"Since the start of 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled their contracts with Flock Safety, the AI surveillance company whose CEO wants to end all crime within the decade by blanketing the country in ever-watchful security cameras. That startling figure comes courtesy of NPR, which reports that concerned activists are putting mounting pressure on cities to cut ties with the company. "We are seeing a lot more momentum," Will Freeman, a Colorado-based organizer who runs the website DeFlock.org, told the broadcaster."
"License plate readers create detailed records of your location history, which have led to wrongful arrests, racial profiling, and stalking by police officers. In one illustrative example from October, a Denver woman was accused of stealing a package worth $25 after police, using Flock, determined that she had been driving nearby on the day the theft occurred. In the end, GPS data showed the woman had driven through the area without stopping,"
Since early 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled contracts with Flock Safety, citing privacy and community concerns. Grassroots campaigns have succeeded in removing Flock systems from cities including Flagstaff, Eugene, and Santa Cruz. An open-source tracker, DeFlock, maps over 77,000 AI license plate readers nationwide and shows multiple vendors in use. License plate readers collect detailed location histories that have contributed to wrongful arrests, racial profiling, and police stalking. In one October case, police relied on Flock data to accuse a Denver woman of stealing a $25 package; later GPS showed she had driven through the area without stopping.
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