US: Tompkins County NY votes 12-1 to terminate Flock Safety ALPR contract

The Tompkins County Legislature voted 12-1 on 15 April 2026 to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company whose AI-powered cameras capture vehicle images and process them through software allowing law enforcement to search by colour, make, identifying features and partial plate. The decision follows a pattern of scrutiny over Flock’s ALPR network across the US, including civil liberties concerns about Fourth Amendment implications, documented cases of officer misuse for personal surveillance — including one Milwaukee officer who ran 175 personal queries — and data sharing with federal immigration enforcement without individual warrants. Tompkins County joins a growing number of US jurisdictions declining to renew or actively terminating Flock Safety contracts under civil liberties pressure.