Flock CEO says company has not fired any police department customers

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley said the surveillance company has not ended contracts with police departments or other law enforcement agencies over misuse of its license plate reader systems.

Speaking with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos at the Disrupt 2026 conference in San Francisco, Langley said Flock would end a customer relationship in cases of clear, widespread abuse. He said the company had not fired any customers to date, but that doing so remained possible if a customer knowingly broke the law or there was a serious law-abiding issue.

Reports have identified dozens of police officers arrested, fired or told to resign after allegedly abusing access to Flock’s nationwide database, often to track people without permission. The company has more than 100,000 cameras in the United States. Its system lets law enforcement track license plates beyond local jurisdictions through a national database.

Flock has faced privacy, cybersecurity and camera-accuracy criticism. Some communities have rejected its cameras or let contracts expire. Langley said the system helps police solve crimes faster, citing a stolen car with a baby inside as an example. He also said Flock had no desire to sell the company to Axon. Demonstrators protested outside the conference, raising concerns about AI-powered mass surveillance.