90 Cities Cancelled Flock Last Month. Cops Led It.

Our Take

Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for digging into something we've been saying for a while: the pushback against Flock Safety isn't just coming from privacy advocates and skeptical city councils, it's coming from the cops themselves. When a police chief puts in writing that Flock altered contract terms after the ink was dry, and that his own department stumbled onto an AI-powered search tool baked into the camera network they didn't sign up for, that's not a PR problem Flock can spin away. That's a trust problem.

This matters because the entire pitch for ALPR networks rests on the idea that departments know exactly what they're buying and exactly how it's being used. If local police can't keep up with what Flock is quietly adding to its own hardware and software, what chance does the average resident have of knowing how their plate data is being stored, searched, or shared? Ninety cities walking away in a single month isn't a blip — it's a signal that the "set it and forget it" sales model for mass surveillance infrastructure is starting to crack under its own contradictions.

If your town has Flock cameras — or you're not sure — check our map to see what's already been deployed near you, and head to take action for tools to push your city council toward the same kind of scrutiny these chiefs are finally applying.