THE ARKANSAS PATRIOT

Greers Ferry, Arkansas, has ended its Flock license-plate camera program after privacy concerns and citizen pushback, joining several other Arkansas cities in rolling back the surveillance system. The police chief said the decision balanced community safety with privacy and public trust. The article frames the move as part of a broader resistance to Big Tech-style surveillance in Arkansas. The central takeaway is that local officials are increasingly treating these cameras as a privacy liability rather than an unquestioned public-safety tool.