From Mother Jones · Sophie Hurwitz · · 40s
Flock cuts staff amid backlash
Flock Safety, the AI traffic camera firm, plans layoffs after backlash from police misuse of its license plate readers.
In brief
Flock Safety, the AI traffic camera firm, plans layoffs after backlash from police misuse of its license plate readers. Flock Safety is cutting 270 workers after towns and cities canceled contracts due to police abuse of its license plate reader technology. Originally reported by Mother Jones.
Flock Safety cuts staff
Flock Safety, the AI-powered traffic camera company, plans to cut 270 workers, or 18 percent of its staff.
Backlash over police misuse
Over 90 cities canceled Flock contracts in August 2026 after police officers abused the license plate reader technology.
Legal challenge to surveillance
A federal judge ruled Flock’s technology violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights after police used it to track her location history.
The headline
Flock Safety is cutting 270 workers after towns and cities canceled contracts due to police abuse of its license plate reader technology.
