Why Was FLOCK Discontinued with LAPD? #shorts

Our Take

Credit to Your LEO Nation for asking the question out loud: why did LAPD, one of the highest-profile departments in the country, part ways with Flock Safety, and why has leadership stayed so quiet about it? We don't know the full story either, and we're not going to pretend we do. But the fact that even law-enforcement-adjacent commentators are calling out the silence tells you something about how opaque these ALPR contracts and partnerships really are, even to the communities and officers who live with them.

That opacity is the whole ballgame with Flock. Cities sign multi-year deals, cameras go up on poles and in neighborhoods, data gets pooled into nationwide search networks, and then when something changes, whether it's a budget fight, a policy dispute, or a quiet non-renewal, the public is usually the last to know. A short video asking "why was this discontinued" shouldn't be groundbreaking content. It should be a routine answer any city council or police commission provides without being asked.

If you want to see how far this network actually reaches, including in and around Los Angeles, check our camera map. And if you're tired of finding out about surveillance changes secondhand from a YouTube short instead of your own city hall, our take-action page has steps for pushing your local officials toward actual transparency.