LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy

The Los Angeles Police Department is allowing its three-year contract with license-plate camera vendor Flock Safety to expire, citing serious civil liberties, privacy, and data-security concerns after reports of exposed camera feeds, security lapses, and potential unauthorized access and misuse by law enforcement. The article notes that Flock operates a network of roughly 80,000 cameras, that researchers and journalists have documented incidents of public exposure and false positives, and that shortcomings such as missing multi-factor authentication and data-sharing practices prompted renewed scrutiny and contract termination.