Over the weekend, the three-year deal for Flock Safety’s 138 pole-mounted surveillance cameras came to an end, as the LA Times reports the LAPD CIO says it ended the arrangement while working on a new contract that has “very clear terms” about who owns the data collected and what happens to it. An unnamed spokesperson for Flock told media outlets that unspecified “misconceptions” led to the pause. [Link: LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-11/lapd-suspends-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras-over-privacy-issues | Los Angeles Times]
The fight over Flock and other ALPRs
Over the weekend, the three-year deal for Flock Safety’s 138 pole-mounted surveillance cameras came to an end, as the LA Times reports the LAPD CIO says it ended the arrangement while working on a new contract that has “very clear terms” about who owns the data collected and what happens to it .
An unnamed spokesperson for Flock told media outlets that unspecified “misconceptions” led to the pause.
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The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns.
In Flock Safety’s hometown of Atlanta, the business is being increasingly met by opposition and facing new regulations governing the city’s extensive camera networks.
Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.
