De-Flocked: 49 Cities and States that Are Ending Flock Surveillance

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De-Flocked: 49 Cities and States that Are Ending Flock Surveillance
# Summary Date Source Location City/State Switching to Similar Service?
1 Austin lets Flock contract expire after city manager pulls renewal from council agenda, ending the 40-camera program 06/30/2025 Spectrum News Austin, Texas City No
2 Eugene police terminate Flock contract effective immediately; city removes 55 of its 57 cameras within two weeks 12/05/2025 OPB Eugene, Ore. City No
3 Bend City Council unanimously directs police to turn off the city's four Flock cameras and not renew the pilot contract 01/07/2026 OPB Bend, Ore. City Undecided
4 Custer County Sheriff's Office notifies Flock it is canceling its contract; the last of its three cameras is removed in October 03/24/2026 Denver7 Custer County, Colo. County No
5 Woodburn ends Flock contract and removes all 23 cameras after a city audit finds federal agencies ran 6,089 searches on the network 05/13/2026 KATU Woodburn, Ore. City No
6 Albany City Council votes 4-2 to end Flock program and terminate the contract early at a cost of about $7,000 05/27/2026 KLCC Albany, Ore. City No
7 South Portland City Council votes 5-2 to immediately disable the city's seven Flock cameras despite a contract running to February 2027 06/11/2026 Portland Press Herald South Portland, Maine City No
8 South Kingstown Town Council votes unanimously to end $30,300 Flock contract and remove all seven cameras 07/27/2026 NBC 10 WJAR South Kingstown, R.I. City No
9 Narragansett Town Council votes 5-0 to end Flock contract early and absorb any cancellation fees 08/03/2026 The Boston Globe Narragansett, R.I. City No
10 Ord City Council votes 5-0 to remove the two county-owned Flock cameras inside city limits, the first Nebraska city to reject the technology 08/03/2026 WOWT Ord, Neb. City No
11 Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple tells supervisors he will not renew Flock contract expiring in September, citing 4th Amendment concerns 08/05/2026 Arizona's Family Pinal County, Ariz. County No
12 Glocester Town Council votes 4-1 to stop using Flock license plate cameras 08/06/2026 The Boston Globe Glocester, R.I. City No
13 Josephine County sheriff deactivates all 10 Flock cameras and terminates the contract, citing vandalism and 4th Amendment concerns 08/12/2026 Josephine County Sheriff's Office Josephine County, Ore. County No
14 Moffat County sheriff stops using 10 Flock cameras and declines renewal, then has deputies take the cameras down when Flock fails to collect them 08/13/2026 Cowboy State Daily Moffat County, Colo. County No
15 North Kingstown Town Council votes 3-2 to terminate Flock contract and remove the town's six cameras 08/17/2026 The Independent (R.I.) North Kingstown, R.I. City No
16 Winston police end Flock contract for eight cameras to save $24,000 amid a $215,000 budget cut 08/17/2026 OPB Winston, Ore. City No
17 North Tonawanda Common Council votes 4-0 to rescind permission for the city's only Flock camera and asks the Niagara County sheriff to remove it within 30 days 08/18/2026 City of North Tonawanda North Tonawanda, N.Y. City No
18 Sullivan County Commission votes not to renew Flock contract expiring in January and bars Flock cameras countywide 08/20/2026 WJHL Sullivan County, Tenn. County No
19 Santa Barbara lets Flock contract covering 12 plate readers expire; council shelves Verkada replacement pending a policy review 08/23/2026 Santa Barbara Independent Santa Barbara, Calif. City Undecided
20 Pflugerville City Council votes unanimously not to renew $87,500-a-year Flock lease after finding hundreds of unapproved users; 28 cameras switched off 08/25/2026 Community Impact Pflugerville, Texas City No
21 Tempe turns off all 33 Flock cameras and ends its contract, saying it will not seek a replacement vendor 08/26/2026 Arizona's Family Tempe, Ariz. City No
22 Florida DOT revokes all license plate reader permits on state highway rights-of-way and gives law enforcement agencies 30 days to remove the cameras 08/31/2026 WLRN Florida (state highways) State No
23 Lynchburg City Council votes 6-0, with one member absent, to end Flock contract covering 15 plate readers and 54 gunshot sensors 09/03/2026 WSET Lynchburg, Va. City No
24 Independence Township Board of Trustees votes to end Flock agreement; all eight cameras to be removed 09/08/2026 FOX 2 Detroit Independence Township, Mich. City No
25 Englewood City Council votes 6-0 to end Flock contract for 12 plate readers, then deadlocks 3-3 on an Axon replacement 09/08/2026 Axios Denver Englewood, Colo. City Undecided
26 Liberty Hill City Council votes 7-0 to end Flock contract, orders cameras removed immediately and bars future mass-surveillance technology 09/09/2026 CBS Austin Liberty Hill, Texas City No
27 Fort Myers Beach Town Council approves ending $15,000-a-year Flock contract for the town's bridge plate readers 09/09/2026 Fort Myers Beach Observer Fort Myers Beach, Fla. City No
28 Foster Town Council votes to terminate Flock contract for the town's two cameras, citing the need for stronger state regulation 09/10/2026 The Valley Breeze Foster, R.I. City No
29 Clark County Sheriff Kerry Kirn cancels Flock contract, citing residents' privacy concerns and public trust 09/10/2026 WSAW Clark County, Wis. County No
30 Wilmington police cancel Flock contract over community privacy concerns; town's two cameras to come down 09/14/2026 Boston 25 News Wilmington, Mass. City No
31 Racine Mayor Cory Mason breaks 7-7 council tie to terminate Flock contract in 30 days; cameras out by Oct. 15 09/15/2026 FOX6 Milwaukee Racine, Wis. City No
32 Oconomowoc Common Council votes 5-2 to cancel contract for the city's six Flock cameras with a year left on the deal 09/15/2026 FOX6 Milwaukee Oconomowoc, Wis. City No
33 Waukesha Common Council votes to stop funding the city's Flock program after 2026 09/15/2026 TMJ4 Waukesha, Wis. City No
34 Arlington County Board directs county manager to end Flock contract and remove all 41 county-leased cameras, including 26 license plate readers 09/15/2026 DC News Now Arlington County, Va. County No
35 Eastpointe City Council votes 4-1 to terminate Flock contract and shut down 18 plate readers after two police employees are accused of misusing the system 09/15/2026 WXYZ Eastpointe, Mich. City No
36 Half Moon Bay council majority declines to extend 16-camera Flock pilot; program to end Oct. 28 09/15/2026 Coastside News Half Moon Bay, Calif. City No
37 Oconee County Council passes countywide mass-surveillance ban on final reading, ending the sheriff's five Flock cameras 09/15/2026 FOX Carolina Oconee County, S.C. County No
38 Coopertown mayor ends Flock contract, halts use of the town's four plate readers and cuts access to the Flock network 09/18/2026 FOX 17 Nashville Coopertown, Tenn. City No
39 Monroe City Council votes 5-0 to end Flock contract and shut off all 24 cameras, effective immediately 09/22/2026 FOX19 Monroe, Ohio City No
40 Ledyard Town Council votes to discontinue the town's four Flock cameras after a data-breach disclosure; cameras covered and data collection halted 09/28/2026 NBC Connecticut Ledyard, Conn. City No
41 South Lyon City Council votes 5-2 not to renew Flock contract and orders the city's two plate readers covered immediately 09/28/2026 Michigan Advance South Lyon, Mich. City No
42 Cle Elum City Council votes 3-2 not to renew Flock contract; crews bag the city's five cameras after finding them still active 09/28/2026 NBC Right Now Cle Elum, Wash. City No
43 El Paso County sheriff sends Flock non-renewal notice and stops using nearly two dozen plate readers effective immediately 09/30/2026 Colorado Politics El Paso County, Colo. County No
44 Norwell police end Flock program, order an immediate halt to data collection and cover the cameras until removal 10/01/2026 Boston 25 News Norwell, Mass. City No
45 Montgomery County Sheriff Robert Page terminates Flock camera use after a month-long review and says the office won't resume until "clearer and more comprehensive standards" exist 10/01/2026 WDBJ7 Montgomery County, Va. County No
46 Milwaukee County Board votes 16-0 to remove all 42 Flock cameras from 11 county parks 10/01/2026 Urban Milwaukee Milwaukee County, Wis. County No
47 Hamilton County sheriff fully terminates Flock program a month after pausing its 75 cameras 10/02/2026 FOX19 Hamilton County, Ohio County No
48 Milford Village Council votes 7-0 to remove Flock Safety license plate cameras after resident concerns 10/06/2026 Click on Detroit Milford Village, Mich. City No
49 Avon Town Council votes 4-3 to terminate Flock contract and have all 12 license plate cameras removed 10/06/2026 Town of Avon Avon, Colo. City Undecided
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