Privacy concerns prompt Clark County Sheriff to end Flock camera program

Our Take

Credit to WQOW News 18 for covering a story that doesn't happen nearly often enough: a sheriff's office actually walking away from Flock Safety after weighing the privacy costs. Clark County didn't just quietly let a contract lapse — this was a decision to stop feeding a private company a rolling record of where residents drive, when, and how often. That's the kind of scrutiny every agency running these cameras should be applying, and most never do.

What makes this notable is how rare it still is. Flock's sales pitch to small and mid-sized departments is usually frictionless — free trial periods, promises of solved crimes, minimal public debate before the poles go up. When a sheriff's office actually stops to ask whether blanket vehicle tracking of an entire county is worth the tradeoff, and answers no, it's a sign the political ground is shifting, at least in some places. It also shows these contracts aren't permanent fixtures once signed; they can be undone with enough pressure or enough honest reflection from the people in charge.

If you want to know whether ALPRs are already logging traffic near you, check our camera map, and if your local agency hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has the tools to start pushing for it.