Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August
New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating rate.
Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending their relationship with Flock, largely over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool .
Secure Justice , an Oakland-based advocacy group, has recorded 214 cities and counties that have dropped Flock since 2021 .
Of those, 90 ended their relationship with Flock in August 2026 alone, a fourfold increase compared to the previous month.
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