These communities said
“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.”
Communities are ending contracts, suspending programs, removing cameras, and forcing changes to ALPR surveillance.
Contracts ended and programs shut down
Mountain View, California — Flock contract terminated
February 2026. After federal and state agencies accessed Mountain View Flock data contrary to city policy, the City Council terminated the contract. The City said its 30 stationary Flock cameras had already been turned off and would be removed.
Santa Cruz, California — City Council votes to terminate Flock contract
January 2026. Santa Cruz City Council voted 6–1 to end its Flock contract after concerns over data access and privacy.
Josephine County, Oregon — Sheriff’s Office ends Flock contract
August 2026. Josephine County ended its contract for 10 Flock ALPR cameras after public privacy concerns and controversy over the program.
Grass Valley, California — Police indefinitely suspend Flock cameras
August 2026. Grass Valley Police indefinitely suspended its fixed-point ALPR program while reviewing privacy, retention, sharing, and oversight concerns.
Pressure is producing changes
Flock cuts its default retention from 30 days to seven
August 2026. Flock announced that its default LPR data-retention period will be reduced from 30 days to seven days as part of a package of safeguards. That is a default, not a universal municipal limit; agencies may have different configured policies.
Our position: seven days is still seven days too many for people suspected of no crime.
Brentwood, California — HOA Flock cameras ordered out of public right-of-way
August 2026. Brentwood rescinded a permit that had allowed the Shadow Lakes HOA to install and access Flock cameras at community entrances and exits after residents raised privacy objections and city officials revisited how the permit had been approved.
Hood County, Texas — County ends Flock contract and disables cameras
2026. Hood County Commissioners Court ended its Flock contract; in August the county voted to unplug and cover the remaining cameras.
San Jose, California — Council imposes new restrictions
March 2026. San Jose City Council unanimously approved additional restrictions on use of Flock cameras and their data after sustained public scrutiny. This is a policy restriction, not a program termination.
More communities pushing back
DeFlock.org maintains a live national list of communities where Flock programs have been rejected, suspended, restricted, deactivated, or ended.
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Live victories data provided by DeFlock.org.
Pleasanton has already seen what can go wrong
Former Vigilant system left a federal agency eligible to search
Pleasanton's July 2026 memo says two errors could have resulted in limited ALPR data being shared with the San Diego Sector Border Patrol. The City cannot determine whether Border Patrol actually searched because the former system did not log outside-agency searches.
Pleasanton can make its own decision.
Residents elsewhere have changed surveillance policy by showing up, asking hard questions, and demanding accountability from the people with authority to act.
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