Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched
Communities that successfully pushed out Flock Safety's license plate reader cameras are discovering the surveillance did not stop — cities simply switched to different vendors or kept the original cameras running. Activists in Longmont, Colorado won a contract fight against Flock only to see a new company step in with the same technology.
Why this matters: Winning a campaign against one surveillance vendor apparently just opens a procurement round. The cameras stay. The data collection continues. The company name changes. This matters because most people assume a policy win means the practice ends. It often does not. Local governments can swap contractors faster than residents can organize. If your city dropped Flock, that is worth checking. The product was the problem, not just the brand on the box.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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