A decorative Flock Safety camera appears in the top-right of the banner, as if watching Crossville landmarks below.
Documented misuse, wrongful stops, and cities that cancelled Flock: the wider pattern behind Crossville’s cameras.
Main Street photo: Brian Stansberry / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Corner Flock camera: MiracleMiles / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Community-mapped ALPRs on the independent DeFlock map. Left is Jan. 1, 2024. Right is Sept. 10, 2026. Dots are what volunteers have logged. This is not a city inventory, and it is not complete.
Tennessee close-up: Tennessee then and now. Crossville map: Camera Map. Live map: maps.deflock.org . Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Sources deflock.org OpenStreetMap copyright
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The 125 documented misuse cases are as of . Fired / resigned (108), charged or arrested (85), and convicted or sentenced (9) count people, not incidents, so one agency probe can add several people. Those three counts overlap: one person can be fired and charged, or charged and later convicted. A charge, arrest, or accusation is not a finding of guilt. Convicted counts a published guilty plea, no-contest plea, jury conviction, or sentence. The 19,930+ personal-search figure is a minimum: it only sums the 35 cases that published those counts. Most other cases do not, so the real figure is higher. It excludes wrongful-stop AI errors and the separate 2.6M+ federal / out-of-state access figure in the San Francisco / Los Altos class-action. The 27 wrongful-stop lawsuits are false matches, bad stops, and related damages claims. This site also documents 5 constitutional / program challenges: Schmidt v. Norfolk (Fourth Amendment / continuous tracking; ongoing appeal), Wichita / Grimmett (Kansas Constitution challenge seeking to end the program), Boulder Flock class action (mass-surveillance challenge), Huntington ACLU suit (challenge to the city’s $2.1M Flock approval process), and San Jose / Institute for Justice (Fourth Amendment class action seeking 24-hour delete / warrant limits). Those five are not inside the wrongful-stop “27.” The $3.68M figure sums documented paid settlements ($3,679,500 across 12 cases). It includes major non-Flock ALPR settlements cited for scale (Aurora $1.9M and San Francisco $495k) and excludes open claims without a paid amount. The 252 municipal exits are cities, counties, and one campus that ended, did not renew, rescinded, or canceled Flock before install. That leaves out 68 pauses, temporary suspensions, and similar records. The searchable table holds 320 records.
Tennessee cases that matter most for Crossville are on the Tennessee misuse section (Oak Ridge, Morristown) and the White County rescind, Kingston non-renewal, Monterey Axon swap, and Sullivan County non-renewal. Vendor security failure (Condor people-tracking video cameras livestreaming with no login): open-streams dossier.
These cases are not Crossville’s. They show how the same kind of plate-reader stack fails elsewhere, false alerts, stalking, and high-risk stops. Crossville still needs a published search policy, partner list, and monthly use reports.
Headlines and one-liners below summarize the linked outlet. Job-loss and discipline cases are what the agency announced. A charge, arrest, or accusation is not a finding of guilt. Some later pleaded or were sentenced; others have cases still pending.
125 documented misuse cases. Outcome shows jobs and counts, not names. A charge is not a finding of guilt. Mixed cases split the count only when the source does (for example Savannah: 4 officers and 2 civilian employees).
48 wrongful-stop records, including ALPR and facial-recognition cases. Search by city, technology, or ID.
Proton has a public map that searches Flock camera locations by ZIP code. Proton says the locations are a December 2025 snapshot from independent research by Joshua Michael, and that Proton does not host the underlying dataset. Cameras added or removed since then are not on the map. Proton says that inventory lists more than 170,000 cameras. Earlier coverage of the location list is in the device-map writeup.
Sources proton.me Device-map writeup
WSB-TV reported early October 23, 2026, that residents met with Flock government-relations manager Jalen Johnson, Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs, and Sen. Jaha Howard to question privacy protections on Flock cameras. No vote was taken.
Sources wsbtv.com
WLKY reported October 22, 2026, that Indiana State Police said an officer from the Georgetown Police Department was arrested and charged with official misconduct and two counts of fraud after Flock searches that were not tied to an investigation. The reasons were allegedly mislabeled. The officer’s attorney said the alleged conduct does not violate law or department policy and that a motion to dismiss will be filed. This is Georgetown, Indiana, not Georgetown, Kentucky or Texas. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wlky.com FLK-2026-144 in the misuse table
The New Bedford Light reported that Chief Jason Thody recommended September 3, 2026, that the city fire two officers from New Bedford Police after an internal investigation alleged personal Flock lookups of people known to those officers. One is a detective and one is a sergeant. They are not named here. The department’s own September 3 statement said civil-service hearings were pending and that the cases were referred to the Bristol County District Attorney. WCVB reported October 22, 2026, that Mayor Jon Mitchell confirmed the city had fired both officers. The officers are not named here. A firing is not a criminal conviction. Alleged lookups are allegations. Flock cameras in New Bedford stay offline, and the city will not renew (exit writeup).
Sources newbedfordlight.org newbedfordpd.com wcvb.com FLK-2026-066 in the misuse table · CAN-2026-068 in the cancellations table
The Washington Post reported October 21, 2026, that a former investigator from the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office was arrested in July and charged with stalking after searches on a Flock login that stayed active after the investigator left the office in 2021. The Post said a Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement and Flock audit logs showed more than 60 searches. Sheriff’s spokesman Brian Bailey said the office had not regularly audited access and plans to. The former investigator is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. The Post said it found at least 11 incidents of unauthorized Flock access, including logins that stayed active after someone left an agency.
Sources washingtonpost.com FLK-2026-145 in the misuse table
404 Media reported October 21, 2026, that a California fusion-center bulletin told police to watch for suspicious behavior at city-council meetings about Flock, and that the bulletin said no specific credible threat had been found. The bulletin listed ordinary meeting behavior, including turnout, emotion, news media, and chanting.
Sources 404media.co
FOX Carolina reported October 20, 2026, that the Macon County Sheriff’s Office fired a deputy after an internal investigation found a Flock misuse complaint founded. An outside agency alerted the office October 16. WSPA said no charges were reported. The deputy is not named here. A firing is not a criminal conviction.
Sources foxcarolina.com wspa.com FLK-2026-143 in the misuse table
KY3 reported October 19, 2026, that a former Greene County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant was fired and charged with four counts of misuse of official information after an audit found 236 Flock queries of one civilian’s plate in 2025. Missouri Greene County, not Greene County, Georgia. The lieutenant and civilian are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. The sheriff’s office also did not renew Flock (CAN-2026-301).
Sources ky3.com news-leader.com FLK-2026-140 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported October 19, 2026, that a former Vidalia Police sergeant was arrested and charged with two counts of misuse of a license plate reader system and violation of oath of office after an internal Flock audit. Vidalia asked GBI to investigate October 14. The sergeant is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov wtoc.com FLK-2026-141 in the misuse table
WVXU reported October 13, 2026, that a Sharonville Police lieutenant was indicted on a felony unauthorized-use charge after allegedly using Flock 29 times for personal reasons. FOX19 reported October 16 that the lieutenant resigned October 15. Prosecutors said the searches were self-reported during a department audit. The lieutenant is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wvxu.org fox19.com FLK-2026-138 in the misuse table
IndyStar reported October 8, 2026, that Howard County prosecutors charged a Kokomo Police officer with official misconduct and fraud after an audit found 18 Flock searches in February 2026 logged as “welfare check.” The officer was arrested and remained on administrative leave in that coverage. The officer and civilian are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources indystar.com kokomotribune.com FLK-2026-139 in the misuse table
WYDaily reported September 30, 2026, that a former James City County Police officer was charged with computer-invasion and improper ALPR-use counts after resigning April 17, 2026. The department said Virginia State Police investigated alleged non-law-enforcement access involving coworkers. WTKR reported the same charging. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wydaily.com wtkr.com FLK-2026-142 in the misuse table
WSB-TV and The Roundabout reported October 15–16, 2026, that a Milton Police detective named the department’s 2025 Officer of the Year was terminated August 7, 2026. His attorney said he used the city’s Flock cameras seven times over two years to check on his wife during diabetic emergencies and that he plans Superior Court action. City officials said there is more to the story they expect to release and declined comment on an ongoing personnel matter. The officer is not named here. A firing is not a criminal conviction.
Sources wsbtv.com readroundabout.com FLK-2026-136 in the misuse table
Engadget and The Verge reported October 16, 2026, that MapQuest’s app added a Surveillance Layer showing known license-plate readers and outdoor surveillance cameras, including Flock Safety, Motorola Vigilant, Axon, and others. Users turn it on in Map Options next to traffic and incidents. MapQuest did not fully detail where the location data comes from; coverage compared it to volunteer-mapped camera inventories.
Sources engadget.com theverge.com
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) introduced H.R. 10807, the Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act, on October 13–14, 2026. The bill would bar federal funds from buying, deploying, or operating automated mass-surveillance systems including ALPRs, require removal of federally funded systems, and tie certain law-enforcement grants to a certification of nonuse. Nextgov/FCW covered the introduction. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-N.C.) introduced H.R. 10822 on October 15, which as described would require a probable-cause warrant for most ALPR searches, 24-hour deletion for most records, and bans on searches targeting political or religious bumper stickers and civil immigration enforcement. Neither bill has become law.
Sources tlaib.house.gov govinfo.gov (H.R. 10807) nextgov.com foxnews.com (Harrigan)
MLive reported in October 2026 that Oakland County Sheriff’s officials confirmed detectives are running a criminal investigation into a former deputy’s alleged sharing of Flock data with ICE. Sheriff Michael Bouchard has said the county does not share Flock data with ICE. No charges were reported in that story. The former deputy is not named here. Allegations under investigation are not a finding of guilt.
Sources mlive.com FLK-2026-137 in the misuse table
On October 14, 2026, the ACLU of Wisconsin and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a petition for an original action in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on behalf of the Wisconsin Council of Churches and a Green Bay pastor. They ask the court to rule that Article I, Section 11 of the Wisconsin Constitution treats retrospective searches of ALPR databases as searches that generally require a warrant. Named respondents are Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Green Bay. The court has not yet decided whether to take the case.
Sources aclu-wi.org eff.org Petition (PDF)
The Bloomingtonian reported that on October 14, 2026, the Bloomington Common Council voted 7–0 for Ordinance 2026-22 barring the city and its agents from acquiring or using automated license-plate readers. It also restricts surveillance camera systems whose recorded data is shared, or could be shared, with third parties. Closed-circuit systems that keep data inside the city are not banned. The city’s Flock ALPR contract expired March 5, 2026. The city still has active Flock contracts for four downtown security cameras and four mobile security systems. Indiana Bloomington.
Sources bloomingtonian.com CAN-2026-017 in the cancellations table
TechCrunch reported October 14, 2026, that CEO Garrett Langley told editor-in-chief Connie Loizos at Disrupt in San Francisco that Flock has not ended a contract with a police department over abuse of its cameras. Langley said, “If a customer knowingly broke the law, we would fire them immediately.” He said Flock has not dropped a customer, and that dropping one is still on the table in a drastic case. He said the company is not considering a sale. CBS San Francisco reported protesters gathered outside the Moscone Center during that appearance. Flock told CBS it has no contract with ICE and that ICE cannot directly access its cameras or customer data.
FOX 9 reported October 13, 2026, that Woodbury police found one standalone Flock pole that did not match its permit and are reviewing the department’s installations. The station said a retired firefighter flagged poles near Highway 120 and Interstate 94 in Maplewood, and that Maplewood did not respond. A Flock spokesperson said the company is taking the concern seriously. CEO Garrett Langley told FOX 9 the company is checking cameras across the country and reinstalling some. The cameras stay.
Sources fox9.com
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines signed an executive order on October 13, 2026, barring future grants from his office from paying to buy, extend, or renew automated license-plate readers. The order names Flock, Motorola Solutions, and Axon, and other systems that turn plate images into computer-readable data. Huffines said tracking where people drive without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. That is his position. The order covers future comptroller grants. It does not cancel a city contract the city pays for itself.
A Sherman report the same day said Resolution No. 7682 was on the October 19 council agenda. Sherman later voted 7–0 to let the contract lapse and take down the city’s 11 cameras (CAN-2026-294).
Sources comptroller.texas.gov sherman.city (agenda) sherman.city (Oct. 19 vote)
Atlanta News First reported October 12, 2026, that some departments installed and paid for Flock cameras before a council or commission vote. In Maryville, Tennessee, the police chief told a work session the department started using Flock in 2020. The station said city records show the council did not vote until July 2024, when the city needed a state right-of-way permit. The city has 16 cameras. Mayor Andy White said the council was still gathering information.
Maryville turned over three plates on a list the cameras are set to ignore, with no expiration date. Staff told a resident there is no written policy for who is added. The police chief told Atlanta News First those plates were listed after cameras kept alerting on misread characters. Flock told the station a law-enforcement Safe List was removed, and that a few outdated sole-source letters still described privacy controls to enable certain vehicles to “opt-out” of being captured. The station said that line appears in letters from 2020 through 2026, including one the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office used in mid-August, before that office stopped using plate readers (FDOT writeup).
Asked whether Flock helps agencies avoid a budget review, a spokesperson said purchasing thresholds and whether a council vote is required are set by each agency. Dallas’s latest contract, $5.7 million, passed on a consent agenda as a sole-source deal. In Knox County, then-Mayor Glenn Jacobs said the sheriff’s office bought cameras in $24,990 batches, $10 under the county review line. Commissioners later ordered those cameras removed. Ledyard, Connecticut, ended its contract after a security notice. The same report quotes Flock’s chief communications officer, Josh Thomas, saying in an April interview that elected councils decide how the budget is spent.
Sources youtube.com atlantanewsfirst.com Tennessee writeup · Home spotlight
41NBC reported that a training officer from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office was fired October 8 and booked October 9, and that a deputy who had transferred to the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office was fired there and booked the same morning. Each booking listed violation of oath by a public officer and illegal use or obtainment of law-enforcement license-plate data. 41NBC said the booking reports do not name Flock. The Union-Recorder reported that both cases were misuse of the Flock camera system, and that the searches tied to the transferred deputy happened while he still worked for Baldwin County. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources 41nbc.com unionrecorder.com FLK-2026-134 in the misuse table
404 Media reported October 9, 2026, that Sen. Ron Wyden wrote Sara Carter, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, asking the office to publish a privacy assessment it commissioned from MITRE in 2024 covering High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area surveillance programs. That work includes the HIDTA automated license-plate reader database. Wyden’s October 8 letter says 404 Media reported that HIDTA aggregates location data from Flock, Axon, and other vendors’ ALPRs through agreements with cities and towns, that transparency into those programs is limited, and that ONDCP refused to give his office the MITRE review and has not made it public. The letter also asks for a separate analysis of ALPR systems and practices. This is a letter, not a statute.
404 Media’s earlier investigation into how cities funnel plate data into the HIDTA federal program is here . HIDTA sits under ONDCP.
Sources 404media.co Wyden letter (PDF) 404 Media HIDTA investigation
A October 9, 2026, law-firm release describes a federal class action filed in the Northern District of Georgia naming Flock, Coweta County, the sheriff, and deputies. It alleges Flock network searches of a resident’s vehicle while that person had a pending civil-rights suit against the same office, including five searches over about 197 days in 2025 across thousands of agency cameras and free-text reasons like “info” and “37.” These are allegations in a civil complaint. The plaintiff is not named here.
Sources hallandlampros.com wrongful ID 48 in the wrongful-stop table
The Colorado Sun reported October 6, 2026, that a Denver-area resident filed a federal class action against Flock, Bow Mar, Columbine Valley, and police officials after a 2025 package-theft citation that relied on Flock plate data and was later voided. Courthouse News covered the same filing. 9NEWS reported October 7, 2026, on the suit in a Steve on Your Side segment. The plaintiff is not named here. These are allegations in a civil complaint.
Sources 9news.com coloradosun.com courthousenews.com wrongful ID 35 in the wrongful-stop table
The Texas Tribune reported October 5, 2026, that some Texas agencies are blocking or pricing out public-records requests about how Flock cameras are used, including one invoice of about $2 million for labor. The story also said few Texas Flock agencies publish transparency portals or downloadable search logs. This is transparency reporting, not a cancel vote.
Sources texastribune.org
VPM reported October 2, 2026, that Chesterfield County Police said a civilian intelligence investigator was charged with two counts of improper use of an ALPR system by law enforcement and two counts of computer invasion of privacy. Coworkers reported concerns August 27; an audit found suspicious queries. Access was revoked and the employee was placed on unpaid administrative leave. The employee is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources vpm.org FLK-2026-133 in the misuse table
Reuters reported October 9, 2026, that Flock plans to cut about 18% of its staff, roughly 270 people out of about 1,500, after the voluntary separation program announced in September. People with knowledge of the plan said those employees leave at the end of October. Reuters said Flock declined to comment for that story. TechCrunch the same day quoted Flock spokesperson Paris Lewbel saying the program was voluntary, not a layoff, and that it was meant to position the company for its next phase of growth. This is company staffing news.
Sources reuters.com techcrunch.com (Oct. 9) wired.com techcrunch.com (Sept. 19) Flock dossier
Shaw Local reported October 5–6, 2026, that the DuPage County State’s Attorney said a former Itasca Police officer was indicted September 29 on official-misconduct and computer-tampering charges after alleged unauthorized Flock and LEADS plate searches between June 2025 and May 2026. The former officer surrendered and was released pending trial. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. Separate from the West Chicago case in the same release (FLK-2026-131).
Sources shawlocal.com FLK-2026-130 in the misuse table
Shaw Local reported October 5–6, 2026, that the DuPage County State’s Attorney said a former West Chicago Police officer was indicted September 29 on official-misconduct and computer-tampering charges after alleged unauthorized Flock plate searches between December 18, 2024, and January 25, 2025. The department said the officer had been placed on leave in early September. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. Separate from the Itasca case in the same release (FLK-2026-130).
Sources shawlocal.com FLK-2026-131 in the misuse table
WECT reported October 8–9, 2026, that a former Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office deputy was charged with six counts of misusing an automated license-plate reader system. The reporting said the indictments allege searches without a legitimate law-enforcement purpose between February and August. The deputy is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Port City Daily reported September 1 that the deputy resigned after a Flock-system review and that Sheriff Brian Chism referred the case to the North Carolina SBI. County Commissioner Pat Sykes told WECT she has questions about policy and flagged records; she said she is considering a motion to end the county’s Flock contract. That is not a cancel vote.
Sources wect.com portcitydaily.com FLK-2026-071 in the misuse table
The Chicago Sun-Times reported October 7, 2026, that Illinois State Police said a former Joliet Police lieutenant faces computer-tampering and official-misconduct charges in Will County after alleged Flock database misuse. Court documents put the alleged offense on July 23, 2025. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources chicago.suntimes.com FLK-2026-132 in the misuse table
FOX 5 Atlanta reported October 7, 2026, that Athens-Clarke County Police fired an officer after an internal investigation found improper Flock license-plate searches of a vehicle plate associated with someone known to that officer, numerous times over about one week in 2025. The department said another officer reported the suspected misuse on October 5. Chief Jerry Saulters said the department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to open an independent criminal investigation, and that search access is now limited to supervisors and above. The officer is not named here. A firing is not a criminal conviction. Separate from the August 2026 Athens-Clarke civilian-employee case (FLK-2026-069).
Sources fox5atlanta.com cbsnews.com wsbtv.com ACCPD press release (PDF) FLK-2026-129 in the misuse table
On October 2, 2026, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sens. Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley released the Ban Flock Act . Their release says the bill would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license-plate readers or accessing the data those readers collect, stop some federal grant funding for state and local governments that use the readers or contract with the companies, and allow people to sue the federal government over that use. This is an introduced bill, not a statute. Hawley’s separate announcement is the Stop Flock Abuse Act.
Sources ocasio-cortez.house.gov Officials: Bernie Sanders
U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill granted a motion to suppress on October 1, 2026, in United States v. Kyle, No. 4:26-cr-00189-SEH, in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The order does not dismiss the case. A Tulsa County deputy queried Flock and a second license-plate system after he saw a California plate, and before the traffic stop. Earlier in the order, Hill called that plate-reader technology “a large-scale, dragnet-type surveillance system.” On the search itself, she wrote:
“[The deputy’s] search in just the ALPR system provided him with more than 50 individual records of [the defendant’s] whereabouts across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the ALPR systems [the deputy] used to search [the defendant’s] historical location information intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the information in the record, the only reason [the deputy] conducted that search was because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation of [the defendant’s] Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the remainder of the traffic stop because [the deputy] began following [the defendant’s] car while he conducted the ALPR search, which led to the rest of the evidence obtained during the traffic stop. Because the government does not identify any adequate exception to the exclusionary rule, all evidence obtained after [the deputy] initiated the ALPR search must be suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree.”
Judge Sara E. Hill, Oct. 1, 2026. Brackets stand in for names in the order.
Sources storage.courtlistener.com wrongful ID 47 in the wrongful-stop table
Ars Technica reported October 1, 2026, citing the Washington Post , that a push to remove Flock cameras from St. Lucie County roads turned up 14 cameras with no permits. The sheriff’s office claimed three and did not explain the missing permits. Eleven still have no public owner. County spokesperson Erick Gill said staff plan to bag cameras, and that some removal deadlines run as late as October 20. One camera had already come down after the county posted notices. A Flock spokesperson told the Post that permitting rules vary by place and are not required everywhere. Commissioner James Clasby said he is not all right with cameras that might not belong to law enforcement.
Sources arstechnica.com washingtonpost.com
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported September 30, 2026, that a deputy was arrested and charged with four counts of unauthorized computer access and official misconduct. The office said ALPR audits showed 381 queries across five databases, including 300 ALPR queries of one plate, from January 2025 through July 2026, and that the deputy resigned September 11 when questioned. A media inquiry on August 20 started the review. The deputy is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
The same release said a second deputy was arrested that morning on unauthorized-access and official-misconduct charges in a separate investigation. The office did not describe that second case as ALPR. That deputy is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources pinellassheriff.gov FLK-2026-128 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported September 30, 2026, that a former investigator from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office was charged with two counts of misuse of a license-plate reader system and two counts of violation of oath of office. GBI said the sheriff’s office asked it to investigate August 18 after an internal Flock audit. The investigator is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Atlanta News First reported September 2 that Hall County fired an investigator after that audit, that two investigators were fired the prior week, and that three deputies resigned September 1. The cited September 2 recap did not mention criminal charges.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov atlantanewsfirst.com FLK-2026-062 in the misuse table
InvestigateTV reported September 30, 2026, that Flock emailed departments about a “security incident”: a person had published a website showing Flock device locations. Flock told the outlet a person reported an exposed map key in November 2025, that Flock closed that issue in December 2025, and that customers were notified after the website made the retained copy apparent. That is Flock’s account. This is not a how-to. Proton later published a ZIP-code search of a December 2025 snapshot (Proton map).
Tom’s Hardware reported that Flock, through a contractor, asked the researcher to take the map down. Device counts in that coverage mix cameras with other hardware and with planned or decommissioned rows. Flock’s public camera count remains more than 120,000. See the Flock dossier.
On September 30, 2026, Sen. Josh Hawley announced he will introduce the Stop Flock Abuse Act . His office said the bill would bar local governments from selling or sharing vehicle-location data with non-government third parties, require a written approval log for every search, require agencies to keep an audit log of who searched and why, require encrypted storage that stays in the United States, require deletion of driver data after ten days except for active investigations, bar hardware or software from foreign adversaries, and bar facial recognition on the networks. This is an announced bill, not a statute. Hearing writeup: September 23. The Ban Flock Act is a separate bill (writeup).
Sources hawley.senate.gov Officials: Josh Hawley
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and LatinoJustice reported September 17, 2026, that records in the Have I Been Flocked logs show NYPD officers ran 1,710 Flock searches from March 2023 through December 2025, even though the department says it has no Flock contract. The groups said many reason fields were blank, boilerplate, or gibberish. They filed a New York FOIL request.
GovTech later reported that NYPD said it is reviewing those uses, that it has never had a Flock contract and does not share data with Flock, and that it has no indication officers broke department rules. This is a records story, not a confirmed personal-misuse case.
Sources stopspying.org govtech.com
ABC11 reported September 25, 2026, that Sheriff Kevin White said a detective from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was fired after an audit found the detective had used Flock to monitor a private citizen. White said the office indefinitely suspended its Flock cameras and sent the findings to the district attorney. The detective is not named here. A firing is not a criminal conviction. This is Franklin County, North Carolina, not Franklin County, Florida. Suspension writeup: CAN-2026-235.
Sources abc11.com FLK-2026-127 in the misuse table · CAN-2026-235 in the cancellations table
The Guardian reported September 25, 2026, that Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced the Facilitating Liberty and Accountability for Flock Observations (FLAFO) Act. The paper said the bill would require a judicial warrant before a federal agency could buy, operate, access, or share data with a networked license-plate reader, and would tie Justice Department grants for state, local, and tribal agencies to similar rules. The bill text covers Flock and other companies that run those networks. This is an introduced House bill, not a statute. A separate House bill, the Flock-Off Act, would block federal money for plate readers.
Sources theguardian.com FLAFO Act (PDF)
WBIW reported September 24, 2026, that Indiana State Police arrested a deputy from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. ISP said the case began as an intimidation investigation in April, that the sheriff’s office had placed the deputy on leave, and that an audit found unauthorized license-plate-reader searches tied to people the deputy knew. Detectives submitted probable cause for intimidation, official misconduct, and fraud. WIBC reported the same arrest. The deputy is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. This is separate from the five Indianapolis officers charged the day before (FLK-2026-110).
Sources wbiw.com wibc.com FLK-2026-126 in the misuse table
ABC News reported that the Marion County prosecutor charged five officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department with misusing the department’s license-plate reader system. Court records were released September 23, 2026. The Indiana Lawyer reported that Chief Tanya Terry said one officer resigned and the other four were suspended, with termination recommended to the Merit Board. The department said the searches predated a new policy that requires a case or incident number. Officers are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
IndyStar reported August 13 that one officer had been recommended for firing. That story did not announce a charge.
Sources abcnews.com theindianalawyer.com washingtonpost.com indystar.com FLK-2026-110 in the misuse table
KBTX reported that College Station City Council voted 4–2 on September 24, 2026, to renew the city’s Flock contract and keep 84 cameras. Bob Yancy and Mark Smith voted no. Mayor John Nichols was absent. WTAW listed two agreements, not to exceed $158,000 on Texas Department of Transportation roads and $141,061.80 on other roads. KBTX described the renewed contract as nearly $400,000 a year. Those dollar figures do not match. The cameras stay.
The Post and Courier reported September 24, 2026, that Florence City Manager Scotty Davis signed a 10-year, $4 million Flock contract in June. Council did not take a vote on that signature. The paper said the city can cancel if it stops funding the program. Cameras stay. South Carolina Florence, not Florence, Kentucky, or Florence, Oregon.
Sources postandcourier.com
On September 23, 2026, Sen. Josh Hawley’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing titled “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network.” The committee notice listed witnesses: the Volusia County driver who spent 13 days in jail after a Flock-linked plate mix-up, Institute for Justice counsel Alasdair Whitney, Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple, Benn Jordan, and ACLU counsel Chad Marlow. This site does not name the civilian. ClickOrlando reported the same hearing and the Volusia case background. Full Volusia writeup: Volusia County / I-4.
On September 18, Hawley invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada. Those CEOs are not on the published witness list. The August document demand remains in the probe writeup. Officials writeup: Josh Hawley.
In his opening statement , Hawley said Flock admitted in a letter to him, ahead of the hearing, that users could search the database for images that include people, including images that scan the inside of cars. He then introduced the Volusia County driver. This site does not name the civilian.
Sources judiciary.senate.gov hawley.senate.gov clickorlando.com youtube.com (Hawley opening) Officials writeup · Volusia writeup
USA Today reported September 22, 2026, that Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) wrote Attorney General Todd Blanche asking the Justice Department for national automated-license-plate-reader guardrails. Their September 22 letter asks for answers by October 21, 2026. That is a letter, not a statute. Officials writeups: Raphael Warnock, Katie Britt.
Sources warnock.senate.gov (PDF) usatoday.com
On September 22, 2026, Flock CISO Chris Castaldo wrote that Bishop Fox’s 2026 engagement (January 12–March 27) found 36 issues across cameras, software, mobile apps, and cloud infrastructure. Flock said 24 of those 36 were independently verified as fixed, including two critical and seven high findings, and that none of the findings resulted in outsider access to customer data. A same-day GlobeNewswire release repeated that 24-of-36 figure; it counted six high findings where the blog counted seven. That is Flock’s paid-test account, not an independent newsroom audit, and not a how-to.
Flock said one remediation was Secure Boot on older ALPR cameras, which the company described as a response to a previously reported issue in which images stored on a stolen device could be obtained. Independent reporters in mid-September still recovered footage from a camera they obtained. See What’s on the camera and the Flock dossier.
Sources flocksafety.com globenewswire.com Flock dossier · What’s on the camera
WTOP reported September 18, 2026, that interim Chief Jeffery Carroll told D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto Internal Affairs is investigating two cases of potential Flock misuse. One was first flagged by Flock’s audit tool. The letter did not name anyone or describe the alleged searches. An investigation is not a finding of guilt.
That letter followed a union fight over Flock pointed at officers. On September 11, WTOP reported that D.C. Police Union president Gregg Pemberton said managers used Flock in a noncriminal Internal Affairs investigation of a union member. Pemberton said that violated the department’s general order and Flock’s user agreement. A police spokesperson told WTOP the department’s position is that the license-plate-reader use in that misconduct investigation was appropriate because the alleged misconduct was potentially criminal, and that the grievance will go to arbitration. Pemberton said that the same day the grievance was denied, a teletype routed department Flock queries through the Real Time Crime Center. Officers in these matters are not named here.
Sources wtop.com (Sept. 18) wtop.com (Sept. 11) FLK-2026-124 in the misuse table
CBS Detroit and WXYZ reported September 16, 2026, that Eastpointe Police Chief Corey Haines said two employees misused the city’s Flock system. One used it for personal reasons and received severe discipline. The other was a policy-violation case still under investigation. Employees are not named here. A charge or accusation is not a finding of guilt. City Council had voted 4–1 the night before to terminate the contract (CAN-2026-230).
Sources cbsnews.com wxyz.com FLK-2026-125 in the misuse table · CAN-2026-230 in the cancellations table
404 Media reported September 17, 2026, that Flock-owned demo accounts, including one labeled Flock City PD, ran live FreeForm searches on real cameras in Dunwoody, Georgia, Bryan, Texas, and other places. The logs included searches for crowds, people wearing masks, and political bumper stickers. Flock told 404 Media the queries were tests and demonstrations, not customer investigations, and that the demo environment is now isolated from live networks. Dunwoody’s permission is in the record; permission from Bryan and other jurisdictions is not. That is company staff searching the live network.
Sources 404media.co Flock dossier · What’s on the camera · Dunwoody community-center cameras
The Atlanta Community Press Collective reported April 14, 2026, that access logs showed Flock employees viewed cameras at the Marcus Jewish Community Center on the Dunwoody police network. The paper said one employee viewed cameras labeled “Gym Mendel – 1” and “Main Pool Right” on July 23, 2025, and that another viewed a camera labeled “Gymnastics” on September 30, 2025. Mayor Lynn Deutsch told the council she was concerned and perplexed. She said Flock employees had used the city’s network for a potential sales call with another law enforcement agency, and that Flock would no longer use the network that way. A later demo-account story is Flock City PD.
Sources atlpresscollective.com Flock dossier
The Statehouse News Bureau reported September 17, 2026, that Attorney General Andy Wilson said automated license-plate readers, including Flock cameras, are valuable when used properly and that cities should not rush to ban them. Wilson said statewide legislation should require audits, make personal misuse a felony with a lifetime ban from being a peace officer, and cap how long agencies keep the data. He said he favors keeping data no more than 30 days. The station said four Republican bills were introduced in the prior week; some lawmakers still talk about a ban. In August, Sen. Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) told the Columbus Dispatch he would introduce a bill barring sale or sharing of plate-reader data with third parties, requiring deletion after 10 days, and making personal misuse a fourth-degree felony. Rep. Levi Dean (R-Xenia) told The Statehouse News Bureau he was drafting a separate measure that would require warrants for government ALPR searches and would ban AI-assisted government surveillance cameras, while still allowing private cameras with limits on government use of their data. Officials writeups: Al Cutrona, Levi Dean. See also Columbus council hearing, Fort Wayne cancel, and Monroe, Ohio, cancel.
Sources statenews.org (Sept. 17) dispatch.com statenews.org (Aug. 18)
The Intercept reported September 17, 2026 that Flock partnered with Neighbors for Strong Communities, a newly formed nonprofit incorporated in Washington, D.C., on a Knox County campaign that texted residents from a local area code and used AI to draft emails backing the cameras. A Knoxville resident told The Intercept she filled out the group’s form twice: only after she indicated support did it supply a draft email to county commissioners. The draft did not say it was AI-written or that the nonprofit wrote it.
The Intercept said the group’s Knox County page used an image of a man with six fingers, a common AI-image tell, and that the page said Flock’s supporters are “real people.” Flock and Neighbors for Strong Communities did not respond to The Intercept. On its website the group said Flock brought public-safety experience and that it independently designed and managed the resident-engagement campaign. Two of the group’s directors also helped found Influent, a company that uses AI to generate letters to officials. Texts to Knox residents linked to a URL with “influent” in the address. Whether Influent has a business relationship with Flock is unknown, The Intercept said.
Former Commissioner Larsen Jay told The Intercept he received similar-sounding pro-Flock emails and treated them as form letters. In face-to-face conversations, he said, opposition ran far ahead of support. Commissioner Andy Fox said he received dozens of template emails. Free Press co-CEO Craig Aaron told The Intercept the work was “very much an astroturf project.” Knox County Commission still voted to cancel. Tennessee writeup: Knox AI emails. Ban writeup: Knox County ban. Related vendor coaching: Own the Narrative.
Sources theintercept.com Tennessee writeup · Flock dossier · Knox cancel · Home feed
404 Media and WIRED reported jointly September 16, 2026, what software on a Flock license-plate camera actually does. The camera is built to spot people, cars, plates, and bikes. When it thinks it sees a person, it marks where they are in the frame and how sure it is. WIRED ran that model on footage from the device. It picked people out, including a reporter’s selfie. On this camera it only flagged people in 11 of 27,321 short clips, all motorcyclists, because it was aimed at traffic. The feature is still there.
Flock says these cameras do not do face recognition. The reporters found no working face-recognition in Flock’s own camera software. Android leftovers did not appear to be turned on.
The camera collects; the cloud identifies. Motion triggers a burst: about 28 pictures for a typical car, sometimes more than 100. Different exposures cover the plate and the wider scene. The camera crops and sends those frames over cellular. Plate reading and make, model, and color appear to happen on Flock’s servers, not on the camera. Same split as OS Investigate. The plate detector also cropped bumper stickers, dealer frames, and an American-flag patch as if they were plates.
Recoverable logs covered about 21 days: roughly 50,200 vehicles and 1.6 million images. A typical day was about 3,300 cars; one day hit 4,454. The camera logged more than 27,000 “no space left on device” errors. Flock has said even physical access would not get you footage. The reporters still recovered a large set of videos and stills. A Flock spokesperson said unauthorized removal and tampering is illegal. Full version: Flock dossier.
Sources 404media.co wired.com Flock dossier · OS Investigate
Atlanta News First reported September 15, 2026, that an Atlanta Police audit of 115,578 Flock searches this year flagged 79 for investigation, about 0.07% of the total. Officials said a flagged search is a potential policy deviation under review, not a confirmed violation. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the review should finish within 60 days. Mayor Andre Dickens plans to introduce citywide surveillance-oversight legislation at the September 21 City Council meeting. The cameras stay. Flagged searches are under review; they are not a firing, a charge, or a confirmed policy violation.
Atlanta News First reported August 15, 2026, that Dickens directed Atlanta PD, the Department of Law, and the Chief Operating Officer’s office to run a 30-day review of the city’s Flock system and related policies after an August 10 memo from COO LaChandra Burks.
Sources atlantanewsfirst.com (Sept. 15) atlantanewsfirst.com (Aug. 15)
The Washington Examiner and the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump, asked Sunday, September 14, 2026, aboard Air Force One whether he would back Flock cameras, said he “sort of like[s] them… because of law enforcement.” He said some people think they are “an infringement,” then added, “I like them.” That is a quoted preference, not a federal order to install cameras. Officials writeup: Donald Trump.
Sources washingtonexaminer.com washingtonpost.com Officials writeup
EFF reported September 14, 2026 that its review of Flock network-audit logs found officers at agencies around the country putting joke, empty, or insult text in the search-reason field. That list includes LOL, LMAO, idk, TBD, sexy, d*ckhead, sh*thead, and f*ck this new search engine. The asterisks are how EFF printed those three swears. EFF said a Goshen, Indiana, officer searched 6,474 ALPR networks (82,413 cameras) on May 7, 2025 with the reason idk. EFF counted more than 6,300 TBD searches across more than 30 agencies, including 1,954 at Priceville Police Department in Alabama. Other logs, EFF said, look like keyboard mash instead of a written purpose. Officers are not named here.
Flock’s own December 10, 2025 blog says every ALPR Search now requires an Offense Type pick from a list based on federal crime categories (NIBRS), on the agency’s own cameras and on Statewide and National Lookup. The older Search Reason box stays optional unless the agency turns it on. Picking Other forces a typed reason. Flock calls that a simpler, more accurate audit. EFF says the dropdown does not require proof that the picked category matches the real purpose, and that one-click labels such as Traffic infraction or Other hide improper searches. EFF said joke free-text entries dropped after early 2026 once the pick-list replaced a required typed reason. Same-week Network Audit Log field removals (names, plates, open-text reasons) are on audit-log redactions and in USA TODAY’s August 28 investigation. Loitering and curfew as built-in search categories: The Intercept.
EFF grouped the ruder logs under insults and inappropriate searches. Belton, Missouri, ran searches for “d*ckhead.” An Illinois department EFF named ran searches for “sh*thead.” Norton, Massachusetts, ran searches for “Sexy.” Michigan City, Indiana, ran searches listing “f*ck this new search engine.” Corona, California, ran searches for “weird” or “WEIRD KID.” Columbus, Ohio, ran searches for “idiot.”
Some agencies told EFF the logged text was not the real purpose. Thornton, Colorado, said searches logged as “driving around being weird” were for legitimate public safety purposes. San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said idk searches had active investigations. Richmond, California, said officers who logged Hehe were counseled. Belton said it would investigate the “d*ckhead” searches. Cobb County Police said it now requires a case number plus an offense and a reason. Fishers, Indiana, said a detective typed blah when the software felt slow and was told to use test instead. Those are the agencies’ statements, not findings by this site.
Crossville’s public TPRA log still shows officer-typed reasons. The city has not published whether local officers must pick an Offense Type, whether Other is allowed, or which categories are enabled. See the Crossville search log and Flock dossier.
Sources eff.org flocksafety.com (Offense Type dropdown) Home spotlight · Flock dossier · audit-log redactions · Crossville search log
WBBM reported that Chesterton Town Council voted unanimously September 14, 2026, to discontinue Flock after Police Chief Tim Richardson investigated reported misuse of the system by an officer. The station said that officer has since resigned and that the chief deactivated officer access except command staff for an internal audit. The officer is not named here. Those are the agency’s allegations. A resignation during an investigation is not a finding of guilt. Cancel writeup: CAN-2026-216.
Sources audacy.com (WBBM) FLK-2026-118 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported September 14, 2026, that a former Emerson Police Department officer was charged with two counts of misuse of a license-plate reader system and violation of oath of office. Acworth Police asked GBI to investigate alleged non-law-enforcement use of Acworth’s Flock system while the officer worked there and after a 2025 transfer to Emerson. GBI said the officer turned themselves in September 14. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov FLK-2026-119 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported September 14, 2026, that a former Colquitt County deputy was charged with two counts of misuse of a license-plate reader system and two counts of violation of oath of office. The sheriff’s office asked GBI on September 8 to investigate alleged non-law-enforcement Flock use. GBI said the deputy turned themselves in September 14. The deputy is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov FLK-2026-120 in the misuse table
NBC Bay Area reported September 11, 2026, that San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph said an officer from the department was fired after accessing Flock license-plate data on a personal phone and giving it to a domestic-violence suspect. The chief said that enabled the suspect to locate a victim, and that the department referred the case to the district attorney. The officer is not named here. A referral is not a finding of guilt. Separate from the city’s Institute for Justice camera lawsuit.
Sources nbcbayarea.com FLK-2026-116 in the misuse table
FOX 5 Atlanta reported September 11, 2026, that Braselton Police fired an unnamed officer on August 20 after an internal investigation found alleged improper Flock use in 2024 and 2025. The town referred the matter to GBI. Atlanta News First reported the same firing. Separate from an earlier Braselton chief firing. The officer is not named here. A referral is not a finding of guilt.
Sources fox5atlanta.com atlantanewsfirst.com FLK-2026-121 in the misuse table
UGA Today reported September 11, 2026, that University of Georgia Police suspended a civilian IT employee without pay for 20 business days and demoted the employee after an audit found two unauthorized Flock searches in 2025. Internal affairs said the searches were not criminal. Atlanta News First reported the same discipline. The employee is not named here.
Sources news.uga.edu atlantanewsfirst.com FLK-2026-122 in the misuse table
The Citizen reported September 10, 2026, that Peachtree City Police said two officers are no longer employed and that both matters were turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The department told the paper the officers’ activities appear to have involved misuse of the city’s Flock system. The officers are not named here. A referral is not a finding of guilt.
Sources thecitizen.com FLK-2026-115 in the misuse table
EFF reported September 9, 2026 that some police agencies are hiding ALPR use from drivers, from reports, and from public-records requesters. The piece cites the 404 Media report on Wapello County, Iowa’s Flock SOP: do not mention ALPR usage to vehicle occupants, and do not put it in a report unless absolutely necessary. Prefer “county resources.” Full SOP writeup: Wapello County.
EFF also reported that Houston officers are instructed to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using Flock, because those searches could be obtained through public records. That is Houston, Texas, not Houston County, Georgia. EFF says hiding surveillance tools from the public and from courts is an old pattern, not a Flock-only trick.
Crossville has not published a written rule on whether officers must tell a driver, or write in a report, that a stop started with a Flock hit. Ask for that policy under TPRA.
ClickOrlando reported June 10, 2026, that Florida Highway Patrol arrested a civilian in April over an October 2025 crash on Interstate 4 in Volusia County that killed three people. She spent 13 days in jail. ClickOrlando reported that her vehicle had appeared on nearby Flock cameras around the time of the crash. WESH reported that troopers cited a Flock camera that captured her plate about three miles from the crash two minutes before it happened, and that her attorney said a time-distance analysis showed she was already past the scene. A 911 caller had described a maroon SUV. She drove a black one. This site does not name the civilian.
WESH reported May 26, 2026, that the Volusia County state attorney’s office dropped all eight felony charges. ClickOrlando reported that FHP’s reconstruction team later said key evidence had been missed, and that FHP arrested another driver. ClickOrlando also reported that FHP declined to say whether mistakes were made and called the crash case an active criminal investigation.
WESH reported June 9, 2026, that she filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against two FHP troopers. The complaint, as WESH described it, alleges the troopers fabricated vehicle-damage evidence and swore to false statements in an arrest-warrant affidavit. Those are allegations in a civil complaint, not findings. On September 7, 404 Media interviewed the driver and her lawyer. The podcast said troopers used Flock’s freeform search, which looks through camera images by a written description, while looking for a black SUV. Fox News aired a national segment on the jail stay and dropped charges on September 9, 2026.
Sources clickorlando.com wesh.com (lawsuit) wesh.com (charges dropped) foxnews.com youtube.com (404 Media) wrongful ID 41 in the wrongful-stop table
WPTV reported September 8, 2026, that a former Fort Pierce police officer was arrested over alleged misuse of police database systems. That writeup said the department had not yet released the officer’s name or the charges.
WQCS reported September 9 that Police Chief David M. Smith said the former officer was arrested September 8 on four felony unauthorized-computer-access counts after investigators found 382 Flock searches of one plate from October 2025 through July 2026 with no legitimate law-enforcement purpose. WQCS said the officer resigned August 18 during the investigation. The officer is not named here. An arrest is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wqcs.org wptv.com FLK-2026-072 in the misuse table
Port City Daily reported September 8, 2026, that a Wrightsville Beach police officer was no longer employed after an internal audit of the town’s Flock system. Town leadership asked for the audit, then notified the State Bureau of Investigation and the district attorney. No charges were announced in that coverage. The officer is not named here. A referral is not a finding of guilt.
Sources portcitydaily.com FLK-2026-070 in the misuse table
KFDA reported that an officer from the Amarillo Police Department was fired July 17, 2026, then charged with 78 counts of tampering with a government record. The Potter County Attorney’s Office accepted the complaint August 31. KFDA reported he turned himself in September 1. The same reporting said the complaint alleges 76 Flock plate searches between February 25 and June 13, plus two searches in another law-enforcement database. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. Cameras stay. On September 8, KFDA reported Chief Thomas Hover told the city council the department cut ALPR retention to seven days, requires monthly supervisor audits, and will review a flagged search within three days. KFDA posted the interview the same day.
Sources newschannel10.com newschannel10.com (council) youtube.com FLK-2026-114 in the misuse table
WSB-TV reported September 7, 2026, that a student’s new car was flagged by Flock twice in two days. The family told the station the flag came from insurance data that had not caught up after the purchase. Jalopnik , citing that interview, reported an Atlanta officer stopped the student, the student showed proof of insurance, and the student was still cited. The next day, the same report said, Cobb County officers stopped the same car for the same reason. The family said the citation still has to be contested. WSB did not report a court outcome. A citation is not a finding. The student is not named here.
Sources youtube.com wsbtv.com jalopnik.com wrongful ID 46 in the wrongful-stop table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported September 1, 2026, that a Georgia Department of Corrections special agent in charge was arrested and charged with misuse of a license-plate reader system after GDC asked GBI to investigate alleged non-work Flock use. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov FLK-2026-085 in the misuse table
The Augusta Press and later CBS Atlanta reported a widening Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Flock audit in 2026. Combined local coverage described six deputies fired and charged as the investigation expanded through late August. WRDW reported October 15, 2026, that another deputy was arrested and fired after alleged personal Flock searches, charged with misuse of license plate readers and violation of oath of office. That brings the published count to seven. Deputies are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources theaugustapress.com cbsnews.com/atlanta FLK-2026-082 in the misuse table wrdw.com (Oct. 15)
WIRED reported that an Alpharetta police officer was placed on paid leave July 20, 2026, and resigned August 5 after an internal investigation of alleged personal Flock searches totaling 103. A lieutenant told WIRED a criminal investigation was ongoing. No charges were announced in that reporting. The officer is not named here. An investigation is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wired.com FLK-2026-105 in the misuse table
News 6 reported August 20, 2026, that a deputy from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office resigned May 27, 2026, after an internal investigation. Sheriff Wayne Ivey had signed off on that investigation in May and was prepared to fire the deputy. Ivey wrote that the misconduct had irreparably damaged the trust required of a deputy. An audit found one Flock search, before a shift, of a plate associated with someone known to the deputy. The search was logged as an investigation. Investigators wrote that the deputy denied using the search to spy on that person and could not give a reason for the off-duty query. News 6 reported that the administrative file does not mention a criminal investigation. 404 Media also reported the resignation on August 27, 2026. The deputy is not named here. A resignation is not a criminal conviction.
Sources clickorlando.com 404media.co FLK-2026-135 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported August 27, 2026, that a former Covington Police officer was charged with misuse of a license-plate reader system and one count of violation of oath of office. Covington Police asked GBI on August 6 to investigate alleged non-law-enforcement Flock use. GBI said the officer was arrested August 26. Georgia Covington, not Covington, Washington. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov FLK-2026-123 in the misuse table
WCVB reported that a Stow police officer resigned August 26, 2026, before a termination hearing. Town officials said an internal investigation found alleged Flock and state criminal-history searches without a legitimate law-enforcement reason. The department said it filed a criminal complaint seeking charges. The officer is not named here. A complaint seeking charges is not a conviction. Stow also ended its Flock contract (cancel writeup).
Sources wcvb.com FLK-2026-113 in the misuse table · CAN-2026-104 in the cancellations table
ABC13 reported that Katy Police said an officer was fired and charged with misuse of official information and stalking after alleged Flock plate searches. The officer is not named here. The civilian is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources abc13.com FLK-2026-111 in the misuse table
The Temple Police Department said August 21, 2026, that an advanced Flock audit on August 18 flagged a search that did not have a legitimate law-enforcement purpose. The department said the officer was placed on investigative leave and then resigned. Temple asked the Texas Rangers to investigate. KWTX reported the same resignation. The officer is not named here. A referral is not a finding of guilt.
Sources city-of-temple.prowly.com kwtx.com FLK-2026-117 in the misuse table
CBS Atlanta reported August 20, 2026, that a Cherokee County deputy was fired and arrested after an internal review of alleged non-work Flock searches. FOX 5 Atlanta said that was the fourth Cherokee Sheriff’s Office employee fired and charged in the same kind of case this year. Deputies are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources cbsnews.com/atlanta fox5atlanta.com FLK-2026-076 in the misuse table
The Boston Globe reported August 20, 2026, that a Lynn Police Flock audit placed two officers on leave. No firing or charge was announced in that coverage. Officers are not named here. An investigation is not a finding of guilt.
Sources bostonglobe.com FLK-2026-097 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported August 7, 2026, that a former Polk County Police officer was charged with four misdemeanor counts of license-plate reader misuse. GBI reported August 12 that a former Dallas, Georgia, 911 director was charged with two misdemeanor counts. GBI reported July 27 that a former Ogeechee Circuit District Attorney’s Office investigator was charged after more than 60 alleged non-work Flock accesses. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported a Henry County, Georgia, officer was fired and charged. 41NBC reported August 17 that a Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputy was suspended without pay pending termination of employment after a Flock audit; that coverage said the sheriff referred the case to the district attorney and did not announce charges. Appen Media reported a Sandy Springs officer’s employment was terminated after alleged Flock searches for a private company product. Appen also reported Dunwoody terminated an officer’s employment in February 2026 after an internal investigation of alleged Flock and database searches. People in these cases are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov (Polk) gbi.georgia.gov (Dallas) gbi.georgia.gov (Ogeechee) ajc.com 41nbc.com appenmedia.com (Sandy Springs) appenmedia.com (Dunwoody) FLK-2026-100 · FLK-2026-101 · FLK-2026-102 · FLK-2026-103 · FLK-2026-104 · FLK-2026-106 · FLK-2026-112 in the misuse table
CBS Atlanta reported August 10, 2026, that three former Bibb County deputies were arrested after an internal Flock audit. The sheriff’s office said two resigned during the investigation and one resigned shortly after arrest. Deputies are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources cbsnews.com/atlanta FLK-2026-086 in the misuse table
WBTV reported August 5, 2026, that a Mooresville police officer was arrested after the chief said the officer accessed Flock 31 times for a non-work purpose. The Charlotte Observer reported the same arrest. The chief said other officers were under review; those reviews are not counted here until a published job action or charge. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources wbtv.com charlotteobserver.com FLK-2026-074 in the misuse table
The Post and Courier reported July 29, 2026, that Greenville County Sheriff’s Office fired a deputy and a dispatcher after Flock flagged alleged personal searches. That coverage said neither was charged. South Carolina Public Radio reported July 30 that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said a deputy was fired and charged with misconduct in office after an audit found alleged non-work Flock use. People in these cases are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources postandcourier.com southcarolinapublicradio.org FLK-2026-107 · FLK-2026-108 in the misuse table
The Charlotte Observer reported that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was arrested July 29, 2026, on a charge of accessing computers after an alleged unauthorized Flock and state criminal-history query. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources charlotteobserver.com FLK-2026-073 in the misuse table
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported July 6, 2026, that five former Albany Police officers were arrested and charged after an internal Flock audit; GBI said they are no longer employed there. Atlanta News First reported a Greene County deputy was fired and arrested. GBI reported a Conyers dispatcher supervisor was charged after more than 30 alleged non-work searches. FOX 5 Atlanta reported a Habersham County deputy was fired and arrested. CBS Atlanta reported DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office fired and arrested a former sergeant, a different agency from DeKalb Police’s eight-officer suspension. The GBI also reported a former Echols County Sheriff’s Office civilian employee was arrested. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office said a former deputy was fired, then arrested by GBI. InvestigateTV reported a Braselton police chief was fired and arrested by GBI. People in these cases are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov (Albany) gbi.georgia.gov (Conyers) gbi.georgia.gov (Echols) atlantanewsfirst.com fox5atlanta.com cbsnews.com/atlanta coffeesheriffga.gov investigatetv.com FLK-2026-075 · FLK-2026-077 · FLK-2026-078 · FLK-2026-079 · FLK-2026-080 · FLK-2026-081 · FLK-2026-083 · FLK-2026-084 in the misuse table
The Institute for Justice lists a Milwaukee detective charged with misconduct after alleged Flock tracking while assigned to investigate a separate Milwaukee officer Flock case. That detective is not the sentenced officer in the July 15 writeup. The detective is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources ij.org FLK-2026-088 in the misuse table
The Institute for Justice ALPR-abuse database also lists these personnel cases: an Orange City, Florida, officer charged; a Louisville Metro officer charged; a Kenosha County deputy who resigned; a Bonner Springs, Kansas, detective charged; a Winnebago County, Illinois, deputy charged; a Prairie Grove, Illinois, officer fired and charged; a Monroe County, Florida, deputy charged; a Jerome County, Idaho, sheriff who retired after an attorney-general review that found no crime; a Haines City, Florida, officer arrested after alleged Flock searches; and a former West Chester, Ohio, officer sentenced after alleged Flock-data tampering. KPRC 2 reported a Baytown officer resigned while Flock investigations continued. IndyStar reported an Indianapolis officer was recommended for firing over alleged personal ALPR use. Charges came later (IMPD writeup). People in those listings are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. A plea or sentence is what the cited listing reported.
Sources ij.org click2houston.com indystar.com FLK-2026-087 · FLK-2026-089 · FLK-2026-090 · FLK-2026-092 · FLK-2026-093 · FLK-2026-094 · FLK-2026-095 · FLK-2026-096 · FLK-2026-098 · FLK-2026-099 · FLK-2026-109 · FLK-2026-110 in the misuse table
The Arizona Republic reported that Queen Creek Town Council voted unanimously September 2, 2026, to add safeguards on the town’s 62 automated license-plate readers and to make unauthorized Flock searches a local offense, with a possible six-month jail term and $2,500 fine. Town officials said Queen Creek is the first Arizona city they know of to add that criminal penalty. Police said users must log searches electronically and on paper with a case number. Residents asked council to cancel Flock. Council kept the cameras.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported September 2, 2026, that a deputy from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office was charged with misuse of a license-plate reader system. The sheriff’s office asked GBI to investigate alleged non-law-enforcement Flock use. FOX 5 Atlanta reported the deputy turned themselves in September 1. The deputy is not named here. The cited GBI release does not say the deputy was fired. A charge is not a finding of guilt. The case is to go to the Clayton County District Attorney.
Sources gbi.georgia.gov fox5atlanta.com FLK-2026-067 in the misuse table
WALB reported August 27, 2026, that an officer from Hahira Police was fired after an internal review found alleged policy violations, some potentially criminal, and that the department asked GBI to investigate. On September 1, WALB reported that the former officer was arrested over alleged non-work Flock searches found in an audit. The officer is not named here. Search counts and who was looked up were not published. A charge or arrest is not a finding of guilt.
Sources walb.com (arrest) walb.com (firing) FLK-2026-068 in the misuse table
Atlanta News First reported August 28, 2026, that Athens-Clarke County Police received a complaint August 27 alleging a civilian supervisor ran non-work Flock searches in 2025. The same reporting said the chief fired the employee and asked GBI to open a criminal investigation. No charges were announced in that coverage. The employee is not named here. An investigation is not a finding of guilt.
Sources atlantanewsfirst.com FLK-2026-069 in the misuse table
The Intercept reported September 9, 2026 that Flock’s search menu includes a crime category labeled “Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations.” Records from Plano, Illinois, showed outside agencies tapped that town’s cameras more than 1,200 times under that category. The Intercept said that is only one town’s cameras, so the national total is larger. Have I Been Flocked logs cited in the piece show hundreds more of those searches in other states. Some queries were plate searches; others, the reporting said, show police using the network while looking at people on foot. Flock did not respond to The Intercept’s request for comment.
Examples in the same reporting include a Norcross, Georgia, phone search that hit more than 6,000 Flock camera networks; LaGrange, Georgia, searches over thousands of networks for someone leaving a house with heavy traffic and for someone “lingering at a stop sign around midnight”; and West Palm Beach logs shared by EFF investigator Dave Maass that included a query tied to an outside agency dropping a person labeled a “vagrant” in the city. The Intercept also reported that search logs showed the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation ran a “Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations” query across more than 17,000 Flock cameras with a note about a “suspicious person at planned protest site.” A TBI spokesperson told The Intercept those searches came from the Tennessee Fusion Center and referred further questions to the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, which had not responded in the cited coverage. Tennessee writeup: TBI / fusion center. Dossier: Flock dossier.
Sources theintercept.com Flock dossier · Tennessee writeup
Inquest (Brendan McQuade and Ed Vogel, Sept. 10, 2026) argued that homeland-security funding after 9/11 midwifed a public–private surveillance market. The essay places Flock and Axon as platform vendors: agencies pay for continuous access to mass automated tools on corporate servers. It cites Flock at more than 120,000 AI plate-reader cameras, contracts with about 40% of U.S. law-enforcement agencies, and a private valuation of about $7.5 billion, plus the company’s claim that it can “eliminate almost all crime” within a decade. It also describes the Axon–Flock breakup: Axon cutting Flock’s access to Fleet 3 dash-cam feeds and launching competing products (Axon Outpost, Axon Lightpole) and the Fusus real-time crime-center stack. Deeper vendor writeup: Flock dossier.
Sources inquest.org Flock dossier · Axon–Flock history
USA TODAY reported August 28, 2026 that its reporters analyzed more than 75 million Flock searches spanning about three and a half years and more than 6,300 agencies. The newspaper said many of those searches used vague reasons such as “INVESTIGATION,” “TEST,” or a single letter.
USA TODAY also reported that in December 2025 Flock changed monthly audit exports so most officer initials, plates, and search reasons are blacked out. Flock told the paper it made that change after a pattern of people using public audit data to identify undercover officers. When pressed for examples, USA TODAY said Flock did not provide any. Electronic Frontier Foundation investigator Dave Maass, quoted in the story, called the redactions catastrophic for public oversight and for agencies trying to audit searches run by outside departments. Flock said any officer abuse is unacceptable and that people who abuse the system should be held accountable.
Sources usatoday.com ()
On August 6, 2026, around 4:46 p.m., a Flock Safety camera flagged a vehicle on Interstate 94 in Waukesha County as linked to a Milwaukee homicide with a suspect believed to be armed. CBS 58 reported that Brookfield officers then ran a high-risk stop on westbound I-94 and ordered two people out of the SUV at gunpoint. Investigators quickly determined the occupants were not the people Milwaukee police were looking for.
Milwaukee PD had already cleared the vehicle from the investigation but had left the alert live. An MPD spokesperson told local stations, including TMJ4 , “This was not a Flock issue. MPD staff inadvertently did not remove a vehicle alert from the system.” Brookfield Police Chief Christopher Garcia defended his officers in a statement covered by WTMJ , saying they stopped the vehicle that was the subject of the alert. The occupants were released after Milwaukee confirmed it no longer wanted the car or the people.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported August 25, 2026 that the driver retained a lawyer and is preparing a notice of claim against Milwaukee. No lawsuit is reported as filed in the cited coverage. This site does not name the civilian. ACLU of Wisconsin analyst Jon McCray Jones, quoted by CBS 58, called the episode a systemic failure: shared Flock data led another jurisdiction to stop an innocent person at gunpoint.
Sources CBS 58 (Aug. 7, 2026) () jsonline.com (Aug. 25, 2026) () TMJ4 () WTMJ (Aug. 7, 2026) () WVBO / WFRV summary () ID 44 in the AI wrongful-enforcement database
WJCL reported that Colleton County Sheriff Guerry L. “Buddy” Hill Jr. fired a lieutenant after an audit found more than 2,700 alleged unauthorized Flock searches involving 14 people over about a year. Flock’s newer audit tools were turned on August 12, 2026; the alleged misuse was flagged the next day. The sheriff’s office did not name the lieutenant. Individual deputies no longer have direct Flock access; Communications runs searches, with temporary access only during an active investigation.
Sources wjcl.com () FLK-2026-054 in the misuse table
Savannah Police announced that an internal audit under Flock’s Audit Assistance Program flagged potential misuse by four officers and two civilian employees. The department placed all six on administrative leave July 31, 2026, and later fired all six. SPD said the alleged searches were not for official police work.
Sources wjcl.com () savannahpd.org () wtoc.com () savannahnow.com () wjcl.com () FLK-2026-026 in the misuse table wtoc.com (Oct. 15 ICE login) wjcl.com (Oct. 15 ICE login documents)
St. Louis Public Radio reported August 20, 2026 that a civilian employee of the St. Charles County Police Department admitted using Flock for a personal, non-law-enforcement reason. Police Chief Kurt Frisz was told about Flock’s Audit Assistance tool on August 12; an abnormal pattern of searches turned up two days later. The department did not name the employee. The worker was given notice of termination and then resigned. Frisz discontinued Flock the same day (CAN-2026-119).
Sources stlpr.org () kcur.org () firstalert4.com () FLK-2026-056 · CAN-2026-119 in the cancellations table
Houston Public Media reported August 20, 2026 that a Deer Park Police officer was suspended for 10 days after admitting to about 165 personal, non-work Flock searches. The department did not name the officer. This site does not name any civilian.
Sources houstonpublicmedia.org () FLK-2026-060 in the misuse table
The Advocate and WDSU reported August 19, 2026 that Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto fired a deputy after an internal investigation. The office said the deputy searched a civilian’s plate “several thousand times” between 2024 and 2026; it did not publish an exact count. The same reporting said the deputy admitted the searches. This site does not name the deputy or the civilian. Lopinto said there would be no criminal charges. “You can’t use the Flock system as your own personal Life 360,” he said. JPSO still uses Flock.
Sources theadvocate.com () wdsu.com () nola.com () FLK-2026-049 in the misuse table
NBC 26 reported that a former Menasha Police officer was sentenced August 17, 2026 to six months in jail and three years of probation after a no-contest plea to felony misconduct in public office. The complaint said the officer used department credentials while off duty in October 2025 to search Flock for vehicles tied to a civilian. The officer later resigned. FOX 11 reported August 19 that a judge denied his request to stay out of jail while appealing the sentence, which was longer than the joint recommendation.
Sources nbc26.com () fox11online.com () postcrescent.com () FLK-2026-050 in the misuse table
FOX Carolina reported August 14, 2026 that the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy confirmed a Mauldin Police officer was fired. Officials said the officer ran 166 Flock searches between March and July on the same vehicle for a non-work reason, and that the logged reasons were not true. The officer is not named here. Those are the agency’s allegations.
Sources foxcarolina.com () fitsnews.com () FLK-2026-045 in the misuse table
AZ Central reported August 14, 2026 that Surprise canceled its Flock Safety contract and asked the company to take down about 28 cameras. Two days earlier the same outlet reported a temporary suspend after a routine audit found an unexplained anomaly.
Sources azcentral.com () kold.com () azcentral.com () CAN-2026-083 in the cancellations table
A July 2026 Mother Jones report summarized a romantic-partner stalking pattern across Flock / ALPR systems, with officers losing jobs after alleged personal lookups. The Institute for Justice catalog cited in that piece identified similar ALPR stalking cases over two years.
On August 12, the Institute for Justice launched a searchable ALPR-abuse database. IJ says it catalogues more than 100 incidents of romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law-enforcement use, and other misconduct. Common Dreams coverage of the launch put the starting set around 140 examples. Crossville already tracks several of the named local stories ( Milwaukee, Greer, Pasadena).
Sources Institute for Justice: ALPR abuse database () Common Dreams: IJ database launch () Mother Jones, police losing jobs for Flock stalking () Institute for Justice: earlier stalking catalog ()
KTAR and KJZZ reported that an officer from Apache Junction PD resigned after Chief Michael Pooley said an internal investigation concluded the officer used the city’s Flock cameras on April 19, 2026 to locate a civilian during a personal dispute. Pooley said the officer asked department dispatchers to run a plate as a personal favor. The officer is not named here. Those are the department’s allegations.
Sources ktar.com () kjzz.org () abc15.com () kold.com () FLK-2026-038 in the misuse table
Providence Journal reported on August 8, 2026 on a federal lawsuit (filed June 2026) alleging Cumberland police wrongfully arrested and prosecuted a woman after a March 26, 2025 high-speed elude.
Sources providencejournal.com () riaclu.org () riaclu.org () upriseri.com () wrongful ID 43 in the wrongful-enforcement database
WSB-TV reported on August 7, 2026 that DeKalb Police Chief Gregory Padrick confirmed eight DeKalb police officers were suspended for Flock ALPR policy violations after audits and administrative investigations. Discipline ranged from 16 to 80 hours; none of the eight had been criminally charged.
Sources wsbtv.com () ajc.com () FLK-2026-036 in the misuse table
404 Media reviewed a Brown County criminal complaint alleging deputies used the shared Flock network to follow a driver’s plate from Wisconsin into Michigan and back on April 26, 2025. Prior Flock hits were cited to claim the vehicle “travels to Michigan frequently,” and the complaint called Michigan a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there.” When a camera showed the vehicle southbound on I-41 toward Green Bay, deputies coordinated an intercept, stopped the driver, claimed raw-marijuana odor, searched the car, and charged possession.
Court records described in that reporting say the driver was found guilty of weed possession. The point for Crossville: the same multi-state camera network can turn ordinary travel into a searchable pattern and then into the story police tell a judge. Drive into a state where cannabis is legal, and Flock history of that trip can become part of the probable-cause writeup when you come home (Multi-Geo & Convoy).
Sources 404 Media: Cops used Flock to track a man across state lines for weed (2026) () Gizmodo summary () Marijuana Herald (Aug. 5, 2026) () ID 45 in the wrongful-enforcement database
The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said three employees resigned on August 4, 2026 after a self-initiated Flock audit flagged their accounts. Each resigned during meetings with department leaders before the audit finished and before an internal investigation opened.
Sources atlantanewsfirst.com () fox5atlanta.com () wsbtv.com () FLK-2026-030 in the misuse table
NBC4 reported on August 4, 2026 that two Reynoldsburg Police officers resigned within about two months amid internal reviews of possible Flock misuse.
Sources nbc4i.com () FLK-2026-028 in the misuse table
Atlanta News First published an August 3, 2026 podcast episode summarizing the national fight over Flock.
Sources atlantanewsfirst.com ()
An August 3, 2026 Texas Tribune / Waco Bridge investigation described Flock’s rapid expansion across Texas even as cities cancel or protest. Advocates estimate more than 10,000 cameras in the state.
Sources texastribune.org ()
Internal-affairs documents obtained by ABC13 and summarized by Chron say a Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant searched one civilian’s license plate about 148 times (and another plate about 41 times) from 2022 through 2025. Those documents say the lieutenant admitted the searches were not for official sheriff’s-office purposes.
Sources abc13.com () chron.com () FLK-2026-025 in the misuse table
Greer Police fired two officers (late June 2026) after an internal investigation alleged unauthorized Flock searches.
Sources greenvilleonline.com () FLK-2026-019 in the misuse table
Business Insider ’s Nicole Einbinder reported on July 31, 2026 that Roseville police analyzed Flock alerts from 2023 and 2024 and found the system incorrectly read plates in 71% of the 1,427 alerts flagging vehicles as stolen or used in a felony. Records also describe repeated character swaps (for example, 9 as 8), blurry or delayed captures, and missed vehicles. Roseville said none of those incorrect alerts led to a stop or arrest because officers must verify a plate before stopping; California has no statewide verify-before-stop rule like some other states.
Flock told BI its character-read accuracy exceeds 96% in optimal conditions and blamed Roseville’s atypical rear-only camera setup and older hardware placements. Roseville disputed that performance has clearly improved and said it still meets with Flock twice a month. NYU Policing Project’s Max Isaacs called a 71% misread rate on those alerts “beyond the pale.” This site also cites Roseville’s very low EFF hit ratio (about 0.03% of scans matching wanted lists), a different metric from alert-level OCR error rates.
Sources Business Insider: Flock misread 71% of Roseville stolen/felony alerts (July 31, 2026) () Crossville hit-rate table: Does this solve crime? · Liability scale: Why taxpayers carry the downside
Texas Public Radio reported on July 29, 2026 that automated license-plate readers are spreading across Bexar County. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office alone operates 33 Flock cameras; its public dashboard recently showed more than 750,000 vehicle detections in a 30-day window. Area cities and HOAs also run Flock.
Sources tpr.org ()
A July 28, 2026 NorthJersey.com explainer summarized the national fight over Flock: searchable vehicle-movement records, lawsuits and protests, reports of federal access concerns (including ICE-related access debates), and a tally of more than 50 municipalities that have canceled or rejected contracts.
Sources northjersey.com ()
ABC 33/40 and al.com reported parallel St. Clair County cases. Moody Police Chief Reece Smith said the department terminated an officer’s employment July 16, 2026 after a July 10 investigation found a license-plate-reader policy violation; findings went to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Sources abc3340.com () al.com () wbrc.com () FLK-2026-040 · FLK-2026-042 in the misuse table
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported July 15, 2026 that a former Milwaukee officer received probation and a fine. Earlier reporting put alleged personal Flock searches at about 179 lookups of civilians known to the officer. The officer is not named here. The sentence is what the paper reported, not this site’s finding of guilt.
Sources jsonline.com () FLK-2025-018 in the misuse table
KPRC 2 reported that in July 2026 a Pasadena Police sergeant resigned while under an active internal investigation. City Council Member Emmanuel Guerrero told the station he believes the probe centered on allegations that the sergeant used the city’s Flock system to track a fellow officer. The sergeant is not named here. An allegation is not a finding of guilt.
Sources click2houston.com () click2houston.com () houstonchronicle.com () FLK-2026-001 in the misuse table
Automotive journalist Joel Feder (The Drive) and a passenger were leaving a Kohl’s parking lot in Plymouth when four squad cars boxed them in. Officers ordered hands up; Feder was patted down.
Sources thedrive.com () fox9.com () cbsnews.com () FLK-2026-015 in the misuse table · wrongful ID 42 in the wrongful-enforcement database
Mid Bay News reported that a Niceville officer was arrested October 10, 2025, and later entered a no-contest plea. Local reporting said an internal audit (January–October 2025) alleged unauthorized database and Flock searches of a fellow officer and someone known to that officer, about 192 Flock searches plus access to other systems. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt; the plea is what the outlet reported.
Sources midbaynews.com () midbaynews.com () getthecoast.com () FLK-2024-033 in the misuse table
Search the tables above. Longer writeups on this page: Wisconsin interstate track, Roseville 71% misreads, Brookfield stale alert, Mother Jones / WaPo stalking, and loitering / curfew searches. Tennessee cases: Tennessee hub. Patent vs marketing and National Lookup: Flock dossier.
Crossville does not need its own scandal for these risks to be real. Cited reporting says an Oak Ridge officer was charged, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced on 23 official-misconduct counts. A charge is not a finding of guilt; the plea and sentence are what the outlets reported.
National case catalogs:
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Cities and agencies across the country have ended contracts, refused renewal, let agreements expire, suspended cameras, or rescinded approvals. The SF Standard / Ban Flock Cameras tally cited on this page reported roughly 82 ended contracts across 28 states from Aug. 2021 to May 2026. That May 2026 count is smaller and older than this site’s 320 municipal exit records.
320 municipal exit records as of October 31, 2026. 252 of those ended the contract. Search by city, state, or reason.
Clear exits (end votes, non-renewals, rescinds, or cancels before install) currently number 252. The other rows are pauses, suspensions, expire / renegotiate cases, or unauthorized removals. One card per story below. Panels are ordered by newest development first (fresh stories and updates). Multi-stage cases list each beat under Developments.
Named sheriffs who ordered a cancel, non-renewal, or camera pull without hiring Axon or another plate-reader brand to do the same job. This is not every council vote. Search the catalog above for the full municipal list, including vendor swaps.
The Alexandria Brief reported that on October 27, 2026, Police Chief Tarrick McGuire told City Council he had notified Flock that Alexandria would discontinue its program, and City Manager James Parajon said the contract was canceled. The same outlet reported October 30 that Flock deactivated the city’s 61 license-plate readers at 9:05 a.m. that day. Equipment is to come down by the end of December. Council is set to take up guidance for any future surveillance technology on November 10. Virginia Alexandria.
Sources alexandriabrief.com (Oct. 28) alexandriabrief.com (Oct. 30) fox5dc.com CAN-2026-316 in the cancellations table
Mid Hudson News reported that on October 29, 2026, Mayor Yvonne Flowers vetoed the Common Council’s 8–1 resolution to end the city’s Flock contracts covering license-plate readers and gunshot detection. She said the veto is not an endorsement of Flock and that public-safety, contract, and budget effects need a fuller review with her administration. The Poughkeepsie Journal had reported the October 20 council vote and her plan to veto. The Miscellany News reported the council can try to override as soon as November 2. Cameras stay while the veto stands. Dutchess County’s district attorney and sheriff already ended their own Flock use (writeup).
Sources midhudsonnews.com poughkeepsiejournal.com miscellanynews.org CAN-2026-312 in the cancellations table
The Daily Iowan reported that North Liberty City Council voted 3–1 on October 28, 2026, to end its Flock contract. After the meeting, police stopped sharing data, deactivated user accounts, and asked Flock to decommission the cameras from the network. Under the agreement, the city can formally end the contract in March 2027 after sharing its 2027 budget with Flock; hardware stays until Flock collects it, with removal possibly as early as summer 2027. Iowa North Liberty.
Sources dailyiowan.com CAN-2026-317 in the cancellations table
WGRZ reported that Lockport Common Council approved a resolution on October 28, 2026, to remove all existing Flock cameras in the city and prevent new installations, citing privacy, data collection, and sharing concerns. The Lockport Union-Sun & Journal reported the vote as 5–1. The city had entered an agreement with Flock in February. Local coverage put about eight cameras in the city. New York Lockport.
Sources wgrz.com lockportjournal.com CAN-2026-318 in the cancellations table
The Cape Cod Times reported that Wellfleet town meeting voters on October 26, 2026, approved near-unanimously a bylaw banning fixed and mobile automated license-plate readers without a warrant or court order. The ban does not apply on Route 6 or in the Cape Cod National Seashore. The police chief supported the article and said the department does not own ALPRs and has no plans to buy them. The Provincetown Independent reported the same vote and said no Outer Cape ALPRs were known to be installed. Massachusetts Wellfleet.
Sources capecodtimes.com provincetownindependent.org CAN-2026-319 in the cancellations table
The Provincetown Independent reported that on October 26, 2026, about an hour after Wellfleet’s town meeting ban, the Provincetown Select Board adopted a policy prohibiting the town from acquiring, installing, operating, accessing, or using ALPR systems, including Flock, and networked vehicle-surveillance systems. The town and police had not been using the technology. Limited exceptions cover certain parking functions and specified serious investigations. Massachusetts Provincetown.
Sources provincetownindependent.org CAN-2026-320 in the cancellations table
WEAU reported October 23, 2026, that the La Crosse Police Department is ending its Flock Safety camera contract. Chief Shawn Kudron said the department is concerned that other agencies on the shared network lack the same accountability and oversight. WXOW reported that Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey supports the decision. No end date for the cameras was published in that coverage.
Sources weau.com wxow.com CAN-2026-314 in the cancellations table
The New Bedford Light reported October 23, 2026, that New Bedford Police confirmed written notice on October 8 that the city will not renew its Flock contract, which expires November 12. Cameras have been offline since an August 11 suspend. The City Council voted 8–3 on October 22 for an ordinance barring plate readers; that measure still needs the mayor. Earlier SouthCoast Today coverage said the system stayed down after an audit found more outliers. Related firings: misuse writeup.
Sources newbedfordlight.org southcoasttoday.com () boston.com () CAN-2026-068 in the cancellations table
Main Street News reported October 22, 2026, that the Madison County Sheriff’s Office canceled its Flock contract in September because of cost. This is Madison County, Georgia.
Sources mainstreetnews.com CAN-2026-307 in the cancellations table
The City of Arvada reported that on October 20, 2026, City Council adopted the 2027 budget 7–0 after Police Chief Ed Brady asked the city not to renew its Flock contract and to pause Flock funding. Arvada Press put that line at about $24,000 for about 16 cameras. The department may revisit the technology in 2027 after community talks and possible state rules. Hardware-removal timing was not published.
Sources arvadaco.gov arvadapress.com CAN-2026-315 in the cancellations table
The Salisbury Post reported that on October 19, 2026, Rowan County commissioners unanimously ratified notice of cancellation of the sheriff’s Flock contract. With 30-day notice, the contract expires November 17, 2026. It covered 10 Flock Falcon cameras. Presumed incoming Sheriff Jody Burleyson cited privacy and constitutional concerns. Cameras are expected to come down when the contract ends; a removal timeline from Flock was not set in that coverage.
Sources salisburypost.com CAN-2026-313 in the cancellations table
NBC26 reported that on October 21, 2026, Appleton Common Council voted 11–1 for Resolution 16-R-26. The resolution bars the city from acquiring, installing, operating, using, or funding automatic license-plate readers. Exceptions are parking, nonpublic access control, and commercial weigh stations. Data from those exceptions is generally not kept longer than 30 days unless the law requires it. Fourteen people spoke, all in favor. NBC26 reported the city’s Flock cameras went offline June 30.
Sources nbc26.com nbc26.com (June 30) CAN-2026-308 in the cancellations table
NBC 7 reported October 21, 2026, that a City Council budget committee voted unanimously to move toward ending Flock and rescinding the city’s plate-reader policy. The full council still has to vote. Mayor Todd Gloria supports keeping the cameras. Overriding a veto takes 6 of 9 votes. Councilmember Stephen Whitburn’s switch could make a 5–4 majority. The city has about 500 streetlight cameras and a 30-day retention period. NBC 7 also reported that the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties sued last month over the cameras and streetlights. The cameras stay until the full council acts.
Sources nbcsandiego.com
Wausau Pilot & Review reported October 19, 2026, that the Public Health and Safety Committee voted 5–0 to recommend an immediate halt of 20 Flock cameras, to bag them, and to strike the 2027 and 2028 payments. A closed session covered possible litigation over ending the contract. The same paper reported October 21 that the Finance Committee, by voice vote, removed the $50,000 payment for 2027 and redirected it to the motor pool. Payments are normally due in January 2027 and January 2028. The paper said the contract, approved in October 2023, lets the city end on 30 days’ notice without a penalty if the money is not appropriated. The full council’s public hearing is November 10. Aldermen can restore the payment. Chief Matt Barnes had warned against cutting it. The council has not adopted the budget. Cameras stay until it does. Marathon County has not canceled. September context is in the Wisconsin wave writeup.
Sources wausaupilotandreview.com (Oct. 21) wausaupilotandreview.com (Oct. 19)
KSHB reported that on October 19, 2026, Excelsior Springs City Council unanimously approved an ordinance ending Flock funding for fiscal 2027 and directing the city manager to end the agreement within 30 days. KCTV reported the mayor said public works would bag about 15 cameras the next morning. KMZU reported October 21 that crews had finished covering all 15 cameras.
Sources kshb.com kctv5.com kmzu.com CAN-2026-295 in the cancellations table
ABC57 reported October 13, 2026, that the Marshall County Council voted 4–3 for a resolution that the Flock contract ends December 31. Prosecutor Nelson Chipman had said the council did not have the authority to end the contract. Michiana News reported October 6 that commissioners voted 2–1 to cover the six county-paid cameras and keep the contract until they vote again. That cover vote does not include cameras in Bremen or Plymouth. WNDU reported the September 14 council vote, also 4–3, ended funding for those six cameras. The cameras are not confirmed down. On October 21 a commissioner said covers were still planned, and the prosecutor had ordered the county not to bag them. This is Marshall County, Indiana. Nearby Kosciusko County already ended its contract (CAN-2026-213).
Sources abc57.com michiana.news wndu.com CAN-2026-217 in the cancellations table
TMJ4 reported that Delavan’s council voted 7–1 on October 20, 2026, to remove the city’s Flock cameras immediately, and that crews removed the nine cameras on October 21. The city will not use another plate-reader system in 2027.
Sources tmj4.com CAN-2026-304 in the cancellations table
FFXnow reported that on October 20, 2026, Fairfax County’s Safety and Security Committee took no action after a briefing. Future installs were already paused in September. The county has 84 Flock plate readers, plus about 120 private Flock cameras. State law sets a maximum 21-day retention and bars sharing with out-of-state or federal agencies without a warrant. Supervisor Walter Alcorn said that if he were voting that day he would end the contract. Supervisor Andres Jimenez said a no-reader option was missing. The school board banned plate readers on school property on September 24. County cameras stay.
Sources ffxnow.com
13 ABC reported October 21, 2026, that a resolution urging the mayor to end Flock, take the equipment out of use, and delete the data did not get the nine votes needed to be taken up immediately. The decision is delayed about two weeks. An audit is aimed at November 4. Cameras stay.
Sources 13abc.com
KDVR reported October 20, 2026, that Lafayette City Council voted unanimously to end Flock use, begin early contract termination, and cover about 30 city-contract cameras until removal. Data use had been suspended since an October 6 meeting. Colorado Lafayette.
Sources kdvr.com lafayetteco.gov CAN-2026-298 in the cancellations table
News4JAX reported October 20, 2026, that St. Johns County commissioners voted 3–2 to revoke permits for license-plate readers on county roads and rights-of-way, including the Sheriff’s Office Flock cameras. No removal timetable was set in that coverage. Florida St. Johns County.
Sources news4jax.com actionnewsjax.com CAN-2026-300 in the cancellations table
WLUC reported that the Florence County board voted unanimously on October 20, 2026, to end Flock camera use. Two cameras are to be turned off and bagged until they are removed. This is Florence County, Wisconsin, not Florence, South Carolina.
Sources uppermichigansource.com CAN-2026-305 in the cancellations table
CBS12 reported that on October 20, 2026, Boynton Beach reached a consensus to start letting its Flock agreements expire and to ask whether some can end sooner or whether locations can be reduced. The 38 cameras stay on. The main agreement and most contracts run through November 2027. Chief Joe DeGiulio recommended letting them expire. Commissioner Aimee Kelley said she would end it that night if the real-time crime center could still run. A September vote had already discontinued a separate $60,000 agreement.
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KHBS reported that on October 20, 2026, the Siloam Springs board turned the city’s Flock cameras off and tabled the contract while legal counsel reviews it. The contract is not ended.
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ABC 17 reported that the Maries County Commission ended its Flock agreement on October 19, 2026, after the company missed an October 15 public meeting. Sheriff Mark Morgan recommended the end. Cameras were never installed because of permitting. The agreement was about $13,300. The county is waiting on state advice about an unused grant. The refund is not done.
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Sherman.city reported that on October 19, 2026, City Council voted 7–0 for Resolution 7682 directing the city manager not to renew or extend the Flock agreement and to take down or disable the city’s 11 leased cameras. Future city ALPR installs need council approval and a public hearing. State and county cameras in town are not covered.
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The Facts reported that on October 19, 2026, a motion to renew Lake Jackson’s roughly $12,500 annual Flock payment failed 3–3, ending the program after nearly four years. Police said Flock will remove city cameras when the contract ends; reporting put that around December.
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KY3 reported October 19, 2026, that Greene County Sheriff Jason Johnson did not renew the sheriff’s office Flock contract; the term ended September 27, 2026. The same reporting covered charges against a former lieutenant for alleged Flock misuse (FLK-2026-140). Missouri Greene County.
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The City of Mill Valley said its plate readers and live feed have been off since September 9, 2026, after Flock changed terms during the contract. Retention had been 7 days for plate reads and 72 hours for the live feed. Statewide lookup was already off. The city plans to bring the question back to council in February 2027. Any restart needs a public review. The contract is not ended.
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NewsWest 9 reported that on October 13, 2026, Midland City Council voted unanimously to send Flock a 60-day notice ending the contract for about 71 cameras. The city said ending early saves about $225,500 on a second-year subscription. Texas Midland.
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The Elgin Courier reported that on October 13, 2026, Elgin City Council unanimously voted to end the city’s Flock contract and directed staff to negotiate remaining obligations. The acting city manager said the system was locked out though cameras remained in place. About 25 fixed cameras plus a trailer with four more. Texas Elgin city, not Elgin Community College, Illinois.
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CBS Austin reported that effective September 3, 2026, Manor Police ended its Flock relationship. Chief Ryan Phipps cited community trust. About 10 cameras; two already destroyed by vandals. Texas Manor.
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The Bandera Bulletin reported that on May 12, 2026, Bandera City Council voted 3–2 to end the city’s Flock Safety contract after public opposition. Later coverage said installed cameras were scheduled for removal around September 1. Texas Bandera.
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River Valley Radio reported October 15, 2026, that Russellville City Council voted without opposition against renewing Flock. Police Chief David Ewing had already removed Flock from the proposed 2027 budget in mid-September. Ewing said the contract expires about February 18, 2027, with a 30-day notice provision. Cameras stay until then. Arkansas Russellville.
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WWBT reported October 15, 2026, that the Amelia County Sheriff’s Office ended its Flock ALPR contract effective immediately, citing public concerns about data access, retention, and privacy. Cameras stay up until Flock removes them but will not record. Camera count was not published. Virginia Amelia County.
Sources 12onyourside.com wric.com CAN-2026-290 in the cancellations table
The Riverside-Brookfield Landmark reported that on October 15, 2026, Riverside village trustees voted 4–2 not to renew Flock for two ALPR cameras. The contract expires May 31, 2027; cameras stay until then unless the November 5 meeting sunsets them earlier. This is the Illinois village of Riverside, not Riverside, California.
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The Clinton Herald reported October 15, 2026, that Sheriff Bill Greenwalt said Monday, October 12, he terminated the sheriff’s office Flock agreement because the company took too long to resolve Iowa state permitting. Cameras under that contract are being removed. Clinton Police and Camanche Police keep separate Flock systems. Iowa Clinton County sheriff only.
Sources clintonherald.com CAN-2026-289 in the cancellations table
WAPT and WJTV reported that on October 14, 2026, Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney told a Public Safety & Parks Committee meeting the city will not renew its Flock contract over privacy and data-handling concerns. Dozens of cameras have been up since 2024. Exact end date not published; Flock is to remove cameras when the contract ends. The chief said the city will explore other plate-reader options. Mississippi Jackson.
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The Local Insider News reported that on October 7, 2026, Cumberland Town Council voted 6–1 to end the town’s Flock Safety ALPR contract near entry points. Magill opposed. The contract began September 2024 for two years. Council cited resident concerns about data retention, storage, and sharing. This is Rhode Island Cumberland, not Cumberland County, Tennessee. Related wrongful-stop suit coverage is already on this site.
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Urban Milwaukee reported that the Milwaukee County Board voted 16–0 on October 1, 2026, to direct removal of Flock cameras from county parkland. The paper said 42 Flock cameras sit in 11 parks. The sheriff’s office operates most of them: 25 plate readers and six Condor cameras. Six other Flock cameras on county roads, and cameras run by city police departments, are outside that parks vote. WTMJ reported the cameras must come down by the end of 2026, and that a later vote would decide replacement cameras and how to pay for them. The sheriff’s office opposed the resolution. County Executive David Crowley left Flock out of his 2027 budget proposal. The Madison Focal reported October 14 that Crowley signed the removal resolution and that parks workers had covered the cameras. The county contract ends in December. This is Milwaukee County parks. City police cameras are separate.
Sources urbanmilwaukee.com wtmj.com focalnews.org CAN-2026-259 in the cancellations table
WKYT reported October 12, 2026, that the Frankfort Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday not to renew the city’s Flock contract. The contract expires in January 2027. The commissioners said they want the cameras’ use to end until more policy is in place. Police Chief Derrick Napier told a September 29 meeting the city has 19 cameras and that a limited number of people in the department can access them. The cameras stay until January 2027. This is Frankfort, Kentucky.
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Taos News reported that the Town Council voted July 28, 2026, to pull $54,000 from the police budget that would have renewed Flock. The town has 18 cameras, up since 2024. Police Chief Ron Montez Jr. told the paper he did not know when the cameras would be switched off and returned. DeFlock Taos reported October 11 that the town notified Flock on September 16 to remove the hardware, with an end date of October 15 under a non-appropriation clause. That note said the cameras were not confirmed down. This is Taos, New Mexico.
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The Verge reported October 11, 2026, citing Chicago Sun-Times / WBEZ reporting, that Elgin Community College asked Flock in October 2025 to remove six cameras after immigration-access concerns at other Illinois campuses. President Peggy Heinrich said Flock refused within a day, saying it had not breached the contract. In December 2025 the college offered to pay the remaining five months if Flock removed the cameras and got silence. Staff covered the cameras with trash bags and zip ties; Heinrich said workers in an unmarked vehicle repeatedly removed the coverings until the contract expired in April 2026 and Flock uninstalled the cameras. Illinois Elgin Community College.
Sources theverge.com chicago.suntimes.com CAN-2026-286 in the cancellations table
WXYZ and CBS Detroit reported October 11, 2026, that Madison Heights will disconnect its three city-run Flock cameras and will not renew the contract. City officials said they waited for Flock to address guardrail and accountability concerns and that the company did not provide the assurances they needed. Officials said the cameras have been bagged and not actively used since September 23, with no new data collected since then. The city said private businesses and organizations in Madison Heights with their own Flock contracts are not covered by this decision. Michigan Madison Heights, Oakland County.
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VPM reported October 10, 2026, that Mayor Danny Avula announced Richmond will not renew its Flock contract when the deal ends June 30, 2027. Avula said Henrico County’s early exit that week makes the technology less useful because it cannot link with that neighboring locality. VPM said Richmond has about 99 fixed Flock cameras. Avula had said in September that the city would reevaluate the relationship amid public backlash. Related: Henrico County early cancel.
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On August 31, 2026, Knox County Commission unanimously passed an emergency ordinance banning fixed license plate readers and requiring the Knox County Sheriff’s Office to remove about 143 Flock cameras within 30 days. WATE , WBIR, and Knox News reported a removal deadline of September 16 and said county staff will remove the hardware if KCSO does not. WVLT said the ordinance also bans surveillance centers and future county ALPR purchases on county rights-of-way. Coverage describes years of sheriff purchases just under the $25,000 mayoral-review threshold, an $800,000 Omnia buy, and Mayor Glenn Jacobs saying he does not believe the county has a valid Flock agreement. WVLT reported October 6, 2026, that the sheriff’s office said it has stopped purchasing, leasing, operating, and maintaining fixed plate readers and will not renew those contracts. The same report said fixed units are being uninstalled or have access suspended. WJHL reported October 8 that Mayor Betsy Henderson said 141 of 143 cameras had been physically removed. The last two stay covered, are no longer tracking, and will come down soon. The sheriff’s office said it no longer has access to the fixed system. Full Tennessee writeup: Knox County ban.
Sources wate.com () wbir.com knoxnews.com () wvlt.tv () 991thesportsanimal.com () wjhl.com (Oct. 8) wvlt.tv (Oct. 6) knoxnews.com (shields) CAN-2026-145 in the cancellations table
Cardinal News reported October 8, 2026, that the Damascus Town Council voted unanimously the night before to end its Flock contract. The town had three cameras. Council member Hunter Faust made the motion. Police Chief Kermit Turner said he would tell Flock the town would stop paying, that Flock would turn the cameras off, and that he would likely bag them afterward. Mayor Katie Lamb said she was disappointed to lose the technology and that the council did what residents asked. Cardinal News said the department paid $10,450 the first year and $9,000 the next. This is Damascus, Virginia, in Washington County.
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KUNR reported October 9, 2026, that Reno City Manager Jackie Bryant sent Flock a non-renewal notice. The contract expires March 17, 2027. KOLO reported Councilmember Kathleen Taylor announced the decision. Staff may ask council on October 21 about a different vendor. Related: Sparks Axon swap.
Sources kunr.org kolotv.com thenevadaindependent.com CAN-2026-279 in the cancellations table
The Montrose Press reported that Gunnison Police Chief Sam Costello said the city and county discontinued Flock after a reported plate mix-up led to a mistaken high-risk stop, and after a decision not to renew. The Gunnison Country Times reported October 8 that use was suspended September 30, five cameras would come down within 15–20 days, and that Sheriff Adam Murdie and Chief Costello would not seek another camera system.
Sources montrosepress.com gunnisontimes.com CAN-2026-280 in the cancellations table
The Warwick Advertiser reported that Town Supervisor Jesse Dwyer announced at the October 8, 2026, board meeting that Warwick will not renew its Flock contract for 10 cameras. He cited resident privacy feedback. Police Chief John Rader said the department supports ending the program. New York Town of Warwick, not Warwick, Rhode Island.
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This Is Reno reported June 25, 2026, that Sparks City Council on Monday unanimously approved a five-year, about $1 million Axon ALPR contract to replace the city’s Flock readers. Residents spoke against ALPRs; the chief said Axon gives the city more data control. This ends the Flock vendor relationship; plate readers continue under Axon. Related: Reno non-renewal.
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Houston Public Media reported October 8, 2026, that Commissioner Lesley Briones said more than 60 Flock cameras covering parks and facilities in Harris County Precinct 4 would be decommissioned and covered. Briones said those Precinct 4 cameras are offline. This is a precinct decision under the existing county contract, not a countywide cancel. Commissioners are set to discuss Flock at an October 15 court meeting. Related: Harris County / Hidalgo.
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CT Insider / Journal Inquirer reported that South Windsor Town Council voted 6–3 on Monday to remove Flock technology, and that by Wednesday the contract was ended and stationary automated license-plate readers were deactivated. The resolution directed the town manager to end the contract and remove the readers within 60 days. Police Chief Kristian Lindstrom said the devices were decommissioned. Connecticut town of South Windsor.
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Daily Titan and Voice of OC reported that Fullerton City Council voted 3–1 on October 6, 2026, to suspend the city’s Flock ALPR system for six months. The city uses 19 Flock cameras at about $51,000 a year; the contract runs through 2028. Council said the pause is to collect comparative investigation data, hold a town hall, and later review audit protocols. An amendment allows resume use for contract disputes or severe public-safety emergencies. This is a pause, not a reported cancel.
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WFTV reported October 6, 2026, that the Volusia County Council voted 6–0 for a one-year moratorium on license-plate readers, including Flock. Sheriff Mike Chitwood recommended a pause rather than an outright ban so state lawmakers could set rules. He said roughly 180 cameras the county has access to are turned off but still up; council directed Public Works to remove them within 30 days if Flock does not. The sheriff’s office had already shut readers down August 31 after Florida DOT’s state-road memo (Central Florida writeup). This updates that exit; it is not a second cancel.
Sources wftv.com (Oct. 6) wesh.com (Aug. 31) CAN-2026-152 in the cancellations table
Wisconsin Examiner reported October 8, 2026, that a Milwaukee Police Department spokesperson said the city contract will be renewed. The spokesperson said the renewal is to keep the investigative and public-safety uses of the system. The same story describes an October 7 court date for a former detective already charged over alleged Flock searches. That detective is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. The not-guilty plea in that case was reported in August. Misuse writeup: former detective. The county parks removal is a separate vote (CAN-2026-259).
Focal News reported October 7 that Aldermen Alex Brower and Marina Dimitrijevic are proposing a charter change so the Finance and Personnel Committee would have to approve new contracts and amendments for automated license-plate readers. That is a proposal. No vote was reported.
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KRDO reported October 7, 2026, that the Custer County Sheriff's Office said a Flock contractor removed the remaining cameras over the previous weekend and that the removal ended the contract. The office said it notified Flock on March 24 that it wanted to cancel. It started with three cameras. The office said plate data had been shared with agencies nationwide and deleted after 30 days. Sheriff Smith cited misuse reports from elsewhere and resident requests to take the cameras down. The office said it does not plan to install another plate-reader system or the photo-radar cameras discussed earlier. This is Custer County, Colorado.
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Spectrum News 1 reported October 7, 2026, that the Caledonia Village Board voted unanimously October 6 to defund its Flock program and terminate the contract. Police Chief Christopher Botsch said the cameras come down at the end of 2026, when the contract ends, and that he supports the board's decision. Racine County Eye reported a December 2023 contract for four cameras at $12,000 a year. Spectrum called Caledonia the third Racine County agency to leave Flock, after the sheriff's office and the city of Racine. This is the Village of Caledonia, Wisconsin.
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WAOW reported October 6, 2026, that Captain Tyler Young said six county cameras came down the previous week, and that two cameras other governments had inside the county also came down. The office started with four cameras and later added two. WJFW reported September 23 that Chief Deputy Terri Hook said the cameras were discontinued August 25 and would be removed by October 2. Young said he could not be confident who could reach the data. This is Oneida County, Wisconsin.
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Community Impact reported that the Kyle City Council voted 4–3 on October 5, 2026, to suspend operation of its Flock plate readers until a nonbinding May referendum and a later council decision on the contracts. During that period the cameras are to be non-operational and are not to collect, capture, transmit, or store plate or vehicle data. Mayor Yvonne Flores-Cale and council members Melissa Medina, Courtney Goza, and Claudia Zapata voted yes. Lauralee Harris, Marc McKinney, and Michael Tobias voted no. An earlier budget amendment to cancel contracts failed for lack of a second. The referendum also asks about drone contracts. Camera count was not published. The contracts stay in place. This is the city of Kyle, Texas.
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The Senate Democratic Caucus released a statement, and Schumer's October 5 letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley asks the company to delete personal data that is not tied to a crime. The letter asks for written answers by October 16 on how much New York data Flock stores, who can search it through the National Lookup tool, whether federal agencies have accessed it, and reported camera hacks. CBS New York reported the same demand. This is a letter, not a statute.
Sources democrats.senate.gov October 5 letter (PDF) cbsnews.com
VPM reported October 6, 2026, that Henrico County is terminating its Flock contract early. The agreement was set to run until November 14. Fairfield Supervisor Roscoe Cooper told VPM the police division would end the contract within seven days. County Manager John Vithoulkas told VPM there is no financial penalty and that the county has installed over 120 readers since November 2022. The police division said the decision came down to privacy concerns. VPM did not report when the cameras come down.
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The Murphy Monitor reported October 6, 2026, that the Murphy City Council, after a presentation by Police Chief Jeff Gibson, gave Flock 30 days’ notice to remove four cameras. Gibson said Flock would take them down on the company’s schedule and that the cameras stay on until then. Council members cited the lack of national or state rules for plate readers and uncertainty about reimbursement under a state grant program paused by Gov. Greg Abbott. This is Murphy, Texas.
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Spectrum News reported October 6, 2026, that Attorney General Alan Wilson sent Flock CEO Garrett Langley a letter dated October 2 asking how the company uses artificial intelligence, who can see collected data, and how long that data is kept. The letter gives Flock 30 days to respond and cites South Carolina’s Unfair Trade Practices Act. Spectrum reported Flock had not publicly responded. This is a letter, not a statute.
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WV News reported October 6, 2026, that House Government Organization Chairman Chris Phillips and three delegates sent Flock’s chief legal officer a letter dated October 5. The letter gives the company until Friday to answer questions about data security. WV News said a September 16 reply was the third time Flock offered an off-the-record talk instead of written answers. The letter does not itself ban cameras.
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Tri States Public Radio reported October 5, 2026, that Police Chief Joe Switzer told the Monmouth City Council the department will not renew its Flock contract. The agreement expires December 4. An automatic 24-month renewal would have started December 5 if the city had not canceled at least 30 days before. The 2024 contract covered four Falcon cameras. The cameras stay until December 4. This is Monmouth, Illinois, not Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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The Detroit News reported the Village of Milford council voted unanimously October 5, 2026, to end its Flock contracts at the request of Police Chief Scott Tarasiewicz. The paper said a June vote had already ended a five-camera contract at $18,250 for 12 months. The remaining contract covered 10 cameras at $36,500 for 12 months and was set to expire at the end of October. ClickOnDetroit reported the October 5 vote was 7–0 and that those 10 cameras come down after the contract ends. Tarasiewicz said he may later ask for a different plate-reader vendor. This is the Village of Milford, Michigan.
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Boston 25 reported September 25, 2026, that Tewksbury Police Chief Ryan Columbus ended the department’s Flock contract. Columbus said months of conversation with residents showed the cameras lacked the community support needed to continue, and that stopping was the right decision until the Massachusetts legislature or the courts set clearer guardrails. The Town Crier reported October 3 that the network is 20 cameras and that removal logistics were still pending. Part of the Massachusetts September wave (writeup).
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The Fort Myers Beach Observer reported October 1, 2026, that the town council voted the prior month to cancel its contract for six Flock cameras. Town manager Will McKannay asked for the cancel because the town pays for the cameras and does not operate them. Public information officer Abigail Eberhart said the cameras are deactivated and that the town was waiting on a removal date. A Lee County sheriff’s spokesperson said state-road Flock cameras had been removed under a state order. Commander Anita Iriarte later said the sheriff’s office does not own or remove the town’s cameras. The September vote day was not in the story. The sheriff’s office still operates Flock cameras in the county off state roads.
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WVXU reported October 2, 2026, that the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said it is fully ending use of its 75 Flock cameras after residents raised concerns about who can see the data and how it is shared. The office said internal audits found no misuse. Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey had paused the cameras in September. Hardware removal was not reported. This is Hamilton County, Ohio, not the Hamilton County, Tennessee pause.
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The Crestview News Bulletin reported October 2, 2026, that the Crestview Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said both the city and the county have canceled their Flock contracts and that the cameras are being removed. The city’s decision date and camera count were not in that story. Okaloosa County’s earlier exit is CAN-2026-154.
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WDBJ reported October 1, 2026, that Sheriff Robert Page terminated the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office use of Flock. Page said he suspended the cameras on September 3 and, after a review, decided to terminate that use. He said the office will not resume until clearer standards exist, and that the office could look again if the law changes. Hardware removal was not reported. This is Montgomery County, Virginia. The September pause was in the Southwest Virginia roundup.
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KWTX reported October 2, 2026, that Hewitt shut down its cameras and system on October 1 and ended its agreement with Flock after the loss of grant funding. Camera count and hardware removal were not published. Texas Hewitt.
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The Independent reported that North Kingstown Town Council voted 3–2 on Monday night, August 17, 2026, to terminate the town’s Flock contract. A later report said Town Manager Ralph Mollis told the council that police access to all six town cameras is shut off and that the vendor was asked to remove them within about 30 days. The council also asked that a camera on a state road at West Allenton come down. Rhode Island North Kingstown, not South Kingstown.
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The Verde Independent / Journal reported that Cottonwood shut off its Flock cameras on September 4, 2026, and that City Manager Mario Cifuentez told the council on September 22 the city is canceling the ALPR contract and ordering 11 cameras removed. Staff covered the cameras. Mayor Ann Shaw said there was no timeline for physical removal or for when the contract paperwork would be finished. A separate Flock drone lease stays.
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KTRE reported September 30, 2026, that an officer from the Lufkin Police Department pleaded guilty to 100 counts of misuse of official information and was sentenced to five years, with credit for 42 days. The department said Flock use remains suspended.
KTRE quoted Police Chief Travis Brazil saying the department suspended Flock cameras on August 20, 2026 after a public-records request triggered an audit. WNEM / Gray News reported that an officer from Lufkin PD was indicted on charges of tampering with governmental records, abuse of official capacity, and misuse of official information, and was booked August 20, 2026 on a $700,000 bond. The same reporting said the audit alleged more than 10,000 searches of one plate from June 2024 to December 2025. No contract end date or hardware-removal timetable was published. This is a suspend, not a reported contract termination.
Sources ktre.com (sentence) ktre.com (suspension) () wnem.com / Gray News CAN-2026-120 in the cancellations table · FLK-2026-063 in the misuse table
The Town of Norwell reported September 30, 2026, that it is discontinuing Flock license-plate cameras. Town Administrator Chad Lovett’s letter that day rescinded permission to keep the cameras on town property and told Flock to turn them off, stop collecting data, remove the equipment, and destroy data already collected. Police Chief Edward Lee said the decision followed resident feedback and talks with the Select Board. Until the cameras come down, the town said they will be covered. Camera count was not published. WCVB reported the same decision October 1.
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The Gazette reported September 30, 2026, that the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will stop using nearly two dozen Flock cameras effective immediately, sent a non-renewal notice, and asked Flock to collect the cameras. Sheriff Joseph Roybal cited concerns about the future of the program and expected legislation. KRDO reported the same decision. Colorado Springs uses Axon readers. This is El Paso County, Colorado, not El Paso, Texas.
Sources gazette.com krdo.com CAN-2026-254 in the cancellations table
The North Star Reporter said Town Council voted 8–0 on September 28, 2026, to ask that the cameras be shut off while officials write local rules. Town Manager Michael Borg said the next day he directed police to stop use immediately, including data collection and sharing with other agencies. The pause stays while a bylaw subcommittee looks at retention, access, sharing, and audits. This is a pause, not a reported cancel. Massachusetts North Attleborough.
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The Dallas Morning News and CBS Texas reported September 30, 2026, that Police Chief Daniel Comeaux met Flock CEO Garrett Langley and that Flock agreed to keep the 321 grant-funded cameras online for at least another 90 days. Terms, including whether Dallas would pay, were not disclosed. About 300 city-funded Flock cameras remain. Cameras stay. This is not a full Dallas Flock exit.
FOX 4 reported September 15 that Dallas Police sent Flock the required 10-day cancellation notice for those 321 cameras. That notice did not take them down. KERA reported September 1 that those cameras had been on the chopping block after Gov. Greg Abbott paused state Flock funding (writeup).
Sources dallasnews.com cbsnews.com fox4news.com keranews.org CAN-2026-160 in the cancellations table
NBC Connecticut reported September 29, 2026, that Mayor Fred B. Allyn III said Ledyard police and his office decided on September 18 to end the town’s Flock relationship. Chief Ken Creutz told the Town Council that Flock had notified him of a security incident: a person published a website with device names, locations, and device types. The town had four cameras. Town Council chair Gary St. Vil said the cameras are covered and data collection has stopped.
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WAMC reported September 29, 2026, that Newburgh City Council passed a resolution Monday night, September 28, to discontinue routine use of Flock cameras within 14 days and to take legal steps to dissolve the contracts. Camera count and hardware removal were not reported.
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Sheboygan’s Country B93 reported September 29, 2026, that Mayor Justin Nickels said Manitowoc will not renew its Flock contract when it expires early next year and asked Flock to remove the cameras. The city had turned the cameras off earlier in September. Camera count was not published.
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TCH Daily News reported that Manawa Common Council voted unanimously September 28, 2026, to authorize the city attorney to cancel the Flock contract. Police Chief Jason Severson said he no longer trusted the company’s data practices. The cameras had not been installed, and police said no searches were run during onboarding.
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ClickOnDetroit reported that Lincoln Park City Council passed a resolution Monday, September 28, 2026, directing that remaining Flock cameras be covered and turned off. Police Chief Scott Lavis said Flock decommissioned the cameras Tuesday and that eight of the city’s 24 cameras had recently been damaged. Mayor Maureen Tobin said commissions will review the program and that council will then decide whether to continue the contract. This is a pause, not a reported cancel. Michigan Lincoln Park.
Sources clickondetroit.com CAN-2026-248 in the cancellations table
New Media Detroit reported that South Lyon City Council voted 5–2 on September 28, 2026, to immediately shut down and cover the city’s two Flock cameras and to notify Flock that the city will not renew. The contract auto-renews unless written notice is given at least 30 days before the term ends. Cameras remain installed but covered. Hardware-down is not confirmed. Michigan South Lyon.
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KHQA reported that Louisiana, Missouri, city council voted unanimously September 28, 2026, to end the city’s Flock contract and take the cameras down. Police Chief Josh Baker said the city approved five cameras under a Missouri Blue Shield grant, that Flock installed seven, and that Flock would not charge to remove the two extras. Baker said Flock was charging $800 per camera to remove the rest. The two-year contract was about $30,000. Hardware-down is not confirmed. This is Louisiana, Missouri, not the state of Louisiana.
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The Daily Record reported October 1, 2026, that Cle Elum City Council voted 4–1 at a September 28 special meeting not to renew its Flock contract. The contract was set to expire September 30. Coverage put five cameras in Cle Elum. They deactivate when the contract ends. Councilmember Johnson was the no vote. Ellensburg remains on Flock. Washington Cle Elum.
Sources dailyrecordnews.com CAN-2026-247 in the cancellations table
WWMT reported September 25, 2026, that the Sturgis City Commission said at its Wednesday meeting the city will not renew its Flock contract when it expires at the end of 2026. Public Safety Director Ryan Banaszak said the cameras are a useful tool and that the city is dropping them because of the budget. WWMT reported the cameras will not come down right away and will stop working once the contract expires. Camera count was not published. This is Sturgis, Michigan.
Sources wwmt.com CAN-2026-270 in the cancellations table
The Highlands Current reported September 25, 2026, that District Attorney Anthony Parisi and Sheriff Kirk Imperati withdrew support for the county’s 65 Flock cameras after a public forum. County Executive Sue Serino said she would not renew. The contract had expired August 28, and the cameras stayed on during renewal talks. The New Pine Plains Herald reported the same day that Parisi ordered the cameras offline that Friday. Physical removal may take up to 30 days. Hardware-down is not confirmed here.
Sources newpineplainsherald.org highlandscurrent.org CAN-2026-237 in the cancellations table
KVOM reported that Camden Police interim chief Cortney Parker announced September 25, 2026, that the department would end its Flock agreement. Parker cited transparency concerns and discrepancies with the company. The cameras stay covered and unused until Flock removes them. No removal date was published. This is Camden, Arkansas, not Camden, New Jersey.
Sources kvom.com CAN-2026-239 in the cancellations table
ABC11 reported September 25, 2026, that Franklin County Sheriff Kevin White indefinitely suspended the sheriff’s office Flock cameras after a detective was fired. White said the findings went to the district attorney. This is a suspension of use. Coverage did not say the contract was cancelled, and it did not confirm the cameras were taken down. The detective is not named here. This is Franklin County, North Carolina, not Franklin County, Florida. Misuse writeup: FLK-2026-127.
Sources abc11.com CAN-2026-235 in the cancellations table · FLK-2026-127 in the misuse table
The Texas Tribune reported September 17, 2026, that Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers on state roads. A TxDOT spokesperson confirmed the pause. Cameras already installed along state rights-of-way stay, including more than 900 operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The freeze also covers permits that were approved but not yet installed. TxDOT said it reviews permits for safe install and does not install the cameras or have access to Flock data from those sites. This is a new-permit freeze, not a statewide camera pull.
The Texas Tribune reported August 28, 2026 that Abbott ordered all state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras. His spokesman confirmed the order Friday: Texas agency money cannot be used for Flock cameras. The spokesman also said most city Flock funding still comes from the federal government. Local contracts and existing cameras stay unless a city or county ends them.
A companion Tribune investigation the same day said a 2023 $1 auto-insurance fee, collected through the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority, has gone toward at least $30 million and about 3,200 Flock cameras since 2023. About 1,200 are being installed by the Department of Public Safety under a three-year, $15.9 million contract with that authority. Abbott, quoted in a radio interview, said cameras are “being reduced dramatically” and will have to be used responsibly “if they’re used at all.” He pointed to Texas city exits, including Lufkin. Flock said it supports “thoughtful legislation” with privacy guardrails. Officials writeup: Greg Abbott. Recent Texas city exits include Dallas (321 grant cameras canceling Sept. 15; 300+ stay), Robinson, Pflugerville, and Kendall County.
The Texas Tribune reported September 24, 2026, that at least 14 cities and counties had shut off more than 900 Flock cameras since the state funding freeze. Laredo’s council voted 7–2 the Monday before that story to put a nonbinding May question on the ballot about spending local money, about $1 million a year, to keep 165 cameras. That vote delays a decision. The cameras stay. The Tribune named Plano with Robinson and Kendall County among agencies that ended contracts. The story did not give Plano’s vote date or camera count. College Station’s council voted to keep its cameras (writeup).
Sources texastribune.org (TxDOT permits) texastribune.org (pause) () texastribune.org ($1 fee) () texastribune.org (900 cameras)
The Skagit Valley Herald reported that the city council on September 23, 2026, authorized Police Chief Dan McIlraith to request early termination and to give notice of non-renewal. The contract runs through March 2027. The city paid $7,100. McIlraith’s letter asks Flock to deactivate the cameras immediately. If Flock rejects early termination, the letter is the non-renewal notice. The chief said the cameras will not be used either way. He cited the climate around Flock, a smaller shared network, new legal and public-records requirements, and budget. The Herald said the city paid $40,000 earlier in 2026 as its half of an $80,000 settlement with Stanwood over Flock public-records requests. My Bellingham Now reported the same vote. Camera count was not published. Mount Vernon’s earlier shutdown is a separate writeup (CAN-2026-244).
Sources goskagit.com mybellinghamnow.com CAN-2026-240 in the cancellations table
Wednesday Journal reported that Berwyn Mayor Robert J. Lovero signed an executive order September 22, 2026, telling police to stop using Flock and barring city employees from the stored data through June 2028. That date is the end of a five-year contract that began in June 2023. The city said the order was not an accusation of misconduct by Berwyn police. The order does not cancel the contract. It does not require the cameras to be covered or removed.
Sources oakpark.com CAN-2026-236 in the cancellations table
KSTP and MPR News reported that the Plymouth, Minnesota, City Council voted 6–1 on September 22, 2026, to stop using the city’s Flock cameras. Mayor Jeffry Wosje was the no vote. KSTP counted 18 cameras, 16 fixed and two portable. MPR counted 16 permanent cameras. Physical removal may take time. This is Plymouth, Minnesota, not Plymouth, Indiana.
Sources kstp.com mprnews.org CAN-2026-231 in the cancellations table
Monterey County Now reported that the Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 on September 22, 2026, against a 10-year, $1.7 million Flock contract for the sheriff. The board told the sheriff to end access to 63 cameras and have them removed within 60 days. City contracts in the county stay. This is Monterey County, California, not Monterey, Tennessee.
Sources montereycountynow.com CAN-2026-233 in the cancellations table
FOX19 and WLWT reported that Monroe, Ohio, City Council voted unanimously September 22, 2026, to terminate the city’s Flock Safety contract and shut the cameras off immediately. FOX19 counted 24 cameras; WKRC counted 23. Hardware removal is on Flock. This is Ohio Monroe in Butler County, not Monroe County, Indiana (CAN writeup). See also Ohio ALPR bills (writeup) and Lebanon’s earlier Ohio cancel (CAN-2026-193).
Sources fox19.com wlwt.com CAN-2026-229 in the cancellations table
ABC57 reported that Kosciusko County commissioners voted unanimously September 22, 2026, to void the county Flock contract, stop further payments, and dissolve a donation fund. Written notice makes termination effective at the end of the 2026 fiscal year. InkFreeNews reported the county council had voted 5–0 on September 10 to withhold funding. On September 11, InkFreeNews reported Prosecutor Brad Voelz ordered agencies to stop new routine searches, preserve evidence through September 18, then cut access and take the cameras down pending vendor pickup. Indiana Kosciusko County.
Sources abc57.com inkfreenews.com (prosecutor) inkfreenews.com (council) CAN-2026-213 in the cancellations table
Shaw Local reported that Sterling Police Chief Pat Bartel said September 21, 2026, that the city is terminating Flock use. Bartel said the cameras will be disabled and the platform deactivated, and that a Flock contractor will remove them. When they come down is up to Flock. The contract had been set to run until May 2027. This is Illinois Sterling.
Sources shawlocal.com CAN-2026-232 in the cancellations table
ClickOnDetroit reported that the St. Clair Shores City Council voted September 21, 2026, to cover the city’s 12 Flock cameras and revisit the contract in March. WXYZ reported the cover is for six months. The city approved a five-year contract in April 2025. WXYZ reported Police Chief Jason Allen confirmed the FBI had been accessing the city’s camera data for a few months. The cameras stay covered while that review runs. This is St. Clair Shores, Michigan, not St. Clair County, Alabama.
Sources clickondetroit.com wxyz.com CAN-2026-266 in the cancellations table
FOX 17 reported September 18, 2026, that Coopertown Mayor Jeff Smith announced the town would end its Flock agreement, stop using its four license-plate cameras immediately, and remove them. WSMV reported the same announcement. Smith said cameras may still look live until they are covered or removed, and that Robertson County Sheriff’s Office cameras inside town limits stay. Tennessee writeup: Coopertown.
Sources fox17.com wsmv.com CAN-2026-227 in the cancellations table
The City of Hutto said the city council voted at its September 17, 2026, meeting to discontinue police use of Flock license-plate readers. Police Chief Jeffrey Yarbrough had already taken the readers down. The city cited partner agencies that are not bound by Hutto’s data rules, and questions about artificial intelligence. Community Impact counted 10 cameras. The city keeps separate closed-loop Flock video cameras that are not on the shared plate-reader network.
Sources huttotx.gov communityimpact.com CAN-2026-241 in the cancellations table
WSAW reported September 17, 2026, that Clark County Sheriff Kerry Kirn notified Flock Safety on September 10 that the sheriff’s office was canceling its contract and discontinuing the program. WEAU reported the same announcement. Kirn cited privacy concerns and public trust. Hardware-down is not confirmed in that coverage. Wisconsin Clark County, not another state’s Clark County. Part of the Wisconsin September wave (writeup).
Sources wsaw.com weau.com CAN-2026-226 in the cancellations table
WYFF reported that Oconee County Council passed the “Protection from Mass Surveillance Ordinance” on third reading Tuesday night, September 15, 2026. Four council members supported the ban; one opposed it. The ordinance bars county money and county property, including road rights-of-way, from supporting systems like license-plate readers. South Carolina Public Radio reported the county had funded five cameras since 2022, about $5,000 each to operate, and that this was the first South Carolina governing body to repeal its ALPR investment. The ban does not cover municipal ALPRs in Seneca, West Union, Westminster, or Walhalla. Hardware removal is not confirmed in that coverage.
Sources wyff4.com southcarolinapublicradio.org foxcarolina.com postandcourier.com CAN-2026-222 in the cancellations table
CBS 58 reported that Oconomowoc Common Council voted 5–2 on September 15, 2026, to cancel the city’s Flock Safety program. The coverage does not confirm the cameras are already down. Distinct from Waukesha’s discontinue-after-2026 vote the same night (Waukesha writeup). Part of the Wisconsin September wave (writeup).
Sources cbs58.com CAN-2026-223 in the cancellations table
CBS 58 reported that Waukesha Common Council voted September 15, 2026, to discontinue the city’s Flock Safety program after 2026. Police Chief Dan Thompson said the technology has helped investigations, but that effectiveness alone is not enough and that the city wants trust, transparency, and confidence in vendor practices. This is not an immediate camera pull. City of Waukesha, not the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office. Part of the Wisconsin September wave (writeup).
Sources cbs58.com CAN-2026-224 in the cancellations table
CBS 58 reported that Racine Common Council voted September 15, 2026, to terminate the city’s Flock Safety agreement. This is the city’s contract, not the Racine County Sheriff’s September 4 takedown (CAN-2026-172). CBS 58 did not publish a removal date. Part of the Wisconsin September wave.
Sources cbs58.com CAN-2026-225 in the cancellations table
Arlington County’s September 15, 2026 release says the County Board, in open session that day, directed the County Manager to discontinue county-leased Flock Safety technology and begin removing all related equipment. That is 41 cameras: 26 Falcon license-plate readers and 15 Condor pan-tilt-zoom cameras. The county will request removal from public property within 14 business days, though logistics may take longer. Data not needed for active criminal investigations is to be deleted. Flock cameras on private property are not covered. A public update is set for September 22.
Chair Matt de Ferranti said the decision reflects resident concerns. He said Arlington has had no report of misuse to date. WJLA reported the same board direction. Hardware is still up until removal. Virginia Arlington County, not Arlington, Texas.
Sources arlingtonva.us wjla.com CAN-2026-221 in the cancellations table
KVIA reported September 15, 2026, that El Paso City Council voted 8–0 to direct the city manager to remove all Flock license-plate cameras and related hardware on city property within 60 days. City Rep. Chris Canales offered an amendment: if the hardware is still up after 60 days, opaque bags cover it for 30 more days. Council also voted unanimously to bar new Flock or similar fixed networked plate-reader contracts unless council directs otherwise, and ordered a resolution draft within 30 days.
That upgrades the September 3 halt. El Paso Matters reported then that Police Chief Peter Pacillas said the department stopped using state-funded readers after Gov. Greg Abbott’s funding pause (writeup), while the poles stayed up. Cameras are still mounted until the 60-day pull. This is now a removal vote, not only a funding pause.
Sources kvia.com elpasomatters.org CAN-2026-186 in the cancellations table
FOX 2 reported that Eastpointe City Council voted 4–1 on September 15, 2026, to terminate the city’s Flock contract. Mayor Michael Klinefelt introduced the motion. Council member Rob Baker was the lone no vote. FOX 2 counted 19 cameras; WXYZ counted 18. Police discontinued use. Hardware-removal date is not set. The next day Police Chief Corey Haines said two employees misused Flock (FLK-2026-125). Michigan Eastpointe, not another city’s East Point. See also Independence Township’s Michigan cancel (CAN-2026-215).
Sources fox2detroit.com wxyz.com cbsnews.com CAN-2026-230 in the cancellations table
The Oakland Press reported September 15, 2026, that Independence Township trustees voted 7–0 on September 8 to terminate the township’s Flock agreement, remove the cameras, settle the balance through September 2026, seek unused credits, and direct Flock to purge township-related data by affidavit. Coverage put eight cameras on a year-to-year contract since 2024. Supervisor Chuck Phyle said the vote tracked resident concerns and a budget review ahead of a November police millage. This is Michigan’s Independence Township, not Independence, Kentucky (CAN-2026-205).
Sources theoaklandpress.com CAN-2026-215 in the cancellations table
KCUR reported September 15, 2026, that Lee’s Summit police now require any outside department that wants access to the city’s Flock plate data to sign a memorandum of understanding promising the same data protections. Spokesman Sgt. Chris Depue said the rule started about a week earlier and covers agencies next door or six states away. The cameras stay. Coverage put 55 Flock cameras in the city and about 2,700 searches of that data from January 1 through July 1, 2026.
Sources kcur.org
WCVB reported September 15, 2026, that Wilmington is canceling its Flock contract, officials said Monday, September 14. Police said the town will remove both cameras as soon as possible: one at Middlesex Avenue and Federal Street since March 2023, and one at Main Street and Bridge Lane since June 2024. Police said the cameras helped investigations, but resident privacy concerns and questions about how Flock handles data now outweigh that. Hoodline reported the department expects a $2,500 refund for ending early; the contract had run through February 27, 2027. Massachusetts Wilmington, not Wilmington, North Carolina or Delaware. Part of the Massachusetts September wave (writeup).
Sources wcvb.com hoodline.com CAN-2026-220 in the cancellations table
Boston.com and WCVB reported September 1, 2026 that four more Massachusetts towns moved on Flock. Abington’s police chief said the department will end its agreement and have cameras removed. That is Abington, Massachusetts, not Abington Township, Pennsylvania (CAN-2026-112). Ayer’s Select Board voted unanimously August 31 to disable and remove cameras and terminate the contract immediately. Groton’s town manager and police chief said they will terminate the current contract; a working group may still recommend some form of plate reader at the Spring 2027 Town Meeting. Southbridge Police paused use pending public discussion. Pause is not a confirmed terminate.
Boston 25 reported September 11 that Boylston Police suspended Flock and plan to terminate, with a public meeting set for September 28 (Boylston writeup). WCVB reported September 15 that Wilmington is canceling its Flock contract and will remove both cameras (Wilmington writeup).
Sources boston.com wcvb.com grotonma.gov boston25news.com wcvb.com (Wilmington) CAN-2026-188 (Abington, MA), CAN-2026-189 (Ayer), CAN-2026-190 (Groton), CAN-2026-191 (Southbridge pause), CAN-2026-212 (Boylston suspend), CAN-2026-220 (Wilmington, MA) in the cancellations table
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mayor Dave Fleisher told township council on September 14, 2026, that Cherry Hill will not renew its Flock contract when it ends December 31. The township has 10 cameras. Chief of staff Brian Bauerle said they become inactive that day and the vendor removes the hardware. The police department is evaluating Axon plate readers. Those would not connect to the Flock network. This is Cherry Hill, New Jersey, not Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. South Jersey Media quoted Fleisher at the same meeting.
Sources inquirer.com southjersey.media CAN-2026-265 in the cancellations table
ABC57 reported September 9, 2026, that Sheriff Jack Rosa said the county would not renew its Flock contract when it ended September 14. Rosa said Flock does not have internal controls on the data. He expected a buyout around $500 a camera and said that figure was not confirmed. All 10 cameras are to come down on Flock’s schedule. He said the office would not replace them until there are clearer legal rules. Indiana Starke County.
Sources abc57.com CAN-2026-242 in the cancellations table
WBBM reported that Chesterton Town Council voted unanimously September 14, 2026, to discontinue the town’s Flock contract effective October 31, after Police Chief Tim Richardson investigated reported misuse by an officer. The station said that officer has since resigned. The council endorsed the chief’s decision to cut officer access except command staff for an internal audit, and told the town attorney to inform Flock of the council’s concerns. The officer is not named here. An allegation is not a finding of guilt. Misuse writeup: FLK-2026-118.
Sources audacy.com (WBBM) CAN-2026-216 in the cancellations table
WCTV reported that Gadsden County Commissioners voted 4–1 Monday night, September 14, 2026, to let the county’s Flock agreement expire October 1. Sheriff Morris Young had already suspended the program earlier in September. Coverage said the county first approved Flock in March 2024, had paid $162,000, and that ending it could save more than $77,000 every two years. Commissioners cited the sheriff’s recommendation and Florida’s order to remove Flock cameras from state-maintained highways (FDOT writeup).
Sources wctv.tv CAN-2026-218 in the cancellations table
KTUL reported September 14, 2026, that Tahlequah City Council voted not to renew the police department’s Flock contract. Police Chief Nate King said the department started with six cameras in July 2025 and that three were still operating. King told the station public trust mattered more than the tool, that officers will lose system access before the remaining cameras come down, and that the city missed the no-cost cancel window so it will still pay some money this year. Oklahoma Tahlequah, not another Tahlequah.
Sources ktul.com CAN-2026-219 in the cancellations table
WBUR reported September 14, 2026, that Boston’s 2025 Surveillance Technology Report — first obtained by WBUR — said Flock had been distributing Boston vehicle data it had promised not to share. Boston Police ran a no-cost 156-day pilot with 45 cameras from April 1 to September 4, 2025. The contract said sharing was off, and BPD said Flock confirmed those settings. Within three days, other agencies could still see Boston plate and vehicle data. The report called that a Flock error. BPD said it ordered the vendor to turn sharing off. Flock did not respond to WBUR.
After those three days, BPD received 77 outside-agency requests for Boston’s Flock data over the rest of the trial, including from federal agencies and nearby departments. A BPD audit counted 11,004 searches; officers tied a case number to a specific crime about half the time. The report authors said they found no complaints of misuse during the trial. Data was deleted and the cameras came down within 30 days of the trial ending.
Ahead of the report, BPD and city officials said they will not use Flock going forward. That is a Flock exit, not an ALPR exit: the city later ran Motorola (45 cameras, February 2026) and Axon (30 cameras, June 2026) plate-reader pilots. City Councilor Ben Weber told WBUR that council was not told about those later pilots until after they launched, and that the Flock trial shows the city cannot guarantee it is keeping data inside Boston’s Trust Act limits. Neighboring Quincy still uses Flock. Related: Massachusetts ALPR bill · Massachusetts town exits · Flock data-sharing clause · Not just Flock.
Sources wbur.org CAN-2026-214 in the cancellations table
Boston 25 reported September 11, 2026, that Boylston Police, with the Select Board and town administrator, suspended Flock use and plan to terminate the agreement. Officials said the department has already stopped using the system and scheduled a public discussion for September 28. This is a suspend with a plan to terminate, not a reported cancel. Part of the Massachusetts September wave (writeup).
Sources boston25news.com CAN-2026-212 in the cancellations table
The Littleton Independent reported September 11, 2026, that Englewood City Council voted 6–0 on September 8 to terminate the city’s Flock contract. A proposed Axon plate-reader replacement failed 3–3, so the city has no permanently installed plate readers after the Flock exit. Coverage said Flock cameras will no longer capture Englewood data and will eventually be removed. Colorado Englewood, not Englewood, Florida or another Englewood.
Sources littletonindependent.net CAN-2026-210 in the cancellations table
WMTV reported September 10, 2026, that the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is suspending its Flock cameras. Sheriff Travis Maze said the office learned its data was released without permission, including cases under investigation in 2025, and that Flock had told the county data would not be released without its permission when the system expanded in 2025. The sheriff’s office said it has no evidence of wrongdoing by its staff. This is a suspend, not a reported cancel. Wisconsin Jefferson County, not another state’s Jefferson. Part of the September wave (writeup).
Sources wmtv15news.com CAN-2026-202 in the cancellations table
LINK nky reported September 10, 2026, that Bellevue City Council voted unanimously September 9 to suspend Flock use and disable the cameras until the two-year contract ends. More than a year remains on the about $43,000 contract. Council member Shauna Kraus said taking the cameras down could be costly and asked the city to study removal costs, and that cameras should be covered and made inoperable while that review continues. This is a suspend and cover, not a contract terminate. Kentucky Bellevue, not another state’s Bellevue. Northern Kentucky neighbors that already ended Flock include Independence and Erlanger.
Sources linknky.com CAN-2026-203 in the cancellations table
CBS 58 reported September 4, 2026 that more than a dozen Wisconsin localities paused or ended Flock programs in a single week. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling ordered the county’s cameras taken down. He said the office believed scans were deleted after 30 days, then learned Flock keeps a separate dataset and markets it through Traffic Analytics, retained up to five years. “This is not what we agreed to, and it is not what the public was led to believe,” he said. He said Racine will cut ties and find another vendor. That is a vendor swap, not a ban on plate readers.
Wausau Pilot & Review reported the same day that Flock confirmed to Racine that county camera data was in that product. The paper also published Wausau and Marathon County contract clauses that let Flock keep anonymized vehicle data for other products. Marathon County has not canceled. Wausau’s council has not voted. October committee votes are in the Wausau writeup. Fond du Lac County agencies and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, plus Neenah and Menasha police, suspended or dropped Flock after search logs tied to investigations were released by agencies in other states answering open-records requests. Milwaukee is keeping its cameras and launched a public dashboard. Sheboygan, WI’s Common Council voted unanimously Sept. 8 to end the contract (writeup). Kenosha already switched to Axon (writeup).
WBAY reported September 6, 2026 that covers were going on Fond du Lac County cameras. The same story named Fox Crossing, Winneconne, and University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh police with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, Neenah, and Menasha. UW-Oshkosh is distinct from the City of Oshkosh’s April 2026 cancel (CAN-2026-001). Shared Flock search logs are what let another state’s records request expose local investigative queries.
WBAY reported September 8–9, 2026, that Menasha Common Council voted 7–1 to stop funding Flock and give 30-day notice for camera removal. Bags are already on those cameras. A full end vote is expected later in September. Neenah’s Public Service and Safety Committee recommended the city stop funding Flock; that recommendation goes to Common Council. Chief Aaron Olson said accounts were already off. FOX 11 quoted Menasha Chief Matthew Albrecht saying he no longer has confidence in Flock. Waupaca County is a separate writeup (Waupaca writeup).
WPR reported September 9, 2026, that Stevens Point covered 10 cameras and that officials statewide are reacting to Traffic Analytics and data-sale disputes, not only officer-misuse stories. Stevens Point is a separate writeup (Stevens Point). WMTV reported September 10 that Jefferson County is suspending Flock after the sheriff said data was released without permission (writeup).
Sources wsaw.com (Sept. 17) weau.com cbs58.com (Sept. 15) cbs58.com wausaupilotandreview.com wsaw.com wbay.com (Sept. 8) fox11online.com wpr.org CAN-2026-172 (Racine County), CAN-2026-226 (Clark County WI), CAN-2026-223 (Oconomowoc), CAN-2026-224 (Waukesha), CAN-2026-225 (Racine city), CAN-2026-173 (Fond du Lac County), CAN-2026-174 (Winnebago County), CAN-2026-175 (Neenah), CAN-2026-176 (Menasha), CAN-2026-181 (Fox Crossing), CAN-2026-182 (Winneconne), CAN-2026-183 (UW-Oshkosh), CAN-2026-200 (Stevens Point), CAN-2026-202 (Jefferson County WI) in the cancellations table
21Alive reported September 9, 2026, that Sheriff Max Weber asked Flock to remove the cameras for the time being and to contact the incoming sheriff next year. Weber said vandals had cut down six poles and that replacement cost and insurance were not worth the spending. He said he still supports the cameras and that the county has policies against abuse. This is a vandalism and cost pause, not a privacy cancellation. Hardware-down is not confirmed. Indiana Noble County.
Sources 21alivenews.com CAN-2026-243 in the cancellations table
CBS Austin reported that Liberty Hill City Council voted 7–0 on September 9, 2026, to terminate the Flock agreement, keep it from renewing in October, and immediately remove cameras under the city’s jurisdiction. FOX 7 Austin reported the same unanimous vote after public comment against the contract. Texas Liberty Hill, not another state’s Liberty Hill.
Sources cbsaustin.com fox7austin.com CAN-2026-208 in the cancellations table
FOX 9 reported September 9, 2026, that Crystal Police Chief Brian Hubbard said the department is ending Flock entirely. All six cameras were physically removed and are being returned. The department also turned off data sharing with other agencies for the remaining retention period. CBS Minnesota reported the same decision September 10. Minnesota Crystal, not Crystal Lake or another Crystal.
Sources fox9.com cbsnews.com/minnesota CAN-2026-209 in the cancellations table
Tallahassee Reports and WCTV reported that Tallahassee City Commission voted unanimously September 9, 2026, to suspend city use of automated license plate readers. That covers about 80 Flock cameras and 75 Vigilant cameras (155 total). City Manager Reese Goad said the cameras would be turned off so the city and others cannot access them through the system. A motion to cover within 24 hours and remove within 30 days failed 3–2. Two weeks earlier, on August 26, a 3–2 vote had kept Flock. Commissioners cited public comment, the Florida DOT state-road crackdown, and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office ALPR suspend (writeup). Cameras are to be turned off. Cover-and-remove failed, so hardware is not confirmed pulled.
Sources tallahasseereports.com wctv.tv CAN-2026-199 in the cancellations table
Tallahassee Reports said Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil suspended the Leon County Sheriff’s Office use of ALPR technology while seeking stronger oversight and accreditation standards. Tallahassee City Commission cited that sheriff suspend when it unanimously suspended city ALPR on September 9, 2026 (writeup). Distinct from the July 2026 Leon County commission vote rejecting a Flock expansion grant. This is a sheriff suspend, not a reported terminate.
Sources tallahasseereports.com CAN-2026-201 in the cancellations table
WPR reported September 9, 2026, that Stevens Point covered 10 Flock cameras to stop collection. Mayor Mike Wiza said the city has no simple way to audit where Flock data goes once collected and that the community is not comfortable without assurances the cameras are used only as authorized. Part of the Wisconsin September cascade after Racine and Sheboygan, WI, data-sale disputes (writeup). This is a cover/suspend, not a reported cancel.
Sources wpr.org CAN-2026-200 in the cancellations table
Rocktown Now reported September 9, 2026, that Bridgewater Town Council voted unanimously the night before to immediately terminate its Flock contract and remove the town’s five cameras. The vote also bars reinstalling any automated license plate reader without a public process first. The cameras were installed three years ago. Virginia Bridgewater, not East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Separate from the earlier Southwest and Southside wave (writeup).
Sources rocktownnow.com CAN-2026-204 in the cancellations table
GBH / State House News Service reported September 9, 2026, that Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing statewide rules for police license-plate readers as towns drop Flock. Rep. Steve Owens (D-Watertown) filed H.3755 with Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa. The Transportation Committee endorsed it 11–0 in March; it has been pending in House Ways and Means. Per the committee summary, the bill would bar government actors from accessing ALPR data from other entities without a warrant, cap ordinary retention at 14 days unless tied to a criminal investigation, and bar use to monitor constitutionally protected activity. Formal sessions for the term have ended; Owens said another version may return next session. This is pending legislation, not a statewide camera pull. Town exits: Massachusetts Sept. towns. Boston Flock pilot: Boston writeup.
Sources wgbh.org
LPM reported September 9, 2026, that Kentucky’s interim House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on automated license plate readers after a Sept. 3 hearing. The state already passed House Bill 58 this year (90-day retention and a misdemeanor for ALPR misuse). ACLU of Kentucky and the Cato Institute urged stronger rules, including shorter retention, independent audits, public plate-query notice, and in some cases a judicial warrant before database searches. House Judiciary Chair Rep. Daniel Elliott and Rep. Jason Nemes said they could support a warrant requirement with exigent-circumstances exceptions. A Flock government-relations director and local police defended the tools. This is committee signaling, not a new enacted statute. Related: Flock-Off Act.
Sources lpm.org
Cardinal News reported September 3, 2026 that a week of Southwest and Southside Virginia exits landed on top of summer cancellations already on this page (Christiansburg, Henry County, Harrisonburg, Elkton). WDBJ reported September 1 that Wythe County Sheriff Anthony Cline is ending the sheriff’s office contract and removing four cameras, citing privacy and constitutional concerns. Appomattox County Sheriff Robert Richardson and Campbell County Sheriff Whit Clark announced terminations. Wytheville Police Chief Joel Hash suspended the town’s system. Charlotte County paused. The Amherst and Bedford county sheriff’s offices said they would stop using Flock while they review policies or what they called discrepancies with the company. Those two are pauses, not confirmed cancels. Montgomery County’s sheriff later terminated use (writeup). Lynchburg’s council vote is a separate writeup (CAN-2026-163).
WSET added Bland County (stopped July 11; Sheriff Jason Ramsey said a work order is in to remove the cameras), Carroll County (contract expired in July and was not renewed; Sheriff Kevin Kemp), Giles County (terminated Aug. 26), and Halifax County (paused Aug. 28). That Carroll County is Virginia, not another state’s Carroll. This site keeps WSLS’s Lynchburg 6–0 count; Vice Mayor Curt Diemer was absent. Rocktown Now reported September 9 that Bridgewater voted unanimously September 8 to terminate and remove five cameras (writeup).
Sources cardinalnews.org wdbj7.com wset.com CAN-2026-164 (Wythe County), CAN-2026-165 (Wytheville), CAN-2026-166 (Appomattox), CAN-2026-167 (Campbell County VA), CAN-2026-168 (Charlotte County), CAN-2026-169 (Montgomery County VA), CAN-2026-170 (Amherst), CAN-2026-171 (Bedford County VA), CAN-2026-177 (Bland), CAN-2026-178 (Carroll County VA), CAN-2026-179 (Giles), CAN-2026-180 (Halifax) in the cancellations table
NewsChannel9 reported that Collegedale’s city commission voted unanimously September 8, 2026, to end the city’s Flock contract. Police Chief Jack Sapp said he had already cut officer access on September 3 and revoked outside-agency access to the six city cameras. The station said Flock told the city pickup could take 30 to 60 days and $500 per camera. Vice Mayor Tonya Sadler asked for a removal deadline. This is the city’s own contract, not the Hamilton County sheriff pause. Full Tennessee writeup: Collegedale terminate.
Sources newschannel9.com tennesseeconservativenews.com CAN-2026-207 in the cancellations table
The Lake City Reporter reported September 9, 2026, that Live Oak City Council voted unanimously September 8 to cancel the city’s Flock contract for eight license-plate readers and that council also wants the cameras turned off. Florida Live Oak, not Live Oak, Texas.
Sources lakecityreporter.com CAN-2026-211 in the cancellations table
CBS Austin reported that Bastrop City Council voted unanimously September 8, 2026, to decommission 12 Flock cameras and terminate or decline to renew the contract. KBTX reported the same vote and that council also barred similar automatic license-plate readers going forward. Cameras had been covered since a September 1 work-session order. The contract had been set to auto-renew in July 2027.
Sources cbsaustin.com kbtx.com CAN-2026-195 in the cancellations table
TMJ4 reported that Sheboygan, WI, Common Council voted unanimously September 8, 2026, not to renew its Flock contract. Fifteen cameras stay covered until Flock removes the hardware. WHBL reported the next day that the vote ends the contract effective December 31, 2026. WHBL reported the resolution cites a Flock account-executive email offering to sell anonymized traffic volume, vehicle-type, and speed data from the city’s cameras to the Sheboygan Department of Public Works — up to five years of data — while the Master Services Agreement said Flock does not own the collected data and was only supposed to keep it 30 days. The city’s resolution dates that email March 24, 2026, and states that the agreement also says Flock shall not sell Customer Data or Anonymized Data. Police said they did not consent and that the offer breached those terms. This is an end vote, not a replacement-vendor deal.
Sources tmj4.com whbl.com (Sept. 8) whbl.com (Sept. 9) cbs58.com (Aug. 26) CAN-2026-139 in the cancellations table · Crossville data-license clause
FOX19 reported that Lebanon, Ohio, City Council voted September 8, 2026, to remove all 20 Flock cameras. Mayor Mark Messer said the city sent Flock 54 written questions on August 17 and got no answers in 21 days. He said the distrust is of the company, not the police department. Cameras were to be shut off and removed starting September 9. This is Lebanon, Ohio, not Lebanon, Tennessee.
Sources fox19.com CAN-2026-193 in the cancellations table
ABC13 reported that Manvel City Council voted unanimously September 8, 2026, to end its Flock contract. The 2024 deal covered 21 cameras. Mayor Dan Davis said covers would go on within 24 to 48 hours and that the city would give Flock 30 days’ notice. Manvel police said 535 outside agencies had access to the city’s Flock data, most in Texas and the rest in Louisiana. Davis asked whether Flock uses customer data to train AI tools. Trevor Chandler, a Flock public-affairs director, told council that is part of making cameras more accurate and that the company does not sell customer data.
Sources abc13.com CAN-2026-194 in the cancellations table
WBTV reported September 8, 2026, that Catawba police will not extend a 60-day Flock trial and will not enter a long-term subscription. The department cited limited funding and other needs. Trial cameras are to come down. This is the Town of Catawba, not Catawba County.
Sources wbtv.com CAN-2026-196 in the cancellations table
Click2Houston reported that Willis Mayor William Brown announced September 8, 2026, that the city shut off its Flock system until further notice. City Council will review whether it should return. Cameras are off; council has not voted to terminate.
Sources click2houston.com CAN-2026-197 in the cancellations table
Port City Daily reported that New Hanover County commissioners voted 4–0 on September 8, 2026, to cancel the sheriff’s Flock ALPR contract. Vice Chair Dane Scalise moved to cancel rather than pause. The $219,000 deal covered 36 cameras set to expire in spring 2027; 20 of those are ALPRs in the cancel. The sheriff’s office said it disabled national data sharing and employee access and notified Flock. Flock is to remove ALPR hardware. Eight Condor PTZ cameras were not in the motion. State-owned I-40 Flock cameras remain. WWAY reported the county cameras were deactivated after the vote.
Sources portcitydaily.com wwaytv3.com CAN-2026-192 in the cancellations table
WBAY reported that the Waupaca County Law Enforcement Committee voted September 8, 2026, to cut next-year Flock funding. The sheriff then suspended the cameras, citing loss of control over sensitive law enforcement information. The county spent $34,500 on Flock this year. This is a funding cut and a suspend, not a reported full-board terminate. Distinct from the Winnebago County / Neenah / Menasha cluster (writeup).
Sources wbay.com CAN-2026-198 in the cancellations table
Business Insider reported September 7, 2026 that retail chains that host Flock cameras are now drawing the same kind of public pressure cities have seen. Ultraviolet launched an August petition asking Ulta Beauty to end its Flock contract. Fight for the Future’s Deflock Lowe’s campaign asks Lowe’s to drop Flock. An Ulta spokesperson told the paper Flock readers are at fewer than 1% of more than 1,500 stores and are used to support criminal investigations, especially organized retail theft. This is retailer pressure, not a city cancel vote.
Sources businessinsider.com
Click2Houston reported that Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called for a special commissioners-court meeting on the county’s Flock contract and asked to pause the program until privacy and oversight clauses are added. County commissioners renewed the deal May 28, 2026, through June 2027, at about $869,000. Hidalgo abstained on that vote. Cameras stay unless court later votes to pause or cancel. Distinct from Magnolia’s non-renewal in the same story (CAN-2026-184). Precinct 4 later took more than 60 of its own cameras offline (CAN-2026-278); that is not a countywide cancel.
Sources click2houston.com Officials writeup: Lina Hidalgo · Precinct 4: CAN-2026-278
KPRC 2 / Click2Houston reported that Magnolia Police Chief Kyle Montgomery will not renew the city’s Flock contract when it expires in October 2026. He cited privacy, a tight budget, and limited use in a low-crime city. He said he cannot tell residents the company is doing nothing with data on the back end. Magnolia does not own the cameras; Flock is to retrieve them after the term ends. He said the department had no known local misuse. Sen. Kolkhorst later cited the same non-renewal in her ALPR-ban call (writeup).
Sources click2houston.com kbtx.com CAN-2026-184 in the cancellations table
The Guardian published a September 5, 2026 roundup of cities, states, and members of Congress pulling back from Flock-style plate readers over privacy, data sharing, and alleged officer misuse. It sits with this site’s earlier ABC News national roundup. The piece is commentary and recap, not a new municipal vote.
Sources theguardian.com
WOSU reported that Mayor Andrew Ginther paused Columbus police use of Flock on September 3, 2026. On September 4 the city began covering the 65 municipal cameras. The city contract still runs to December. Council has not voted to terminate. Neighboring, campus, and ODOT cameras are separate.
WOSU also covered the August 10, 2026 City Council hearing, which ran about six hours. An earlier audit found the city’s network was searched about 15,000 times for immigration-related queries, with none directly from ICE in that reporting. Police defended the cameras and said newer policy would block some outside use. Public comment ran heavily toward removal. Council did not vote that night.
Sources wosu.org (covers) wosu.org (hearing) nbc4i.com axios.com CAN-2026-187 in the cancellations table · Officials: Andrew Ginther
FOX 5 Atlanta reported September 4, 2026 that Gwinnett County Police Department fired three officers after an internal Flock audit. The same reporting said one officer was arrested in May 2026 on charges of simple battery and stalking, and that two others were charged September 4 with misuse of license-plate data (six counts and one count). The officers are not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt. Chief J.D. McClure announced policy changes: officers must now submit search requests with justifications to supervisors, who perform the searches; the department mandated retraining for all officers and cut data retention from 30 days to 15 days. On July 29, residents had packed the mic demanding commissioners cancel the county's roughly 1,100-camera deployment; commissioners did not vote to cancel.
Sources fox5atlanta.com wsbtv.com (July 29 resident push) () FLK-2026-065 in the misuse table
WLWT reported that Mayor John Link said Edgewood paused its Flock cameras. Link called the pause temporary and said it is a review of how the cameras are used, not a decision to drop them. He said Flock would not go on a council agenda until October 5, 2026. This report does not include a vote from that meeting. The cameras stay off during the review. The contract is still in place. This is Edgewood in Kenton County, Kentucky.
Sources wlwt.com CAN-2026-261 in the cancellations table
Community Impact reported that Leander City Council on September 3, 2026, instructed staff to discontinue police use of 14 Flock cameras after more than an hour of public comment. A city spokesperson said council decided to stop funding the contract. Police are no longer using Flock cameras or Flock data.
Sources communityimpact.com CAN-2026-185 in the cancellations table
WSLS reported that Lynchburg City Council voted 6–0 on September 3, 2026 to start ending the city’s Flock contract. Vice Mayor Curt Diemer was absent. Council member Chris Faraldi said the resolution does one thing: it empowers the city manager to give notice that Flock will no longer be in Lynchburg, at the end of the contract terms. Cardinal News put 15 Flock cameras and 54 Flock gunshot detectors on that 2023 contract. The cameras have been offline since August 19. Council planned a September 8 vote on a take-down date and how to avoid a possible about $35,000 early-termination fee. Faraldi said the latest the technology would come down is May. This is a contract-end vote, not a confirmed hardware pull. Earlier coverage: August 18 warrant-rule debate.
Sources wsls.com cardinalnews.org CAN-2026-163 in the cancellations table
On September 2, 2026, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Eric Burlison (R-MO) introduced H.R. 10221 , the Flock-Off Act. Per Massie’s press release , the bill would bar federal funds from buying, installing, maintaining, operating, or upgrading automated license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras, including cloud and data-sharing contracts. Federally funded systems would have to stop within 180 days. Toll cameras and readers within one mile of the northern or southern border used for unlawful-entry, trafficking, or drug-smuggling work would be excepted. Original cosponsors are Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chip Roy (R-TX), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN). Newsweek quoted Massie telling WHAS11 the measure would not ban Flock cameras. It would block federal money for them. Even if it passed, it would not by itself take down cameras a city pays for locally, including Crossville’s Falcons. This is an introduced House bill, not law. July tease: Massie bill tease.
Sources massie.house.gov govinfo.gov (bill PDF) newsweek.com Officials: Thomas Massie · original cosponsors
KBTX reported that State Sen. Lois W. Kolkhorst (R) is calling for a ban on automated license plate readers, arguing Flock-style networks threaten Fourth Amendment protections. In a Facebook post titled “Get the Flock Out of Texas!,” she said the Texas Senate will take up the issue when the 90th Legislature convenes in January and that colleagues are discussing an outright ALPR ban. She cited Magnolia’s non-renewal (CAN-2026-184) and linked the debate to Gov. Abbott’s state funding pause (writeup). This is a legislative call, not a statewide camera pull.
Sources kbtx.com Officials writeup: Lois Kolkhorst
FOX6 Milwaukee reported September 2, 2026 that Kenosha Police is terminating its Flock Safety contract one year early and moving to Axon Outpost license-plate cameras under a broader roughly $14.6 million Axon technology deal (about 31 Outpost readers plus body cameras, Tasers, and other gear). Police Chief Patrick Patton cited data-sharing, data-security, and undisclosed speed/movement tracking concerns. Kenosha PD said it found no local officer misuse of Flock. Axon sharing is planned for Wisconsin agencies and possibly neighboring Lake County, Illinois—not Flock’s nationwide network. This is a vendor swap, not a ban on plate readers.
Sources fox6now.com CAN-2026-162 in the cancellations table
NBC10 Philadelphia and Axios Philadelphia reported that Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said he would welcome bipartisan legislation banning Flock cameras across Pennsylvania. Speaking August 28, 2026, in Montgomery County, he said the cameras are “not something in the public interest” and that Pennsylvania State Police do not use them. Lawmakers in both parties have floated bans or limits; no statewide ban has passed.
Sources nbcphiladelphia.com axios.com Officials writeup: Josh Shapiro
KXXV and US105 reported that Robinson City Council voted unanimously September 1, 2026 not to renew the city’s Flock Safety contract after a one-year trial. Coverage put 11 cameras in the city. The police chief said the department deactivated Flock access after the vote. Mayor Greg May said the decision tracked resident opposition and would likely have happened even without Abbott’s state funding pause. Leadership left open future technology with stronger privacy safeguards.
Sources kxxv.com us105fm.com wacotrib.com CAN-2026-161 in the cancellations table
ABC News published a September 1, 2026 roundup of the national push against Flock-style ALPRs. It cited Politico’s count of more than 50 cities and counties canceling or deactivating readers so far in 2026, Florida’s highway permit revocation, Texas’s state funding pause, Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro’s openness to a ban, and Sen. Hawley’s Senate probe. ACLU analyst Jay Stanley called it the biggest grassroots privacy backlash he has seen in more than 20 years. The piece also notes officer job-loss cases already on this page, including Savannah.
Sources abcnews.com
After Florida DOT revoked ALPR permits on state highway rights-of-way on August 31, 2026 (FDOT writeup), Northeast Florida agencies moved fast. Jacksonville Today and News4JAX reported the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office would discontinue license plate readers countywide. Clay County announced roadway removals. Putnam County said its 18 readers would come down. Action News Jax put 34 Nassau County Flock cameras in the removal window and covered the county-by-county wave.
Sources jaxtoday.org news4jax.com actionnewsjax.com CAN-2026-148 (JSO), CAN-2026-149 (Clay), CAN-2026-150 (Nassau), CAN-2026-151 (Putnam FL) in the cancellations table
WESH reported that Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood shut license plate readers down countywide on August 31, 2026 after Florida DOT’s state-road memo. WFTV and FOX 35 Orlando reported Oviedo City Council directing staff not to fund Flock into the next fiscal year and to begin taking cameras down, while Titusville Police temporarily paused its Flock ALPR program. See also Panhandle exits under Franklin County and FDOT order.
Sources wesh.com wftv.com CAN-2026-152 (Volusia), CAN-2026-153 (Oviedo), CAN-2026-155 (Titusville pause) in the cancellations table. Okaloosa: Panhandle writeup · CAN-2026-154
WOSU reported September 1, 2026 that Worthington City Schools is ending its Flock contract early and removing devices. Superintendent Trent Bowers said limited benefits were not worth the potential loss of public trust. Cameras at four school sites were mainly funded by an Ohio School Safety Grant; Bowers said the early cancel would not cost extra money and that the cameras never shared data outside the district. Olentangy Local Schools confirmed it quietly canceled its Flock contract during the summer and that cameras were set to be removed soon.
Sources wosu.org CAN-2026-156 and CAN-2026-157 in the cancellations table
The Yampa Valley Bugle reported that Routt County Sheriff Doug Scherar intends to cancel the sheriff’s Flock contract after audit logs showed the county’s cameras were included in more than eight million searches by thousands of agencies from Jan. 1, 2025 to Aug. 17, 2026. The office believed sharing was limited to Colorado but had been opted into National Lookup; it later opted out. Scherar said he still trusts plate-reader technology but does not trust Flock, and planned to meet the county attorney on how to cancel. Separate city exit: Steamboat Springs.
Sources yampavalleybugle.com CAN-2026-159 in the cancellations table
A proposed class action summarized by ClassAction.org (Schulte v. Flock Group Inc.) alleges that Flock’s networked ALPR system allows current and former law enforcement users to run personal, non-work plate searches and that the company has not stopped that misuse. The filing cites Washington Post reporting on dozens of alleged ALPR misuse cases and seeks a nationwide class of people whose plates were collected since January 1, 2024. These are allegations in a civil complaint, not findings. Related constitutional suits already on this page include San Jose / Institute for Justice.
Sources classaction.org
WTOP and InsideNoVa reported that Dumfries Town Council voted 4–2 on September 1, 2026, to remove eight Flock cameras and pause the program while the town gathers public comment. Officials said the cameras will not go back up without another council vote. Coverage said the cameras had not gone live. Hardware-down is not independently confirmed. Virginia Dumfries, not another Dumfries.
Sources wtop.com insidenova.com CAN-2026-228 in the cancellations table
On August 31, 2026, Florida Department of Transportation Chief Operating Officer Will Watts issued Engineering and Operations Memorandum No. 26-01 revoking all permits for automated license plate readers on state highway rights-of-way. NBC News and Florida Politics reported local agencies have 30 days to remove Flock, Axon, and other brands; FDOT may remove remaining devices itself and will stop approving new installs. WFTV and WGCU quoted the memo citing misuse reports, privacy concerns, and the rapid spread of roadside surveillance. Business Insider said the order follows Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push after his August 26 remarks (writeup). News4JAX reported the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will halt readers countywide and Clay County will remove all units from county roadways. WESH reported Volusia, Brevard, Seminole, and Osceola agencies suspending or reviewing programs beyond the state minimum; WESH quoted Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood shutting readers down countywide. WCJB reported Putnam and Bradford sheriffs disconnecting readers. NBC 6 South Florida and Local 10 covered South Florida fallout. Action News Jax published a county-by-county list. FOX 35 Orlando and ClickOrlando reported Central Florida cities including Oviedo voting to pull leased cameras after the memo. Private-property readers and most local-right-of-way cameras DeSantis said sit outside FDOT control. See Franklin County and DeSantis remarks. Officials writeup: Ron DeSantis.
Sources nbcnews.com floridapolitics.com () wftv.com wgcu.org businessinsider.com () fox35orlando.com fox13news.com clickorlando.com baynews9.com wpbf.com cbsnews.com (Miami) actionnewsjax.com news4jax.com (JSO) news4jax.com (Putnam) wesh.com (state roads) wesh.com (Central Florida) nbcmiami.com local10.com wcjb.com fox35orlando.com (fallout) wjhg.com (Panhandle) () Related Case_IDs: CAN-2026-148–155 (NE / Central Florida agency pulls) in the cancellations table; see Northeast Florida and Central Florida
WJHG reported September 1, 2026 that Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith deactivated about 26 leased Flock cameras effective immediately after Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed to remove plate readers from state roadways and FDOT revoked ALPR permits within 30 days. WJHG said most county cameras were on state roads; the office also shut off county right-of-way units Smith said Flock owns and the county leased. Get The Coast and Mid Bay News reported Okaloosa Sheriff Eric Aden will remove all Flock units from state and county roads. WJHG and WJHG (Calhoun) reported Liberty County ending its contract and Calhoun County ceasing use of six state-funded cameras Florida operates. Walton commissioners had already voted August 25 to remove readers from county rights-of-way (WEAR TV , Mid Bay News ); roughly 106 Walton cameras include state and city roads outside that vote. Private-property Flock cameras are not covered by the state memo. See FDOT removal order and DeSantis remarks.
Sources wjhg.com (Franklin) () getthecoast.com (Okaloosa) midbaynews.com (Okaloosa) wjhg.com (Liberty) wjhg.com (Calhoun) weartv.com (Walton) midbaynews.com (Walton vote) floridapolitics.com (FDOT memo) () CAN-2026-146 (Franklin) and CAN-2026-154 (Okaloosa) in the cancellations table
On August 31, 2026, Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett directed staff to begin pausing the sheriff’s office Flock License Plate Recognition and Motorola LPR programs. NewsChannel9 reported Garrett said the decision followed weeks of deliberation and that the primary factor was concern about public data and potential misuse of what is captured. The sheriff’s office oversees about 70 cameras across Hamilton County. Garrett said he still believes in LPR technology but ordered command staff to work through the concerns before resuming. Chattanoogan.com and WDEF carried the same sheriff’s statement. Chattanooga city police and private Flock cameras are separate. Collegedale later voted unanimously to end its own Flock contract (writeup). Full Tennessee writeup: Hamilton County pause.
Sources newschannel9.com () chattanoogan.com wdef.com chattanoogapulse.com Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (Facebook) CAN-2026-147 in the cancellations table
WOWO reported that Fort Wayne City Council unanimously voted August 25, 2026 against renewing the city’s Flock license-plate reader contract after weeks of debate over privacy, transparency, and public safety. Council members described the system as mass surveillance and called for stronger guardrails if similar technology returns. The Fort Wayne Police Department said it respects the vote and will evaluate next steps. Camera count was not published in the initial coverage.
Sources wowo.com () wboi.org () wboi.org (offline) () CAN-2026-129 in the cancellations table
WLWT reported August 31, 2026, that Independence deactivated its Flock cameras a week after Mayor Chris Reinersman announced they would come down. Poles stay until Flock removes the hardware. WCPO reported the mayor’s notice after an August 17 meeting. Cited stories disagree on how many cameras the city had, so this page does not state a count. This is a removal order and deactivation, not a confirmed vendor pickup. Neighbor: Erlanger.
Sources wlwt.com wcpo.com CAN-2026-205 in the cancellations table
Ars Technica reported that Oakland-based Secure Justice has recorded 214 cities and counties dropping Flock since 2021. An August 28 update put 93 of those exits in August 2026 alone, about three localities a day. The piece named places from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas. Flock spokesperson Courtney Terlecki told Ars that 2026 partnerships still outpace nonrenewals by about 10 to 1, and that not every community will make the same decision.
Sources arstechnica.com ()
Steamboat Pilot reported that Police Chief Mark Beckett ordered the city’s six fixed Flock cameras deactivated immediately after a contentious August 25, 2026 public forum on privacy. A city release said Steamboat Springs plans to end its Flock contract. Council was set to give further direction at a September 8 work session. Neighboring Routt County later moved to cancel its separate sheriff contract.
Sources steamboatpilot.com CAN-2026-158 in the cancellations table
FOX19 reported August 27, 2026, that Erlanger did not renew its Flock contract. Four cameras near Holly Lane are already down. A fifth camera on Commonwealth is still up but inactive, and officers no longer have access, while the city waits on Flock to remove the hardware. Neighbor: Independence.
Sources fox19.com wlwt.com CAN-2026-206 in the cancellations table
On August 26, 2026, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, announced a formal investigation into Flock Safety’s collection, retention, and dissemination of AI camera data. His press release and a letter to CEO Garrett Langley demand documents no later than September 8, 2026, including known or suspected misuse since 2021, accuracy and security files, government contracts, revenue sources, and how driver data may be stored or sold. Hawley wrote that Flock’s network now spans more than 120,000 cameras and billions of monthly scans, and that “Congress never authorized the network your industry has built.” Axios reported the probe as the highest-level federal backlash to date. Flock told Axios it received the letter and would respond. The subcommittee later held a September 23 hearing (hearing writeup). Officials writeup: Josh Hawley. See also Langley on Fox / Sanders and Burchett and Burchett’s H.R. 9800.
Sources hawley.senate.gov () axios.com () DocumentCloud: Hawley letter PDF ()
At an August 26, 2026 event at Florida International University in Miami, Gov. Ron DeSantis said automated license plate readers—including Flock and other vendors—have grown “out of control” and risk turning Florida into a “surveillance state.” Florida Politics and local TV coverage quote DeSantis saying the tools moved from tolling uses into broad criminal surveillance, mostly at local police departments and sheriff’s offices. He said he supports law enforcement but does not want mass tracking of ordinary Floridians, urged voters to press candidates on the issue, and said fixes must come from the Legislature—not the governor’s office alone. DeSantis pointed to New Hampshire’s roadside-reader limits and short data-retention rules as a possible model, and tied the issue to his stalled “AI Bill of Rights” package. Officials writeup: Ron DeSantis. GovTech reported at least 100 Florida agencies use ALPR cameras statewide.
Sources floridapolitics.com () cbs12.com ()
Santa Barbara’s Flock contract expired August 23, 2026 after staff opted not to renew, the New York Post reported. The city had used 12 cameras since late 2023. At the August 25 council meeting, KEYT reported, staff recommended 12 Verkada readers that would keep data under city control instead of a shared network. Council delayed that decision and ordered an ALPR policy review. Coverage said the city currently has no automated license plate cameras running. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Flock cameras are a separate contract and were not ended by this vote. Shopping Verkada after dropping Flock is still mass plate scanning. See Not just Flock.
Sources nypost.com () keyt.com () CAN-2026-143 in the cancellations table
Boston.com and WCVB reported that Auburn, Massachusetts, Police said it severed its Flock relationship over a contractual defect and deactivated all cameras in town. Removal timetable was not published. Distinct from Auburn, New York (CAN-2026-118).
Sources boston.com () wcvb.com () CAN-2026-135 in the cancellations table
KJZZ reported August 26, 2026 that Cave Creek officials said Flock cameras were removed after one was stolen, and that the town terminated its Flock contract after concluding local privacy rules would not apply to a network built for multi-agency data sharing. ABC15 also reported Cave Creek ending the program alongside Tempe’s shutdown, and that Town Council would formally address the termination at its September 1, 2026 meeting. Exact prior camera count was not published.
Sources kjzz.org () abc15.com () azfamily.com () CAN-2026-133 in the cancellations table
Bay News 9 reported August 26, 2026 that Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told commissioners he is terminating the Dec. 10, 2024 interlocal agreement for license-plate detection systems in county rights-of-way, effective Sept. 30, 2026. Nocco said Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 board discussions showed a majority no longer supported the deal the commission had passed unanimously. He objected to the exit and said the office’s policies already limited retention and search use. The county-ROW cutoff does not cover private CDD, HOA, or retail readers, or FDOT state-ROW cameras. Sheriff camera count for the terminated agreement was not published.
Sources baynews9.com () tampabay28.com (Aug. 10 Axon swap report) () CAN-2026-134 in the cancellations table
KOAT reported that the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office ended its contracts with Flock. Hardware-removal timing was not fully published in the cited coverage.
Sources koat.com () CAN-2026-141 in the cancellations table
CBS Austin reported that Pflugerville City Council on August 25, 2026 cut ties with Flock and denied a new agreement after a public-records review found hundreds of unauthorized agencies with access beyond approved partners. Officials had already shut down and covered about 28 city Flock cameras hours before the meeting. Austin American-Statesman reported August 26 that employees kept covering cameras, that the city disabled Flock system access, and that Pflugerville ISD said it would halt Flock use on campuses and at Pfield stadium. Councilmembers said there is no rush to bring in a replacement. Community Impact also covered the vote to end the contract.
Sources cbsaustin.com () statesman.com () communityimpact.com () CAN-2026-130 in the cancellations table
Boston.com and WCVB reported that Douglas Police announced immediate deactivation of all Flock cameras, citing a divisive atmosphere despite investigative use. Coverage also noted an alleged vehicle striking a Flock camera. Hardware removal timetable was not published.
Sources boston.com () wcvb.com () CAN-2026-136 in the cancellations table
AZFamily reported August 26, 2026 that Tempe turned off its Flock license-plate readers, will end its contract with the company, and will not seek another ALPR vendor. The city said about 33 cameras are no longer collecting plate data; residents may still see the hardware until Flock removes it. Mayor Corey Woods said the cameras helped police but “the risk of misuse is too great.” ABC15 reported the same shutdown and that Tempe is not looking for a replacement system.
Sources azfamily.com () abc15.com () fox10phoenix.com () CAN-2026-132 in the cancellations table ktar.com (Oct. 15 ban) abc15.com (Oct. 15 ban)
Boston.com reported August 26, 2026 that Bellingham Police Chief Kenneth Fitzgerald said the department will not renew Flock after the contract expires Sept. 4, 2026, citing pricing and transparency. Coverage also noted FreeForm search concerns. This is Bellingham, Massachusetts—not Bellingham, Washington.
Sources boston.com () CAN-2026-137 in the cancellations table
The Louisville Courier Journal reported that a Shively Police officer was arrested August 25, 2026 after Flock's AI audit tool flagged more than 2,000 searches. The paper said the officer faces 10 misdemeanor charges: five counts of official misconduct and five counts of unlawful access to a computer. The same reporting said the officer pleaded not guilty on August 28 and is suspended without pay. Spectrum News released body-camera footage of the arrest on September 4. The officer is not named here. A charge is not a finding of guilt.
Sources courier-journal.com spectrumnews1.com lpm.org FLK-2026-064 in the misuse table
JAM Broadcasting reported that Kendall County Commissioners Court voted 5–0 on August 25, 2026 not to renew Flock. Coverage put about 57 cameras on roadways and neighborhood entrances; the current contract expires Sept. 30, 2026. Sheriff Al Auxier had asked for another year. Reporting cited privacy, trust, and a large petition against the system. A 30-day notice for hardware removal follows the end date; equipment is non-operational during removal per local coverage.
Sources jambroadcasting.com () CAN-2026-138 in the cancellations table
WLOS reported that Asheville City Council voted 5–2 on August 25, 2026 to authorize the city manager to terminate the city’s Flock contract. The resolution suspends access, searching, and sharing of Flock data and directs removal of the 11 city cameras. Carolina Public Press reported the same vote and that HOA, school, and other Buncombe County Flock cameras outside the city contract remain. Axon plate readers are still discussed as a possible replacement. Ending Flock while shopping Axon is a vendor swap, not a warrant requirement. See Not just Flock.
Sources wlos.com () carolinapublicpress.org () bpr.org () wlos.com (mayor) () foxcarolina.com () 828newsnow.com () CAN-2026-127 in the cancellations table
WSLS reported that Christiansburg Town Council voted 6–0 on August 25, 2026 to terminate its Flock contract and remove cameras after public comment. Police Chief Chris Ramsey told council the system is an investigative tool. Council members said the issue was data collection, not distrust of local officers. The police department owns a small number of Flock cameras; private-business cameras in town may remain. Exact city camera count and removal timetable were not published.
Sources wsls.com () CAN-2026-128 in the cancellations table
AL.com reported in August 2026 that Alabama legislators are preparing bills to restrict or ban Flock Safety cameras after privacy backlash and in-state misuse cases, including officer discipline in Moody and Springville. Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) told AL.com the status quo on more than 2,800 Flock cameras is “totally unacceptable” and that he plans to file statewide guardrail legislation after the Nov. 3 general election, with a ban still on the table. Sen. Robert Stewart (D-Selma) later told WSFA he wants to see change before the 2027 session. Sheriff association leaders defended the tools for missing-person and crime work while acknowledging agency discipline when violations occur. Flock’s mandatory audit tool and seven-day default retention change are noted but framed as insufficient without statute. Officials writeups: Arthur Orr, Robert Stewart. See also Moody / Springville.
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WKAR reported that Lansing City Council voted 7–1 on August 24, 2026 to ask Mayor Andy Schor and the Lansing Police Department to end existing Flock contracts and not sign a new plate-reader deal until the city runs a public privacy review. Council President Peter Spadafore was the no vote. Coverage put about 26 cameras in use. The city runs a strong-mayor system, so the resolution does not cancel the contract by itself. Blue Water Healthy Living reported that a councilmember is working with the city attorney on whether a binding ordinance is possible. Cameras stay unless the administration ends the deal.
Sources wkar.org () bluewaterhealthyliving.com ()
The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office announced July 23, 2026 that it would not renew Flock after nine months, with the deal set to expire September 22, KHQ reported. Sheriff John Smith said the cameras did not show enough operational value. Flock later told the office the two-year contract could not be cancelled. A county update and follow-up KHQ report said County Prosecutor E. Clayne Tyler opined the second installment is void and unenforceable under Idaho law on automatic extensions, and that a sheriff cannot bind the county to that debt. Tyler’s letter is a legal opinion, not a court judgment. Hardware-removal timing was not fully published.
Sources khq.com (void opinion) () clearwatercounty.org () khq.com (non-renewal) () CAN-2026-144 in the cancellations table
Boston.com reported August 23, 2026 that East Bridgewater Police Chief Michael Jenkins announced Friday that the department will end its Flock contract and remove the one camera already installed. Four cameras had been planned; the system was not fully operational. After an August 10 public forum, Jenkins said resident concerns outweighed the benefits the town expected. See also Grafton the same day.
Sources boston.com () CAN-2026-121 in the cancellations table
Boston.com reported August 23, 2026 that Grafton Police Chief Neil Minardi announced Friday that Grafton will discontinue Flock cameras. He cited concerns raised by residents and “vandalism and theft involving these devices.” Camera count was not published. See also East Bridgewater the same day and Hopkinton earlier that week.
Sources boston.com () CAN-2026-122 in the cancellations table
Fox News interviewed Flock CEO Garrett Langley on Saturday, August 22, 2026, on “Saturday in America.” Langley told host Kayleigh McEnany the country should stop treating privacy and safety as a choice: “When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise.” He said Flock and similar tools too often have “no regulation” and “no accountability,” and that Flock thinks that is wrong. He said the company wants auditing and wants state regulators to spend less energy banning the cameras and more energy holding police departments accountable.
That is the vendor’s ask: keep the cameras, add rules.
On August 18, Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont posted on X : “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE. STOP FLOCK.” He wrote that Flock has nearly 100,000 cameras and that going to the doctor or dropping a kid at school is something Flock knows. Two days later, the Washington Times reported that no bill in Congress would ban the cameras nationwide. Sanders has not filed a Senate ban bill in that reporting. Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett already introduced H.R. 9800 to cut federal money for Flock-style systems. The overlap still matters here: a Vermont independent and an East Tennessee Republican are both telling Washington these cameras have gone too far.
Langley cited Flock’s own figures: more than a million investigations and more than 10,000 missing people located. Cities keep cancelling anyway. Crossville’s lease is with that same vendor. On August 26, 2026, Sen. Josh Hawley opened a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigation with a document deadline of September 8 (Hawley probe writeup). See also the CEO dossier and Burchett’s bill.
Sources Sen. Bernie Sanders on X () foxnews.com () washingtontimes.com () Burchett H.R. 9800 · CEO dossier
The Daily Chronicle reported that Town of Cortland Mayor Mark Pietrowski directed police on August 21, 2026 to cancel the town’s Flock contract for five license-plate reader cameras. A work order asks Flock to remove the cameras and poles. He cited resident privacy concerns and third-party data use the town does not control, and said savings would help upgrade body and car cameras. Officials also approved a new Axon body-worn and in-car camera contract. The mayor said stationary pole LPRs end and that vehicle LPR ability would stay under Cortland PD control without third-party Flock involvement. This is Cortland, Illinois, not Cortland, New York.
Sources shawlocal.com () CAN-2026-131 in the cancellations table
KY3 reported August 21, 2026 that Willard Police Chief Tom McClain said the city’s Flock Safety contract will not be renewed after community feedback. He said the department will order the cameras removed. Camera count and the contract end date were not published.
Sources ky3.com () CAN-2026-124 in the cancellations table
Gadget Review reported August 21, 2026 that Flock dropped its public pledge that cameras “are not used to enforce traffic violations such as speeding, running red lights, or other moving violations.” Streetsblog USA dated that language removal to after December 2, 2025. Weeks later, 404 Media obtained a December 26, 2025 Georgia State Patrol citation whose notes said “CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.” No traffic stop. Georgia State Patrol called it a rare case; the rider said the ticket was dropped in court. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the pattern license-plate-reader mission creep. Gadget Review also reports speed-camera vendors feeding Flock’s cloud under Flock Wing License deals and sequential Flock frames used to estimate speed after the fact. Crossville has not published whether traffic-ticket use is enabled locally. Chief Jessie Brooks’ 2022 pitch said the cameras were not red-light ticket devices.
Sources gadgetreview.com () 404media.co () usa.streetsblog.org () eff.org () Flock dossier
KXII reported that Marietta City Council voted Thursday night, August 20, 2026, to cancel its Flock contract after residents packed a special meeting on whether five temporary cameras would stay. Police Chief Brett Harris opened by asking council to keep them. About an hour in, while a Flock representative was on Zoom, Harris told council he had just learned the company keeps the captures after the city’s 30-day access ends. He said that was what residents had come to complain about. Council voted to cancel. Harris said the feeds would shut off immediately and Flock would remove the hardware soon after. KTEN reported the same night that he also said the city would later look at other sensors the community would support. This is Love County, Oklahoma, not Marietta, Georgia.
Sources kxii.com () kten.com () CAN-2026-117 in the cancellations table
Gadget Review reported August 21, 2026 that flocksafety.com is excluded from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine across the domain and subdomains, with the exclusion attributed to a request from the site owners. The company sells permanent plate and travel records while making its own public pages harder to timestamp independently. Gadget Review says that makes it harder to verify shifting contract and marketing language, and recommends Wayback archivability as a procurement check. Crossville should keep dated copies of every Flock term page it relies on. See also the Flock dossier.
Sources gadgetreview.com () Flock dossier
WRVO reported that Auburn City Council voted Thursday night, August 20, 2026, to end a four-year, about $120,000 Flock contract. The resolution requires a 30-day written notice. After that, city departments must stop using the cameras and databases. Councilor Terry Cuddy cited privacy. Councilor Craig Diego voted yes because of how the grant was procured and said he had wanted Flock to speak. Council also directed staff to write an ALPR policy before any future contract. FingerLakes1 reported the roll call as 5–0. Camera count was not published. Not Auburn, Alabama, or Auburn, Washington.
Sources wrvo.org () fingerlakes1.com () fingerlakes1.com (Aug. 15) () auburnpub.com () CAN-2026-118 in the cancellations table
KRCGTV reported August 20, 2026 that Pulaski County Sheriff Stacy L. Ball will discontinue Flock license-plate cameras. After a community forum in Waynesville on August 19, Ball said the office will not renew and will not replace Flock with Axon. KRCGTV said he posted that removal had begun. Camera count and the exact contract end date were not published.
Sources krcgtv.com () CAN-2026-116 in the cancellations table
WJHL (via Yahoo) reported that the Sullivan County Commission voted 18–0 on August 20, 2026 not to renew the county’s Flock contract. The resolution was amended to say Flock cameras would not be used within the county. It does not apply to Kingsport or Bristol police cameras. The contract ends in January 2027. Sheriff Jeffrey Cassidy had already suspended the sheriff’s office’s 10 cameras on August 17, WVLT reported, and asked for a referendum; elections administrator Jason Booher told WJHL the commission cannot put that on the ballot. Nearby and private Flock can continue. Tennessee writeup.
Sources yahoo.com (WJHL) () wvlt.tv () CAN-2026-100 in the cancellations table · Tennessee writeup
FOX 4 reported that Wylie became another North Texas city to end Flock camera use. Camera count and hardware-removal timing were not fully published in the cited coverage.
Sources fox4news.com () CAN-2026-142 in the cancellations table
St. Louis Public Radio reported August 20, 2026 that Police Chief Kurt Frisz discontinued Flock after a civilian employee admitted personal, non-law-enforcement searches. The department bagged 28 cameras (20 in county parks, 8 on streets) for Flock to pick up. KCUR confirmed the same exit. This is not an exit from license-plate readers: the department already runs other ALPRs and said it will replace the 28 Flock units. Distinct from St. Charles, Illinois, and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. See the misuse writeup (FLK-2026-056).
Sources stlpr.org () kcur.org () firstalert4.com () CAN-2026-119 in the cancellations table
The Hopkinton Independent reported August 20, 2026 that the town terminated its Flock contract immediately after counsel found statutory deficiencies that make the agreement unlawful under Massachusetts procurement law. Town Manager Elaine Lazarus said municipal contracts have to meet those standards. The town asked Flock to turn the two cameras off as soon as possible and remove them by September 30. Two more cameras had been planned. WHDH confirmed the same day. The town said it will review Hopkinton PD technology, including license-plate readers.
Sources hopkintonindependent.com () whdh.com () CAN-2026-109 in the cancellations table
WVXU reported August 19, 2026 that Oxford City Council voted 6–1 Tuesday night to terminate the police department’s Flock contract. Councilmember Bill Snavely, who offered the legislation, said the worry was how other agencies would use shared data. The council considered a Police Community Relations Review Commission recommendation to keep the contract with tighter sharing, then followed resident opposition. Police Chief John Jones was to notify Flock. About 30 people protested the same day in nearby Hamilton asking that city to cancel; Hamilton has not.
Sources wvxu.org () CAN-2026-110 in the cancellations table
The Mountain Press / Roane County News reported August 19, 2026 that Kingston will not renew its Flock contract. City Manager David Bolling said the two cameras were a trial and that the benefit did not justify the cost. Mayor Tim Neal said the choice is financial: about $6,000 a year. The 2024 deal was $12,300 for two years and expires in September. Tennessee writeup.
Sources themountainpress.com () CAN-2026-114 in the cancellations table · Tennessee writeup
WKRC / Local 12 reported August 19, 2026 that a Clermont County grand jury declined to indict Cody Morelock on felony charges after Union Township police accused him of destroying a Flock camera on June 13. The station said the felony case was dismissed. WLWT reported in July that he had been charged with vandalism and theft; police said the unit was leased by the Union Township Police Department. WKRC’s coverage does not say the township canceled Flock.
This site reports the charging decision. Neither CrossvillePrivacy.org nor its contributors, maintainers, administrators, or anyone acting on their behalf endorses, encourages, or condones damaging cameras or any other property.
Sources local12.com () wlwt.com ()
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported August 19, 2026 that Abington Township Police is ending its Flock contracts over data-security concerns after thousands of the department’s searches appeared in public dumps. Lt. Joe Blei said one contract expired this month and the department will let the second expire in February 2028. Officials said they are negotiating with other vendors to replace Flock; a future contract would need township-commissioner approval. Deputy Chief Ed Quinn said the township has one permanent camera and a few portable units. Officials are shopping a replacement vendor, so this is not a clear exit from automated license-plate readers.
Sources inquirer.com () CAN-2026-112 in the cancellations table
KWQC reported August 19, 2026 that Sheriff Josh Verscheure will end the Henry County Sheriff’s Office partnership with Flock on August 31. He cited public trust. The cameras arrived in 2024 and were funded with drug-seizure proceeds, not county tax dollars. Verscheure said the office saw no local misuse in two years and that Flock had helped investigations, but that data-privacy concerns outweighed continuing. Not the same county as the Virginia suspend (CAN-2026-105) or the Missouri non-renewal (CAN-2026-108).
Sources kwqc.com () CAN-2026-111 in the cancellations table
WIRED reported August 19, 2026 that Flock Safety has built OS Investigate (formerly Nightshift), an AI system for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by movement patterns, even though Flock has told the public its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” Reporters reconstructed the interface from code served on Flock login portals. Flock called it a separate product from the plate readers and said workflows may change before a wider release.
Sources wired.com () Flock dossier
On August 18, 2026, Kettering University student Joshua Tewolde sued Genesee County in circuit court after the county denied key records from a Michigan FOIA request about the sheriff’s Flock Safety cameras. Michigan Advance and mlive.com report that Tewolde asked for the county contract, camera locations, audit logs, and scans of his own plate. The county released part of the contract but withheld locations, logs, and his vehicle reads, claiming the data belongs to Flock rather than the public body. The county’s contract and Flock’s public statements both say the customer owns the data. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation brought the suit to force release under FOIA. Coverage notes the sheriff signed a 2022 deal for 10 readers; commissioners later added warrant language before approving 10 more cameras amid federal-access concerns. The case targets transparency, not whether the county should keep Flock.
Sources michiganadvance.com () mlive.com mackinac.org ()
The Advocate reported August 18, 2026 that the Livingston Parish Council is considering an ordinance, introduced last week by Council Member Ryan Chavers, to prohibit privately owned Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers on roads the parish owns or maintains. It would not ban Flock in the parish.
Sources theadvocate.com ()
Business Insider reported August 18, 2026, from Garrett Langley’s appearance on the All-In podcast. Langley said Flock’s license-plate readers now account for just under half of “forward-looking revenue,” and that “Drones is probably our fastest growing business right now.” Flock’s Drone as First Responder product sends a docked aircraft to a 911 call before an officer. A spokesperson told BI the company has more than 200 DFR customers, police and private companies included, and is ramping U.S.-designed drones built in Georgia. The article puts Flock’s valuation at $8.4 billion, with cameras in more than 6,000 communities.
BI placed that pitch against the plate-reader record: its Roseville review found Flock misread plates in 71% of alerts checked. Flock told BI it had cut default plate-data retention from 30 days to 7, while existing customers can keep current “democratically approved” periods. Langley said in a video to BI that Flock is “finding bad cops and holding them accountable.” Crossville has not published whether any Flock drone product is in the live contract. See also the CEO dossier and DFR product notes.
Sources businessinsider.com () Flock DFR product page () Roseville 71% writeup · CEO dossier
The Boston Globe reported August 18, 2026 that Stow Police Chief Michael Sallese ended the department’s Flock relationship. The last remaining Flock camera came down in early August; two other ALPRs were removed earlier in 2026 after an effectiveness review. Police said they will evaluate safeguards before any future ALPR use.
Sources bostonglobe.com () boston.com () CAN-2026-104 in the cancellations table · officer case FLK-2026-113
LINK nky reported that after a packed August 17, 2026 council meeting, Mayor Greg Pohlgeers said Fort Mitchell would shut off and dismantle its five Flock devices immediately and would not renew. The 2024 contract was 24 months for about $34,000. Pohlgeers said public trust now outranks the “do more with less” pitch. FOX19 reported the overnight announcement on August 19. City Administrator Edwin King said staff would coordinate with Flock to end operations.
Sources linknky.com () fox19.com () CAN-2026-102 in the cancellations table
NR Today reported that Chief Brandon Sarti told Winston City Council on August 17, 2026 that the department had canceled Flock that day. The city ran eight cameras in Douglas County for about $24,000 a year, amid $215,000 in police budget cuts. Sarti said if residents paying the bill do not want the cameras, Winston is turning them off. Council also terminated proposed Resolution 26-1237, an Oregon DOT agreement that would have allowed ALPRs on Route 42.
Sources nrtoday.com () opb.org () CAN-2026-103 in the cancellations table
KMBC reported August 18, 2026 that Gardner City Council agreed Monday night to shut the city’s Flock cameras immediately and not renew. Police confirmed they discontinued all city Flock units and notified the vendor the contract was canceled; some cameras were covered by Tuesday. Council member Kelly Johnson said the vote does not turn off Johnson County or state cameras nearby. Resident Bradley Steinmetz of No Flock in Gardner said more than 1,200 vendors had access through the system.
Sources kmbc.com () CAN-2026-101 in the cancellations table
KCRG and the Des Moines Register reported that beginning August 17, 2026, Indianola Police deactivated its eight Flock cameras and cut outside-agency access. Chief Rob Hawkins said the technology helped solve cases but that privacy concerns deserve a pause. The program costs about $24,000 a year. Cameras remain installed pending coordination with Flock; unused data purges in 30 days. Waukee announced a non-renewal days earlier.
Sources kcrg.com () desmoinesregister.com () CAN-2026-107 in the cancellations table
The Boston Globe reported August 18, 2026 that Gov. Dan McKee ordered Rhode Island State Police to run a 60-day review toward statewide ALPR standards. The pause on installing and activating new cameras applies to state use; he is asking cities and towns to freeze new installs during the review. State Police told the Globe they already run 24 readers, with 15 more scheduled this year. South Kingstown, Narragansett, and Glocester already ended Flock this summer.
Sources bostonglobe.com () rhodeislandcurrent.com () Glocester · Narragansett · South Kingstown
WSLS reported August 18, 2026 that Lynchburg council members, including Chris Faraldi, Vice Mayor Curt Diemer, and Marty Misjuns, are pushing to require a warrant before Flock searches or to cancel the 2023 contract. Police say searches are logged and need a “valid investigative reason.” Faraldi said that is not a warrant. Council plans to take the issue up August 25. No cancel vote is in the coverage. Council later voted 6–0 on September 3 to start ending the contract: Lynchburg cancel writeup.
Sources wsls.com ()
ABC 17 reported that Jefferson City Council voted August 17, 2026 to renew its Flock agreement through May 14, 2027 for $51,000. Ward 2 Councilman Cody Holt cast the only no vote and asked for a broader privacy and data-sharing discussion before the roll call. The cameras stay.
Sources abc17news.com ()
404 Media interviewed Norman Mayor Stephen Tyler Holman about why the city’s nine-member council rejected Flock after two company presentations in three years requested by police.
Sources 404media.co () yahoo.com () koco.com () CAN-2026-097 in the cancellations table
The Herald-Citizen reported that Monterey’s Law Committee voted Monday night, August 17, 2026, to recommend replacing most of the town’s Flock cameras with Axon readers. Lt. Andrew Neff cited rising Flock cost and nationwide data sharing; he said Axon stores data in-house. The department wants to keep one Flock camera for the national share. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has not finally approved the change. This is a Putnam County neighbor to Cumberland County. It is a vendor swap, not a privacy win: Axon still scans plates without a warrant, and they still want one Flock camera on the national share. See Not just Flock. Tennessee writeup.
Sources herald-citizen.com () herald-citizen.com () CAN-2026-115 in the cancellations table · Tennessee writeup
On August 10, 2026, Reps. Tarik Khan (D-Philadelphia), Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia), Jennifer O’Mara (D-Delaware), Napoleon Nelson (D-Montgomery), and Nate Davidson (D-Cumberland/Dauphin) announced plans to introduce statewide rules for automated license plate readers, including Flock.
Sources pahouse.com () penncapital-star.com () stateline.org ()
13ABC reported August 17, 2026 that Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken asked the sheriff to pause Flock until an independent audit, after a one-month review found more than 900,000 searches. Sheriff Mike Navarre refused and said the contract runs through 2029. Follow-up reporting found Houston Police was the top outside searcher of Lucas County’s Flock data in that window.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported August 17, 2026 that Brentwood reversed a permit letting the Shadow Lakes golf-course homeowners association run four Flock cameras at community gates.
Sources sfchronicle.com () CAN-2026-099 in the cancellations table
WSLS reported August 17, 2026 that the Henry County Sheriff’s Office suspended access to 14 Flock cameras and would begin dismantling them, after Sheriff Wayne Davis announced an immediate access freeze on August 14. The cameras were installed in 2023 with a Virginia DCJS grant (10 fixed, 4 mobile). Davis cited privacy, constitutional concerns, and national misuse cases. The contract still runs through August 2028; Davis said he would explore early termination and had already said in July he would not renew. WSLS quoted him saying the cameras may still record while his office cannot search them.
Sources wsls.com () wsls.com () wset.com () CAN-2026-105 in the cancellations table
FOX 2 Detroit and Hyperlocal Loop reported August 17, 2026 that Sumpter Township Police canceled its Flock Safety agreement, effective immediately, after public feedback. Police said no cameras were installed, so none had to come down.
Sources fox2detroit.com () hyperlocalloop.com () CAN-2026-098 in the cancellations table
CBS Texas reported that over the weekend of August 15–16, 2026, Constable John D. Shirley said the work of shutting down and covering Hood County’s Flock cameras was done after commissioners and residents raised privacy and mass-surveillance concerns.
Sources cbsnews.com () nbcdfw.com () dallasnews.com () hcnews.com () hcnews.com () CAN-2026-096 in the cancellations table
DeFlock and local coalitions are organizing a National Week of Action Against ALPRs for August 16 to August 22, 2026. The campaign (toolkit at noalprs.com) urges council testimony, canvassing, marches, and educational events against automated license plate readers, including Flock.
Sources noalprs.com () abcnews.com () thepitchkc.com ()
The Des Moines Register reported that Police Chief Chad McCluskey announced August 14, 2026 that Waukee will not renew its Flock contract and will stop using the license-plate cameras pending the 2027 Iowa legislative session. He cited privacy and data-retention concerns from the national debate. The city ran 11 cameras; none had been vandalized locally. Waukee was the first Des Moines metro city reported to drop Flock; Coralville canceled earlier in 2026.
Sources desmoinesregister.com () CAN-2026-106 in the cancellations table
DailyTrib and CBS Austin reported that the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office removed all of its fixed Flock ALPRs effective August 3, 2026 after two vandalism hits (brackets and cables cut; camera and battery struck). Capt.
Sources dailytrib.com () cbsaustin.com () stateline.org () CAN-2026-093 in the cancellations table
NewsOn6 and KTUL reported August 11, 2026 that Police Chief Mike Bell emailed Flock asking the company to remove Coweta’s two plate readers and saying the city will not renew for the 2027 budget year, with no new charges after September 15.
Sources newson6.com () ktul.com () tulsaflyer.org () CAN-2026-091 in the cancellations table
The Craig Daily Press reported that Moffat County Sheriff Chip McIntyre stopped using the office’s Flock cameras on August 13, 2026. The contract ends December 31, 2026. The office had 10 cameras at about $30,000 a year, shared with partners. McIntyre cited privacy, cost, and data-sharing concerns.
Sources craigdailypress.com () CAN-2026-126 in the cancellations table
KKTV and the Mountain Mail reported that Salida Police canceled its Flock contract on August 13, 2026 and will stop using the city’s six ALPRs.
Sources kktv.com () themountainmail.com () koaa.com () CAN-2026-088 in the cancellations table
AZCentral reported on August 7, 2026 that Chandler terminated its about $153,000 Flock Safety contract after a routine audit found an unexplained “anomaly in the use of the Flock system that could not be explained through standard police action” on August 6.
Sources azcentral.com () azfamily.com () azcentral.com () fox10phoenix.com () FLK-2026-034 · CAN-2026-059 in the cancellations table
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported August 13 that Searcy is ending its Flock contracts. Police Chief Steve Hernandez said officers largely were not using the system (about 10 of 60 regularly accessing ALPRs) and that Flock never installed all 30 cameras in contracts that started October 2023.
Sources nwaonline.com () deltaplexnews.com () CAN-2026-089 in the cancellations table
Star Tribune, FOX 9, and CBS Minnesota documented a statewide pullback as vandalism hit multiple cities and councils rethought plate-reader contracts, including Sherburne County’s Aug. 12 trial exit.
Sources startribune.com () fox9.com () cbsnews.com () fox9.com () kstp.com () CAN-2026-074 · CAN-2026-092 · CAN-2026-075 · CAN-2026-076 · CAN-2026-077 · CAN-2026-078 · CAN-2026-079 · CAN-2026-080 · CAN-2026-081 in the cancellations table
On August 13, 2026, Flock Safety announced new controls amid misuse arrests, city exits, and vandalism.
Sources cnn.com () usatoday.com () bbc.com () aclu.org () arstechnica.com ()
On July 29, 2026, Harrisonburg City Council voted 4-0 to end the city’s Flock contract and adopt a policy that generally prohibits mounted automatic license plate readers without express council approval (with limited exceptions). City Manager Ande Banks said the system would go dark by Friday (July 31).
Sources 29news.com () dnronline.com () nvdaily.com () dnronline.com () thecentersquare.com () CAN-2026-044 · CAN-2026-045 · CAN-2025-040 in the cancellations table
Rogue Valley Times reported that Sheriff Dave Daniel canceled the office’s 10-camera Flock Safety contract on August 12, 2026 and deactivated the cameras the same day.
Sources rv-times.com () CAN-2026-082 in the cancellations table
Ord City Council voted unanimously (5-0) on August 3, 2026 to begin removing two Flock cameras after resident pushback, becoming Nebraska’s first city to outright reject the technology in local coverage.
Sources wowt.com () ksnblocal4.com () wowt.com () kgfw.com CAN-2026-053 in the cancellations table
Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple told the Board of Supervisors on August 5, 2026 that his office will not renew its Flock Safety operational contract when it expires September 29, citing “serious Fourth Amendment concerns.”
Sources azfamily.com () fox10phoenix.com () pinalpost.com () santanvalley.com () facebook.com media archive · CAN-2026-055 in the cancellations table
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Police Chief David Starbuck announced the department would begin removing Greers Ferry’s two Flock Safety ALPRs in the city of about 800 people. Starbuck said the decision balanced safety with privacy and trust and was not made lightly.
Sources arkansasonline.com () CAN-2026-086 in the cancellations table
KUTV reported on August 11, 2026 that Millcreek found a Flock automated license plate reader on city property near Millcreek Common. City leaders say they did not authorize the install and do not know who put it there. Neither the city nor Unified Police has a Flock contract.
Sources kutv.com () kutv.com () CAN-2026-073 in the cancellations table
Residents filed Idaho Tort Claims Act notices against Idaho Falls (July 29) and Twin Falls (July 27), arguing Flock contracts wrongly let the company use captured plate images to train recognition software in violation of Idaho Code § 49-1432.
Sources idahocapitalsun.com () eastidahonews.com () eastidahonews.com () yahoo.com () localnews8.com ()
KTEN reported that Ingleside City Council voted unanimously on August 11, 2026 to authorize City Manager Brenton Lewis to terminate the Flock contract. The motion set aside up to $22,000 in discretionary funds for possible termination fees.
Sources kten.com () CAN-2026-090 in the cancellations table
Centerton’s six council members voted unanimously on August 11, 2026 to end the city’s Flock Safety contract after residents and neighbors pressed privacy and data-access concerns.
Sources nwaonline.com () 4029tv.com () CAN-2026-069 in the cancellations table
Police Chief Alex Gammelgard told City Council on August 11, 2026 that Grass Valley will indefinitely suspend automated license plate readers, including Flock Safety cameras, after reviewing warrantless collection, retention, vendor AI training, and sharing with other agencies.
Sources cbsnews.com () CAN-2026-067 in the cancellations table
KY3 reported that Bolivar’s Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on August 11, 2026 to terminate the city’s Flock contract. The board had voted July 28 to seek an exit. The termination notice asked Flock to stop plate detection and data sharing; the city planned to bag cameras until Flock removes them. KY3 also noted a possible clawback of about $54,000 from a Missouri Blue Shield grant. Camera count was not published.
Sources ky3.com () CAN-2026-123 in the cancellations table
KDKD published Sheriff Aaron N. Brown’s August 10, 2026 statement that the Henry County Sheriff’s Office will not renew its Flock Safety LPR agreement when the current term expires March 11, 2027. The office began using Flock earlier in 2026 through a State of Missouri grant. Brown said the system assisted investigations in its first five months but that constitutional principles, public trust, and fiscal responsibility weighed against continuing past the grant term. Not the same county as the Virginia suspend (CAN-2026-105).
Sources mykdkd.com () CAN-2026-108 in the cancellations table
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Farmington Police will not renew a one-year Flock contract for eight cameras that cost about $26,000 and expired August 10, 2026. Lt. Justin Collins cited customer-service and turnover problems plus timing. Four license-plate readers sat on U.S. 62; the rest were park cameras. This is Farmington, Arkansas, not Farmington Hills, Michigan. Nearby Arkansas peers such as Pea Ridge have already exited.
Sources nwaonline.com () CAN-2026-125 in the cancellations table
Centerton was not alone. Pea Ridge Police Chief Lynn Hahn discontinued Flock on July 24 after resident Fourth Amendment pushback (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette). Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade announced an immediate suspend pending review around August 6, with cameras reportedly unplugged and covered.
Sources arkansasonline.com () katv.com () arkansasonline.com () CAN-2026-070 · CAN-2026-089 in the cancellations table
Record-Courier reported that Streetsboro City Council voted 4–2 on August 10, 2026 against a about $63,000 Flock Safety contract, so cameras will not be installed. Yes: Steve Michniak and Jennifer Wagner. No: Justin Ring, Michael Lampa, Marianne Glenn, and Anthony Lombardo (Jon Hannan absent).
Sources record-courier.com () CAN-2026-087 in the cancellations table
Killingworth is ending its Flock contract and removing four Falcon cameras on Route 81 (about $14,600 budgeted).
Sources nbcconnecticut.com () politico.com () insideinvestigator.org () CAN-2026-030 in the cancellations table
KSAT reported that Guadalupe County commissioners unanimously approved ending the county’s Flock Safety contract at a meeting covered August 7–8, 2026.
Sources ksat.com () tspantx.com () CAN-2026-064 in the cancellations table
On August 8, 2026, Just the News reported that Indiana Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R) said he and colleagues would pursue federal legislation to rein in Flock-style cameras after a police officer followed him into his driveway over an expired registration that Flock cameras had flagged.
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FOX 35 Orlando and WESH reported that Palm Bay took its Flock Safety ALPR system offline on August 7, 2026 after City Manager Matthew Morton’s preliminary review found the cameras may not have been properly permitted or installed by the vendor. Morton and Police Chief Jeff Spears ordered the shutdown.
Sources fox35orlando.com () wesh.com () mynews13.com () spacecoastdaily.com () CAN-2026-094 in the cancellations table
KLBJ and Texas Scorecard reported that Lago Vista City Council voted unanimously on August 6, 2026 to end its Flock Safety agreement and remove the city’s automated license plate readers.
Sources newsradioklbj.com () texasscorecard.com () CAN-2026-095 in the cancellations table
On August 6, 2026, Glocester Town Council voted 4–1 to stop using Flock Safety license plate readers, continuing Rhode Island’s late-July / early-August exit wave after South Kingstown and Narragansett.
Sources bostonglobe.com () CAN-2026-065 in the cancellations table
WBNG reported that Binghamton City Council passed a resolution on August 6, 2026 calling on Mayor Jared Kraham to terminate the city’s Flock Safety contracts. Council leaders cited privacy, warrantless-surveillance, and outside-access concerns and noted the national cancel wave.
On August 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves (S.D. Miss.) held that tower-dump warrants are per se unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
Sources reclaimthenet.org () justthenews.com () storage.courtlistener.com () newstarget.com ()
Advocacy group DeFlock Elk Grove released a public-records audit covered by the Sacramento Bee and CBS Sacramento: more than 3,600 organizations ran about 8.3 million searches of data from Elk Grove’s Flock ALPRs between 2021 and March 2026.
Sources sacbee.com () cbsnews.com () elkgrovenews.net ()
Stanford University announced it ended its Flock Safety agreement and is replacing campus-entrance license plate cameras with Genetec Cloudrunner.
Sources paloaltoonline.com () news.stanford.edu () CAN-2026-054 in the cancellations table
Oklahoma City Council deferred a planned August 4 vote on renewing its Flock Safety ALPR contract so staff could amend agreement language. The proposed deal is about $270,000 through June 30, 2027 for roughly 90 cameras funded from the police sales-tax fund.
Sources journalrecord.com () oklahoman.com () koco.com () CAN-2026-052 in the cancellations table
On August 3, 2026, Narragansett Town Council voted unanimously to terminate the town’s Flock contract early and accept early-exit penalties. The agreement had auto-renewed for two years after a trial and was set to run into September 2027.
Sources bostonglobe.com () wpri.com () turnto10.com () golocalprov.com () CAN-2026-051 in the cancellations table
In May 2026, Littleton’s Select Board ordered the town’s six Flock cameras temporarily powered down so officials could review the technology and privacy policy.
Sources shrewsburypost.com () lowellsun.com () CAN-2026-050 in the cancellations table
The Post and Courier reported that Greer suspended Flock camera use after two officers were fired over alleged unauthorized searches (FLK-2026-019). Duration and hardware-removal timing were not fully published.
Sources postandcourier.com () CAN-2026-140 · FLK-2026-019 in the cancellations table
Redwood City opened a competitive request for proposals for plate-reader equipment and support after residents urged the city to end its Flock relationship. The current deal would have auto-renewed; the city told Flock it must bid again.
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The Lima News reported on August 1, 2026 that Flock cameras face growing local and national scrutiny. Lima PD authorizes 12 cameras at major entry and exit points.
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Machinist and privacy advocate Mason Grimmett, represented by the Kansas Justice Institute, sued the City of Wichita in Sedgwick County District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that the city’s Flock Safety ALPR program violates the Kansas Constitution.
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KALW reported on July 31, 2026 that El Cerrito police had begun physically removing the city’s Flock cameras. In May, council voted not to renew after federal agencies accessed data from about 40 cameras without local police knowledge.
Sources kalw.org () ccpulse.org () CAN-2026-040 in the cancellations table
On July 29, 2026, Gwinnett County commissioners heard a wave of speakers calling for cancellation of the county’s large Flock deployment (local reporting cites on the order of 1,100 license-plate readers and a multi-year deal expanded past about $2.2 million, running into 2029). Speakers raised privacy and data-sharing concerns. Commissioners did not vote to cancel. See the September 4, 2026 misuse update.
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Monroe County Commissioners voted to cancel the county’s Flock contract (~ 6 cameras), calling the system mass surveillance and citing risk that plate and location data could be accessed by outside or federal agencies.
Sources cbs4indy.com wibc.com () youtube.com () CAN-2026-047 in the cancellations table
After months of packed meetings and resident opposition, Stoughton City Council unanimously terminated Flock on July 28, 2026, about three months after install.
Sources wmtv15news.com () channel3000.com () youtube.com () CAN-2026-048 in the cancellations table
South Kingstown Town Council voted 5-0 on July 27, 2026 to terminate Flock and remove cameras as soon as possible after hundreds of resident emails and an ACLU of Rhode Island advocacy letter. The ~$30,300 year contract had gone active when cameras went up in February (~6-7 units).
Sources wpri.com () turnto10.com () riaclu.org () youtube.com () youtube.com () CAN-2026-049 in the cancellations table
On July 27, 2026, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said he would soon sponsor legislation to withhold federal funds from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock and similar mass-surveillance cameras against “law abiding citizens.” Formal bill text was not yet released in that coverage. On September 2 he and Rep. Eric Burlison introduced H.R. 10221: Flock-Off Act writeup.
Sources newsweek.com () wuky.org ()
City Council voted 6-1 on June 16, 2026 to immediately cancel Flock, stop data collection, remove cameras, and delay seeking new ALPR bids until a citywide surveillance policy is in place. Staff confirmed all 15 city Flock cameras were removed by early July.
Sources coloradoan.com () coloradoan.com () denver7.com () CAN-2026-043 in the cancellations table
UCNOW reported that the White County Commission voted July 20, 2026 to rescind the April 2025 resolution that authorized Flock cameras. Chair Derrick Hutchings said the board reversed after resident privacy pushback, and that the sheriff’s office had asked for the cameras. He said units went up around September or October 2025 and likely still collect data while they stand; removal sits with the sheriff’s office because that agency started the contract. The county attorney said not to touch vendor equipment on the right-of-way. In June the commission had already stripped about $48,000 in Flock funding, per a separate UCNOW report; Sparta’s cameras are a city program. After that June funding strip, Sparta Live quoted Sheriff Steve Page saying he told Flock the county cameras were unfunded and could come down; pickup still waits on the vendor. That is not a confirmed hardware pull. On August 7, 2026, the Upper Cumberland News Leader quoted Sheriff Page saying he ordered Flock removal after community feedback; hardware confirmation is still pending. Tennessee writeup.
Sources theucnow.com () theucnow.com () theucnow.com () spartalive.com () Upper Cumberland News Leader () CAN-2026-113 in the cancellations table · Tennessee writeup
Signal Cleveland reported that Cleveland City Council voted July 15, 2026, to give police six more months on about 100 Flock cameras. Safety Committee amendments cut the deal from a year to six months ($250,000 to $125,000), barred Flock from disclosing Cleveland data to outside agencies unless compelled by a search warrant, and shut off Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center access to the city’s Flock data. Police must set up an online portal and file quarterly reports to council. The city had already disabled outside-agency searches of its system and blocked immigration-related search keywords, the paper said. Signal Cleveland’s analysis found Houston and Dallas police made up 9% of nearly 8 million searches through Cleveland’s data from January to mid-May. Cameras stay under a shortened renewal with sharing limits. Related Ohio coverage: Ohio ALPR bills, Columbus pause, Lucas County.
Sources signalcleveland.org
On July 15, 2026, Texas Rep. Keith Self introduced H.R. 9716, the Protecting Rights in Video and Equipment Acquired Discovery (PRIVACY) Act, with Reps. Eli Crane and Andrew Clyde as original cosponsors.
Sources govinfo.gov () dailycallernewsfoundation.org () texasscorecard.com ()
Huntington City Council approved a roughly $2.1 million Flock contract on a 6-4 vote after a marathon meeting with dozens of public speakers, nearly all opposed.
Sources wvmetronews.com () wvpublic.org ()
After data-sharing controversies, Common Council moved to end Flock on city streets and approved a multi-year Axon plate-reader contract. By mid-July 2026, Flock confirmed its 13 city-approved readers were removed from city property.
Sources spectrumlocalnews.com () centralcurrent.org () CAN-2026-062 in the cancellations table
In late July 2026, Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo and Police Chief Lucas Miller said the city would not renew Flock and would remove installed ALPRs, citing “insufficient protections” for ALPR data and arguing that data should be owned and used only for Salem’s public-safety priorities.
Sources boston.com () wcvb.com () CAN-2026-046 in the cancellations table
Macon County commissioners voted unanimously on July 14, 2026 to stop funding the Sheriff’s Office Flock program (about $47,000 budgeted) and to remove about 12 county-owned cameras immediately, even though the contract did not expire until October. Coverage cites no material exit fee beyond short notice.
Sources wlos.com () maconsense.com () yahoo.com () CAN-2026-066 in the cancellations table
On July 14, 2026, the Leon County Commission unanimously pulled about $440,000 in regional public-safety grant funding that would have expanded Flock ALPRs in neighboring Wakulla, Jefferson, Liberty, and Taylor counties (pass-through via the Leon County Sheriff’s Office).
Sources tallahassee.com () news.wfsu.org () tallahasseereports.com () CAN-2026-061 in the cancellations table
In mid-July 2026, the Los Angeles Police Department allowed its multi-year Flock agreement to expire. LAPD Chief Information Officer Dean Gialamas cited “serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights,” especially privacy and collected data.
Sources abc7.com () latimes.com () fortune.com () techcrunch.com () businessinsider.com () CAN-2026-016 in the cancellations table
New Times San Luis Obispo reported that the Oceano Community Services District board voted 3–2 on July 8, 2026 to deny a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office request to install a Flock ALPR on CSD property at the leased substation on Front Street.
Sources newtimesslo.com () sanluisobispo.com () CAN-2026-085 in the cancellations table
The City of Kaukauna announced it did not renew its three-year Flock Safety contract for six ALPRs; the deal expired June 30, 2026.
Sources kaukauna.gov () postcrescent.com () wbay.com () CAN-2026-084 in the cancellations table
The Skagit Valley Herald reported that the city council voted 4–1 on June 24, 2026, to turn off the city’s six Flock cameras. Navor Tercero voted no. Melissa Beaton and Mary Hudson were absent. The item was not on the published agenda. Mayor Peter Donovan objected to the process. Cascadia Daily News reported July 2 that the six cameras had been covered and turned off. The Herald said the contract was set to expire in November. Coverage did not say the contract was cancelled. This is Mount Vernon, Washington, not Mount Vernon, New York. Sedro-Woolley’s later exit is separate (CAN-2026-240).
Sources goskagit.com cascadiadaily.com CAN-2026-244 in the cancellations table
Albany City Council voted 4-2 in late May 2026 to terminate its Flock Safety contract after suspending the city’s single active downtown camera in February over federal-access concerns. The powered-down camera was later stolen.
Sources klcc.org () govtech.com () CAN-2026-058 in the cancellations table
Council approved a one-year renewal amid vocal public opposition, then unanimously rescinded within ~24 hours after Police Chief Dean Smith said, per local reporting, that Flock’s in-meeting answer on heat-map tracking did not match what the product can do. Cameras powered off and bagged.
Sources Post-Crescent () WBAY () CAN-2026-001 in the cancellations database.
On April 15, 2026, three San Jose residents, Tony Tan, Scott West, and Colin Wolfson, filed a federal class action in the Northern District of California against the city and police over San Jose’s Flock Safety ALPR network (about 474 cameras).
Sources ij.org () nbcnews.com () sanjosespotlight.com () reason.com ()
Sierra Vista officials say the city’s Flock contract was officially terminated April 2, 2026, after a February 24 work-session direction to give 30-day notice. About 16 grant-funded plate readers had been purchased for police.
Sources kgun9.com () CAN-2026-057 in the cancellations table
South Tucson City Council voted February 17, 2026 to cancel its Flock Safety contract after months of resident opposition, becoming the third Arizona city in that reporting wave after Flagstaff and Sedona.
Sources tucsonspotlight.org () kgun9.com () CAN-2026-056 in the cancellations table
After months of resident opposition at council (a dozen speakers on Dec. 11), Flock CEO Garrett Langley emailed police clients that Flock and partner agencies were under a “coordinated attack” from activists who want to “defund the police, weaken public safety, and normalize lawlessness,” and that they were “trying to turn a public records process into a weapon.” Staunton Police Chief Jim Williams disagreed, and the city cancelled.
“Let’s call this what it is: Flock, and the law enforcement agencies we partner with, are under coordinated attack… from the same activist groups who want to defund the police, weaken public safety, and normalize lawlessness… They’re also trying to turn a public records process into a weapon against you and against us.”
Garrett Langley, Dec. 2025 email to police clients
“What we are seeing here is a group of local citizens who are raising concerns that we could be potentially surveilling private citizens, residents and visitors and using the data for nefarious purposes. These citizens have been exercising their rights to receive answers from me, my staff, and city officials, to include our elected leaders. In short, it is democracy in action.”
Staunton Police Chief Jim Williams, reply to Langley
The city said the CEO’s narrative “does not reflect the city’s values.” Contract terminated Jan. 8, 2026; cameras were later taken down. Williams later said the department was not actively exploring other stationary ALPR systems.
Sources Augusta Free Press, cancel / CEO ideology () City of Staunton, terminates Flock contract () WHSV, contract terminated () Augusta Free Press, cameras taken down () Flock dossier: Langley email · CAN-2025-003 in the cancellations database.
Common Council voted not to renew; contract lapsed December. Officials and residents framed the decision as lack of public trust in Flock Safety. Cameras remained up for months; city covered them pending physical removal.
Sources wisconsinexaminer.com () CAN-2026-002 in the cancellations table
Pauses, suspensions, and cameras that are still up are in the cancellation table.
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