{"data":[{"id":"us-ca-lapd-oig-audit-2026","jurisdiction":"Los Angeles, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"Los Angeles Police Department","vendor":"Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions, Axon Enterprise","measure":"Inspector General review of the LAPD ALPR system and its use in the field","status":"audited","status_as_of":"2026-07-10","record_basis":"primary","camera_count":138,"vote_detail":"Not a vote. Report BPC #26-184 from Inspector General Matthew J. Barragan to the Board of Police Commissioners.","summary":"The Inspector General reviewed two months of ALPR operation, 1 August to 30 September 2025, during which LAPD cameras recorded 210,568,103 licence plate reads. The Department could not produce documentation establishing the contractual authority governing Flock's access to Axon data. Its June 2023 Flock agreement ran a three-year term to June 2026, and the Department has no written agreement covering the security of Axon ALPR data held inside Flock's system.","user_impact":"The audit recommends suspending new ALPR camera deployments and new ALPR contracts pending public input, and requires enforceable contracts before the Department continues. A recommendation is not a decision: the Board of Police Commissioners has to act on it. Read this row as the evidence base, not as the outcome.","outcomes":{"plateReads":210568103,"stolenVehicleRecoveries":337,"arrests":74,"alertsLeadingToArrest":68,"pursuits":9,"confirmedMatchesNotStolen":161},"sources":[{"label":"Review of the Department's ALPR System and Use in the Field, BPC #26-184","url":"https://www.oig.lacity.org/_files/ugd/b2dd23_781bdb1b27314ec4acc45f4b821320d8.pdf","publisher":"Office of the Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Commission","date":"2026-07-10"},{"label":"OIG audit reports index, listing the ALPR review as published 7/14/26","url":"https://www.oig.lacity.org/audit-and-complaint-reports","publisher":"Office of the Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Commission","date":"2026-07-14"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-ca-mountain-view-2026","jurisdiction":"Mountain View, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"Mountain View City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Termination of the Flock Safety ALPR pilot contract","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2026-02-24","record_basis":"primary","camera_count":30,"vote_detail":"Unanimous vote of the City Council at its meeting of 24 February 2026, on a staff recommendation to authorise the City Manager to terminate.","summary":"A Mountain View Police Department audit found that Flock had enabled a National Lookup setting during system configuration and onboarding, which let outside agencies search the city's ALPR data without agreeing to the city's ALPR policy or obtaining approval from the Police Chief. The Police Chief switched the cameras off on 2 February 2026; the Council voted to terminate the contract three weeks later.","user_impact":"All 30 cameras were switched off on 2 February 2026 and the contract was ended. This is the clearest documented case of a vendor default setting overriding a city's own access-control policy, and the city found it by auditing its own system rather than being told.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Council report: Automated License Plate Reader Contract, 24 February 2026","url":"https://mountainview.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=f5cbe7bc-8074-463c-aa0a-f3b198235e12.pdf","publisher":"City of Mountain View","date":"2026-02-24"},{"label":"City Council Terminates ALPR Contract with Flock Safety","url":"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1211/284","publisher":"City of Mountain View","date":"2026-02-25"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-nc-hillsborough-2025","jurisdiction":"Hillsborough, North Carolina","jurisdiction_code":"US-NC","agency":"Hillsborough Board of Commissioners","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Termination of the contract for ten licence plate reader cameras","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2025-10-28","record_basis":"primary","camera_count":10,"vote_detail":"Decision of the Board of Commissioners following a closed session with the police chief and town attorney. Announced by joint statement of Police Chief Jason Winn and Mayor Mark Bell; no public roll call was published.","summary":"The town had authorised a two-year Flock contract in its June 2025 budget and had installed five of ten cameras when it reversed course. The joint statement records that the town learned more about the system, the company, and data-security concerns reported nationally during the installation process. The town confirmed on 3 December 2025 that all cameras had been removed.","user_impact":"No Flock cameras operate in Hillsborough. The town published the decision and the removal itself, which is rarer than the decision alone, so the end state is documented rather than assumed.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Hillsborough Cancels Contract for License Plate Reader Cameras, updated 3 December 2025 to confirm removal","url":"https://www.hillsboroughnc.gov/Home/Components/News/News/856/14","publisher":"Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina","date":"2025-10-28"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-wa-uwchr-federal-access-2025","jurisdiction":"Washington State","jurisdiction_code":"US-WA","agency":"University of Washington Center for Human Rights","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Public-records study of federal access to Washington ALPR networks","status":"audited","status_as_of":"2025-10-21","record_basis":"primary","camera_count":null,"vote_detail":"Not a vote. Research report built on public records requests and Flock's own audit logs.","summary":"Researchers found that at least eight Washington law enforcement agencies enabled direct one-to-one network sharing with US Border Patrol during 2025, and that Flock audit logs showed apparent back-door access by Border Patrol to the networks of at least ten Washington police departments that had not authorised it. The researchers also recorded discrepancies between Flock's audits and other documentation that made the true scope of access impossible to determine independently.","user_impact":"This is the report that set off most of the cancellations that follow it. Its central finding is not that a policy was broken but that local agencies could not tell from the vendor's own logs who had been searching their data.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement","url":"https://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/2025/10/21/leaving-the-door-wide-open/","publisher":"University of Washington Center for Human Rights","date":"2025-10-21"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-va-harrisonburg-2026","jurisdiction":"Harrisonburg, Virginia","jurisdiction_code":"US-VA","agency":"Harrisonburg City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Council vote to end the Flock Safety agreement","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2026-07-20","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":null,"vote_detail":"Council vote reported for 20 July 2026. Vote breakdown not verified against a published record.","summary":"The Washington Examiner reported that the Harrisonburg City Council voted on 20 July 2026 to end its agreement with Flock, citing residents' Fourth Amendment concerns and damage to community trust in the police. The nearby Elkton town council was reported to have followed.","user_impact":"Reported as cancelled. The city's web host did not respond to any request while compiling this tracker and no legislative portal for the city was reachable, so the council record has not been read.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Flock sees controversial camera contracts canceled in 23 states","url":"https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/4672621/flock-controversial-camera-contracts-canceled-23-states/","publisher":"Washington Examiner","date":"2026-07-25"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-ca-south-pasadena-2026","jurisdiction":"South Pasadena, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"South Pasadena City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Decision not to renew the Flock Safety ALPR contract","status":"not-renewed","status_as_of":"2026-07-15","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":14,"vote_detail":"City Council decided against renewal at a Wednesday meeting. Vote breakdown not published in the source.","summary":"The council declined to renew its Flock contract, decommissioning 14 cameras, after reports that data from Southern California law enforcement agencies the city shares with had been accessed by federal immigration agents and out-of-state entities.","user_impact":"Fourteen cameras come out, but the city has not said it is leaving ALPR altogether and has not named a replacement vendor. A non-renewal is a weaker signal than a termination and this row does not upgrade it.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"South Pasadena to remove Flock Safety cameras over privacy concerns","url":"https://www.foxla.com/news/south-pasadena-remove-flock-safety-cameras-over-privacy-concerns","publisher":"FOX 11 Los Angeles","date":"2026-07-16"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-ca-lapd-flock-halt-2026","jurisdiction":"Los Angeles, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"Los Angeles Police Department","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"LAPD stops working with Flock Safety after its agreement lapsed","status":"deactivated","status_as_of":"2026-07-11","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":138,"vote_detail":"No council or commission vote reported. Attributed to an unnamed LAPD official.","summary":"The Los Angeles Times reported that the LAPD halted use of Flock's licence plate cameras, citing an LAPD official, days after the Inspector General's review and after the Department's three-year Flock agreement reached the end of its term in June 2026.","user_impact":"The 138 Flock pole cameras in Los Angeles are reported to have stopped feeding the Department. The Inspector General's audit is a public document; this halt is not. No published Board of Police Commissioners action recording it was reachable, so it stays press-only here even though the underlying audit is primary.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-11/lapd-suspends-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras-over-privacy-issues","publisher":"Los Angeles Times","date":"2026-07-11"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-mn-columbia-heights-2026","jurisdiction":"Columbia Heights, Minnesota","jurisdiction_code":"US-MN","agency":"Columbia Heights City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Council vote to end the Flock Safety camera contract","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2026-06-09","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":null,"vote_detail":"Council vote reported 9 June 2026. Vote breakdown not verified against a published record.","summary":"MPR News reported that the Columbia Heights City Council voted to end its Flock Safety contract and remove the cameras.","user_impact":"Reported as cancelled. The city's own website refused every request made while compiling this tracker, so the council record behind the vote has not been read and the row is not treated as confirmed.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Columbia Heights City Council votes to end Flock Safety camera contract","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/09/columbia-heights-city-council-votes-end-flock-safety-camera-contract","publisher":"MPR News","date":"2026-06-09"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-wa-edmonds-2026","jurisdiction":"Edmonds, Washington","jurisdiction_code":"US-WA","agency":"Edmonds City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Council ratification of the termination of the Flock Safety contract","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2026-06-09","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":19,"vote_detail":"Unanimous council vote on Tuesday 9 June 2026, ratifying a termination the mayor and police chief had already sent.","summary":"The mayor and police chief wrote to Flock on 26 May 2026 terminating the service agreement effective immediately, then conceded in a second letter on 1 June that the city could not cancel without council approval and that the earlier letter should not be understood as the city's final authorised action until ratified. The council ratified it unanimously on 9 June. The police chief attributed the decision to record-retention and liability obligations under new Washington ALPR legislation.","user_impact":"The 19-camera network, approved in October 2024 and already paused since December 2025, is cancelled. The sequence matters: an executive termination that outran the council's authority had to be redone properly, which is a reminder that a mayor's announcement is not by itself the legal act.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Following procedural error, Edmonds unanimously cancels Flock contract","url":"https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/06/10/following-procedural-error-edmonds-unanimously-cancels-flock-contract/","publisher":"The Everett Herald","date":"2026-06-10"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-ca-santa-clara-county-2026","jurisdiction":"Santa Clara County, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Surveillance policy amended to exclude Flock Safety","status":"restricted","status_as_of":"2026-02-24","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":null,"vote_detail":"Split decision of the Board of Supervisors on 24 February 2026. Not unanimous.","summary":"The Board amended its own surveillance policy to restrict Flock licence plate cameras in three South Bay cities, rather than cancelling a county contract. Supervisor Betty Duong said the county should not be doing business with Flock. The move followed reports that federal agencies had accessed local Flock networks.","user_impact":"This is a policy restriction, not a contract termination, and the board divided on it. Counting it as a cancellation would overstate what happened.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Santa Clara County Leaders Cut Out Flock Safety in New Surveillance Policy","url":"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074467/santa-clara-county-leaders-cut-out-flock-safety-in-new-surveillance-policy","publisher":"KQED","date":"2026-02-25"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-ca-santa-cruz-2026","jurisdiction":"Santa Cruz, California","jurisdiction_code":"US-CA","agency":"Santa Cruz City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Vote to terminate the contract with Flock Safety","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2026-01-13","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":null,"vote_detail":"Council vote reported for 13 January 2026. Vote breakdown not verified.","summary":"Santa Cruz leaders voted to terminate the city's contract with Flock. The cancellation is cited in the Los Angeles Inspector General's July 2026 ALPR review as one of the 2026 jurisdictions that ended Flock contracts.","user_impact":"Reported as cancelled, and corroborated by a government audit citing it, but the council's own record was not reachable and the local outlet declined our requests, so it stays press-only.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Santa Cruz leaders vote to terminate contract with Flock","url":"https://santacruzlocal.org/2026/01/13/santa-cruz-leaders-vote-to-terminate-contract-with-flock/","publisher":"Santa Cruz Local","date":"2026-01-13"},{"label":"LAPD OIG ALPR review, footnote 18, citing the Santa Cruz termination","url":"https://www.oig.lacity.org/_files/ugd/b2dd23_781bdb1b27314ec4acc45f4b821320d8.pdf","publisher":"Office of the Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Commission","date":"2026-07-10"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"},{"id":"us-az-flagstaff-2025","jurisdiction":"Flagstaff, Arizona","jurisdiction_code":"US-AZ","agency":"Flagstaff City Council","vendor":"Flock Safety","measure":"Cancellation of the Flock Safety camera contract","status":"cancelled","status_as_of":"2025-12-19","record_basis":"press-only","camera_count":30,"vote_detail":"Unanimous city council vote in the week of 20 December 2025.","summary":"Flagstaff cancelled its Flock contract after a unanimous council vote, following months of resident campaigning organised as Flock Out of Flag. More than 30 Flock cameras were in place. Police told the council the technology had aided investigations and reported no incidents of misuse locally.","user_impact":"Cameras come out despite the department reporting no local misuse, which shows these decisions are being driven by what the system makes possible nationally, not only by what went wrong in the town.","outcomes":null,"sources":[{"label":"Flagstaff cancels controversial contract for Flock Safety cameras","url":"https://www.azfamily.com/2025/12/20/flagstaff-cancels-controversial-contract-flock-safety-cameras/","publisher":"AZFamily","date":"2025-12-20"}],"last_verified":"2026-08-07"}],"meta":{"total":12,"api_version":"1.2","powered_by":"cunicula.com","documentation_url":"https://cunicula.com/en/api-docs","machine_index_url":"https://cunicula.com/llms.txt","license":"LicenseRef-Cunicula-Attribution-1.0","license_url":"https://cunicula.com/en/cite","attribution":"Cunicula, \"{name}\", cunicula.com, reviewed {reviewed}, retrieved {retrieved}, {url}","cite_guide_url":"https://cunicula.com/en/cite","dataset_url":"https://cunicula.com/api/v1/dataset","schema_version":"1.1.0","filters":{},"counts":{"records":12,"primary_record":4,"press_only":8,"ended_contracts":8},"legal_context":[{"case_name":"Chatrie v. United States","docket":"No. 25-112","decided":"2026-06-29","mentions_alpr":false,"holding":"Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Chatrie's location data from Google, because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information.","source":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf"}],"scope":"ALPR contract outcomes by jurisdiction. Rows marked press-only were read from journalism because the deciding body's own record was not reachable; they are reported, not confirmed. This endpoint lists only jurisdictions where a dated decision could be identified and is not a national census."}}