-cameras-cc5f29df94a29ee2c6c2feb2151c8f5e - **Resolved/canonical URL used:** https://apnews.com/article/immigration-abortion-license-plates-cameras-cc5f29df94a29ee2c6c2feb2151c8f5e - **Publication date:** 2025-08-25 - **Underlying event or version:** 2025 - **Archived:** 2026-07-20, from unauthenticated public access; no cookies, tokens, or login state retained - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed on 2026-07-20 after the archive service returned HTTP 403; retry pending ## Verification verdict **supported with narrower wording** — AP supports the August 2025 report that Flock suspended federal pilots amid concerns. It does not independently prove all platform paths were closed or characterize later access. ## Claim boundary This source is authoritative only within the source class and limitations stated above. ## Extract **Extracted-text lines 1-3:** > License plate camera company suspends working with federal agencies amid concerns | AP News > Menu > World **Extracted-text lines 138-142:** > Newsletters > The World in Pictures > Get special access to AP's most compelling images from our global team of photojournalists. > See All Newsletters > AP Investigations **Extracted-text lines 1481-1485:** > Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. > U.S. News > License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns > In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, then-Illinois Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) > By **Extracted-text lines 1502-1506:** > Reddit > SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems announced Monday it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern — including in Illinois — about the purpose of their investigations. > Flock Safety, whose cameras are mounted in more than 4,000 communities nationwide, put a hold last week on pilot programs with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection and its law enforcement arm, Homeland Security Investigations, according to a statement by its founder and CEO, Garrett Langley. > Among officials in other jurisdictions, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias raised concerns. He announced Monday that an audit found Customs and Border Protection had accessed Illinois data, although he didn’t say that the agency was seeking immigration-related information. A 2023 law the Democrat pushed bars sharing license plate data with police investigating out-of-state abortions or undocumented immigrants. > “This sharing of license plate data of motorists who drive on Illinois roads is a clear violation of the state law,” Giannoulias said in a statement. “This law, passed two years ago, aimed to strengthen how data is shared and prevent this exact thing from happening,” **Wayback failure**: The bounded Save Page Now pass stopped after the archive service returned HTTP 403 on the first request. This source was not individually retried; retry pending. ## Notes - Tier: 3 — Tier 3 authoritative secondary. - The excerpt is bounded to the claims audited here; consult the preserved original for full context. - Cited by: see `citing_pages:` frontmatter; populated after wiki integration.