US cities and counties are ending contracts with Flock Safety’s surveillance-camera network at an accelerating rate, driven by privacy, data-sharing, cost and alleged misuse concerns. The trend matters because Flock’s AI-enabled licence-plate-reader systems are becoming a focus of bipartisan scrutiny over whether policing technology is enabling mass surveillance.

Secure Justice recorded 214 localities ending Flock relationships since 2021, including 90 in August 2026—four times July’s total and roughly three cancellations a day. Flock said new city partnerships still outnumbered non-renewals by about ten to one, while it has reduced default data retention from 30 days to seven and tightened rules against misuse. Political pressure has intensified following reported police abuse, with Senator Josh Hawley investigating the company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calling its cameras “out of control”.