LAPD lets Flock Safety contract expire

A high-profile blow to the expansion of private surveillance networks, proving that even major police departments are finding the liability of unvetted, insecure third-party databases too high to ignore.

• –Flock Safety's recurring security lapses, including lack of MFA and exposed live feeds, undermine its defense of being a secure law enforcement utility.
• –Increased public awareness of AI/recognition errors leading to wrongful gunpoint detentions is shifting ALPRs from a "smart policing" asset to a civil rights liability.
• –Municipalities are increasingly pushing back against software sharing that violates sanctuary city policies, highlighting the policy challenges of centralized data tracking.