Cambridge said it ended its contract with Flock Safety for license plate reader cameras after the company installed two more cameras “without the City’s awareness” amid a temporary pause, citing privacy concerns.

The Cambridge City Council voted unanimously in October to pause the use of the cameras just months after approving them. The 16 cameras were installed in September, and they were deactivated and removed by the city, spokesperson Jeremy Warnick said.

Then, Flock Safety notified the city that two cameras were installed by their technicians in late November “without the City’s awareness,” the spokesperson said. Warnick said the outstanding work order should have been canceled “when the city originally deactivated the cameras and account.”

“Concerns about Flock were substantiate

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