Cities & Counties Terminates Flock Contracts
A growing number of municipalities across the country are reconsidering the deployment of automated license plate readers due to privacy concerns and contract transparency issues. Below is a list of significant cancellations.
Los Angeles, California (LAPD)
Allowed its three-year contract for 138 cameras to expire and voted not to renew, following an internal audit revealing a 32.3% false-positive rate on stolen vehicles and data ownership concerns (ABC7 Los Angeles / CNET).
Mountain View, California
Voted unanimously to terminate its ALPR contract after an internal audit revealed local camera data was accessed by state and federal agencies in violation of municipal policy (City of Mountain View Official News).
Santa Clara County, California
The Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 to end county access to Flock's cameras and data due to unauthorized federal data sharing (KTVU Fox 2 Bay Area).
Fort Collins, Colorado
The City Council voted 6–1 to immediately end its contract and shut off data collection following intense resident concerns over cloud data access and privacy (KUNC Public Radio / 9News Denver).
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Terminated its contract for a "material breach of trust" after Flock technicians quietly installed new cameras weeks after the City Council ordered all existing devices deactivated (Cambridge Day).
Evanston, Illinois
Terminated its contract and ordered cameras deactivated after an Illinois Secretary of State audit revealed Flock shared camera data with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in violation of state law (Evanston Patch / The Daily Northwestern).
Dayton, Ohio
Shut down its program and had city workers cover up installed Flock cameras following public petitions and privacy reviews (WCBU Public Radio / Matter News).
Syracuse, New York
Lawmakers revoked privileges to operate Flock readers in favor of another vendor, eventually moving police to manually "unplug" the units when the company failed to remove them from city rights-of-way (Central Current).
South Portland, Maine
The City Council voted to immediately end its contract with Flock Safety over concerns about data retention and AI model training on local traffic data (The Maine Wire / WGME CBS 13).
Eugene, Oregon
Terminated its contract immediately after identifying system vulnerabilities, data handling issues, and discovering an active camera weeks after being ordered turned off (KLCC Public Radio / KVAL CBS 13).
Springfield, Oregon
Cancelled its contract and covered all installed devices in tandem with neighboring Eugene, citing a lack of confidence in vendor data controls (Lookout Eugene-Springfield).
Lane County, Oregon
The Sheriff's Office ended its contract after local residents voiced privacy concerns and neighboring cities pulled out of the regional network (KLCC Public Radio).