Ring Cancels Flock Partnership
02/12/2026
Ring has announced an end to plans that would've coordinated data collection efforts between the smart camera companies.
Contract terminated effective Feb. 12, 2026. All 16 cameras removed.
Pilot program suspended after unauthorized federal access to camera data was discovered.
Unanimous council vote revoked Flock permissions and banned the system from city streets.
Contract terminated effective Jan. 15, 2026. All 31 cameras shut down immediately.
Council voted 5-1 to pause data sharing and terminate contract.
All 15 cameras suspended in response to a court ruling that Flock data is a public record.
Contract renewal declined. 14 cameras phased out.
Contract canceled Dec. 16, 2025. All 32 cameras deactivated immediately.
Contract terminated Dec. 10, 2025. All 16 cameras removed.
Contract terminated Dec. 5, 2025. All Flock cameras removed.
Deployment canceled Dec. 5, 2025. Cameras were never activated — contract terminated before launch.
Complete system shutdown after unauthorized sharing of data with ICE was discovered.
60-day moratorium extended to 6 months. System suspended.
All 6 cameras deactivated pending contract end in 2026.
Council voted 5-0 to suspend Nov. 12, 2025. All Flock cameras shut off.
All cameras deactivated as a precaution after the public records court ruling.
System proactively shut down before the Nov. 6 Skagit County court ruling.
Cameras shut down before a court ruling confirmed Flock data must be treated as a public record.
Commissioners voted 3-2 to cancel all contracts. 6 cameras taken offline.
$81.5K contract canceled Oct. 27, 2025. Five already-installed cameras removed.
Contract terminated effective Sept. 26, 2025. All 19 cameras shut down.
Council voted 5-2 to cancel. 8 cameras ended immediately.
City Council voted by majority consensus at a special meeting Aug. 13 to indefinitely shut off the Sedona Police Department's Flock ALPR program.
Village cancelled its Flock Safety contract, effective August 6th.
Flock contract expired June 30, 2025 and was not renewed after community organizing. Note: APD retained limited access through neighboring agency data-sharing agreements.
City Council unanimously rejected a $666K renewal. 111-camera program extension blocked after over 1,400 immigration searches raised concerns.
Program ended after federal grant expired. Cameras shut down due to lack of local funding.
City Council voted against installing Flock cameras, rejecting a grant from the Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority that would have funded installation and one year of service.
Contract cancelled after data revealed over 105,000 cars tracked in a single 30-day period.
02/12/2026
Ring has announced an end to plans that would've coordinated data collection efforts between the smart camera companies.
02/12/2026
Public camera systems with no known ties to greater surveillance networks. Standalone installations, municipal cameras, and independent systems that operate without contributing to centralized tracking infrastructure.
02/11/2026
Neighborhood Surveillance Technologies that may compete with Flock for contracts, or cooperate through shared data and analyst workflows.