{"id":288950,"date":"2026-07-13T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:30:08","slug":"lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/13\/lapd-lets-contract-with-surveillance-giant-flock-expire-citing-serious-concerns-over-civil-liberties-and-privacy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-13 10:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: techcrunch.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Police Department is reportedly ending its deal with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement track vehicles using thousands of its license plate cameras placed across the United States.<\/p>\n

A senior LAPD official told news outlets, first reported by ABC7 and The Los Angeles Times, that the police department would allow its three-year contract with Flock to expire when it ends on Saturday. The department cited \u201cserious concerns\u201d around civil liberties and privacy. Flock\u2019s cameras are operated by the Atlanta, Georgia-based company and not the LAPD.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis contract is not being renewed because of serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights issues, particularly around privacy and the data that is being collected from these cameras,\u201d LAPD\u2019s chief information officer Dean Gialamas was quoted as saying. \u201cThe LAPD had to make a difficult decision, in this case discontinuing using Flock services until we can get those data, privacy, security and sharing concerns ironed out through a contractual relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the LAPD did not respond to a request for comment from TechCrunch over the weekend, and it\u2019s unclear if Flock\u2019s cameras will continue recording in absence of an active contract. According to ABC7, the police department is seeking new language in its contract addressing privacy and data storage concerns.<\/p>\n

As the third-largest police department in the U.S., the LAPD is one of Flock\u2019s largest government customers to date. Several major U.S. cities have also stopped working with Flock, including Mountain View, California and South Portland, Maine, citing privacy worries and concerns that federal immigration officials used the cameras to track people in violation of their local laws governing their sanctuary city policies.<\/p>\n

The contract expiry caught the surveillance company by \u201csurprise,\u201d said Flock spokesperson Holly Beilin in an email to TechCrunch. Flock said it was…<\/p>\n

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