LAPD says it will not renew contract with Flock surveillance cameras
(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
OAN Staff Lillian Mann
5:42 PM – Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Yet another blow to Flock Safety, a security hardware company, came after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) decided not to renew its contract, citing “serious concerns” about privacy and data security.
A spokesperson for the LAPD—the United States’ third-largest police force—revealed on Monday that they let their deal with the surveillance company expire over the weekend.
“We wanted to address some of the civil liberty and civil rights concerns and ensure that there is clarity over the terms regarding privacy, data ownership, and security,” the LAPD spokesperson said.
The Atlanta-based company operates a massive network of over 80,000 cameras across a nationwide system that scans license plates to assist police in tracking vehicles, with the LAPD previously serving as one of Flock’s most high-profile government clients.
“This 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,” Dean Gialamas, the department’s chief information officer, told reporters after the decision was made public.
Gialamas noted that the LAPD will refrain from participating until concerns regarding data, privacy, security and sharing can be “ironed out through a contractual relationship.”
Meanwhile, Flock has firmly maintained that the information in its system belongs entirely to the local law enforcement agencies using it.
“Our customers own the data, not Flock,” the company’s chief communications officer, Josh Thomas, told Government Technology.
Nonetheless, the LAPD is not alone in pulling back from Flock. According to reporting by the San Francisco Standard, 82 Flock contracts were canceled across 28 states between August 2021 and May 2026. Nearly half of those terminations—39 in total—occurred just within the first five months of 2026.
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