Englewood cuts ties with Flock and pauses any new contract for automated license plate readers
The short version: Englewood, Colorado dropped Flock Safety and froze new ALPR contracts, proving city councils can reverse course once they see what these networks really do.
Our Take
Credit to Denver7's Danielle Kreutter for getting Englewood's mayor on camera to explain why the city walked away from Flock Safety. That's the story we need more of: not just installs, but reversals. Every city that pumps the brakes signals to its neighbors that mass ALPR surveillance isn't some inevitable upgrade — it's a policy choice, and choices can be unmade.
What's notable here isn't that Englewood found some smoking-gun scandal. It's that ordinary scrutiny — cost, oversight, mission creep, the absence of real evidence these networks make anyone safer — was enough to make officials pause. That's exactly the kind of homework every city council should be doing before signing a Flock contract, and revisiting after they already have one on the books.
If your town has cameras up and nobody's asked the hard questions yet, this is your cue. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and use our take-action guide to push your own council toward an Englewood-style reckoning.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Denver7, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.