In January 13, 2026, the city council of Santa Cruz terminated its contract with Flock Safety for its Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras. On April 7, the Monterey City Council received an annual ALPR report from the police department, with members asking many questions in light of revelations about Flock/ALPR security and how the cameras are being used, and several community members raising significant issues and opposition including ACLU rep Michelle Welsh.
https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/is-the-monitoring-of-license-plates-in-monterey-county-and-beyond-a-boon-for-policing/article_65caece9-ea4d-4850-a921-c08f99155540.html
Is the monitoring of license plates in Monterey County and beyond a boon for policing or another step closer to a mass surveillance state? April 2, 2026
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/effs-investigations-expose-flock-safetys-surveillance-abuses-2025-review
EFF’s Investigations Expose Flock Safety’s Surveillance Abuses: 2025 in Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1-uiUlHTo
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/flock-massachusetts-and-updates
Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments
https://www.gettheflockout.org/
The campaign to get Flock cameras out of Santa Cruz County
Monterey Bay Matters 