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The LAPD has suspended its use of Flock’s license plate readers, for now.
Over the weekend, the three-year deal for Flock Safety’s 138 pole-mounted surveillance cameras came to an end, as the LA Times reports the LAPD CIO says it ended the arrangement while working on a new contract that has “very clear terms” about who owns the data collected and what happens to it.
An unnamed spokesperson for Flock told media outlets that unspecified “misconceptions” led to the pause.
LAPD suspends use of Flock surveillance cameras over privacy issues
[Los Angeles Times]
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