Colorado cities and counties cut ties with Flock, but not all surveillance technology
The short version: 9NEWS reports at least 10 Colorado cities and agencies have dropped Flock Safety ALPRs, but the surveillance fight is far from over.
Our Take
Credit to 9NEWS for tracking a real trend here: ten-plus Colorado jurisdictions walking away from Flock Safety contracts in just a few months. That's not noise — that's a sign public pressure and open-records digging are actually working. When city councils start asking who can access this data, how long it's retained, and whether it's actually solving crime, Flock's sales pitch starts to crack.
But the headline is also a warning label: cutting ties with one vendor doesn't mean a town is surveillance-free. License plate readers from other companies, license-plate-adjacent tech bundled into traffic cameras, and quiet renewals under new names can slide right back in if nobody's watching. "We dropped Flock" should be the start of a public records habit, not the end of one.
If you want to see what's actually deployed near you — Flock or otherwise — check the map, and if your city hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has the tools to start it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Next 9NEWS, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.