📹Framingham PD Will Not Renew Deal With Flock Safety📹
The short version: Framingham PD is letting its Flock Safety contract lapse, a rare instance of a department actually walking away from ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Access Framingham's The Frame for flagging something that doesn't happen nearly often enough: a police department deciding that a Flock Safety contract isn't worth renewing. Most of the stories we cover involve towns quietly signing up for more cameras, more data sharing, and more vague promises about 'public safety.' Framingham walking back from the table, even for budgetary or procedural reasons, is worth paying attention to.
It's a reminder that these contracts are not permanent fixtures — they're recurring decisions, usually made with little public input, and they can be unmade the same way. Every renewal cycle is a fresh opportunity for residents to ask hard questions: who's reviewing the search logs, what agencies get data access, and whether the promised crime-reduction numbers ever materialized. When a department lets a deal lapse, it suggests those questions aren't being answered to anyone's satisfaction behind closed doors either.
If you're in Massachusetts or anywhere else watching a local renewal come up, don't wait for a council meeting agenda to find out. Check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, and use our take-action guide to push your own city toward the same outcome Framingham just reached.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Access Framingham, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.