The April 13 council vote was not just a fight over abstract privacy rules. It came after an access controversy in which Flock acknowledged unauthorized access to Dunwoody-connected live video during a demonstration, while residents argued that the episode undercut earlier promises that Flock would not use city data outside authorized purposes. Even after that broader breach fight became a major part of the public backlash, the council still approved a rewritten agreement that preserved the relationship with Flock rather than ending it.
East Palo Alto’s council pulled a scheduled item that would have revisited whether the city should end its Flock contract early, prompting sharp criticism from residents and two councilmembers. The city’s use of the cameras remains active, but the fight over whether to keep them has intensified.
Troy police temporarily shut off the national search feature that lets local Flock camera data interact with the broader nationwide Flock network. Local reporting said the feature was paused as city officials continued gathering public feedback, and the City Council also tabled a contract renewal request amid privacy and data-sharing concerns.
Redmond announced that all 24 Flock cameras remain suspended and are not collecting data while the city continues reviewing the contract and broader policy questions. The city said the suspension followed council action in November 2025.
Oxnard Police suspended operation of its fixed Flock cameras after an internal audit found that a vendor-enabled nationwide query had allowed outside-of-California and federal agencies to query Oxnard data without the city’s knowledge or approval. The department said the cameras will remain offline until it is confident the data is secure.
Ithaca’s Common Council voted to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety after public backlash and sustained concerns about surveillance, privacy, and data sharing. Local reporting described Ithaca as one of the latest cities to cut ties with the company.
Mountain View’s City Council voted unanimously on February 24 to terminate the city’s contract with Flock Safety. The city said its 30 ALPR cameras had already been turned off since February 2 after an internal audit found that federal and state agencies had accessed Mountain View data in violation of approved city policies.
South Tucson’s City Council voted to immediately terminate its contract with Flock Safety after privacy and immigration-enforcement concerns drew sustained community opposition. Local reporting said the city had a 10-camera system under a two-year agreement.
Coralville removed its Flock cameras one day after the city council voted to end the contract. Local coverage tied the decision to a dispute over Iowa law after the city had originally approved the cameras with a policy that they would not be used to help enforce immigration law.
Flagstaff announced it had received confirmation that all Flock Safety cameras covered by the city’s contract had been physically removed. The city said the council had voted in December 2025 to terminate the contract and that the cameras were immediately turned off and stopped collecting data after that vote.
Los Altos Hills posted that at its January 15 council meeting, the Town Council voted to terminate the contract with Flock and that all cameras would go offline immediately while staff arranged for them to be taken down.
Santa Cruz’s City Council voted 6-1 to terminate its contract with Flock Safety after public opposition, privacy complaints, and concern that outside agencies had searched local data on behalf of federal authorities.
Staunton announced that its Flock contract was officially terminated as of January 8, 2026. The city said police had initiated the termination process in December 2025 and that, at the time of the announcement, Flock had not yet scheduled removal of the readers.
Cambridge said it had already deactivated and removed 16 Flock cameras in late October 2025, then learned that two cameras were installed later without the city’s awareness following an outstanding work order that should have been canceled. The city said that breach of trust led it to terminate the contract, and those two cameras were also removed.
Eugene Police said they had ended the city’s contract with Flock Safety effective immediately after identifying vulnerabilities and limitations that raised concerns about data security, privacy safeguards, and the system’s ability to meet community expectations.
Hillsborough said the town decided to terminate its contract for 10 license plate reader cameras because of data-privacy concerns. The town later updated the notice to confirm that all contracted Flock cameras had been removed as of December 3, 2025.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued El Cajon over allegations that the city illegally shared ALPR data with federal and out-of-state agencies in violation of state law. In January 2026, Bonta said he had filed a motion continuing the case, and that El Cajon had shared ALPR data with over 100 out-of-state law enforcement agencies.
A new class action filed by Gibbs Mura and co-counsel alleges that Flock Safety unlawfully shared millions of Californians’ movements with out-of-state and federal law-enforcement agencies. Reporting said the suit alleges out-of-state agencies searched San Francisco data more than 1.6 million times in seven months.
In one of the highest-profile constitutional challenges to Flock cameras, a federal judge ruled for Norfolk and against the plaintiffs who argued the city’s Flock system amounted to warrantless dragnet surveillance. Reporting on the decision noted that the plaintiffs planned to appeal after the court held the system was not yet capable of tracking the whole of a person’s movements.