LAPD Pauses Use of Flock Camera Surveillance Following Data Security…

LAPD ended its contract with Flock Safety on 11 July after community and internal pressure over data security and uncontrolled sharing with federal immigration enforcement. The pause removes 138 AI-powered license plate readers from Los Angeles streets. If you sell surveillance or data infrastructure to US police, assume your customers will face organised pressure over immigration enforcement access. LAPD's exit signals that local governments now kill contracts under public pressure—plan for shorter sales cycles and add explicit community consent clauses before you sell.