Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched

Left: A Flock Safety license plate recognition camera in Boulder, Colorado, on 5 March 2026. Right: Anti-Flock surveillance protesters gather outside Columbus City Hall before a council hearing on the city's Flock Safety license plate reading cameras on Aug. 10, 2026. Composite: Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images, Columbus Dispatch via USA Today/Reuters

Activists in Colorado thought they would be celebrating a victory against mass surveillance in December when the Longmont city council decided to let a contract with Flock Safety lapse.

But that excitement was cut short only months later when lawmakers voted to approve a new vendor to install automated license plate readers (ALPRs) on the city’s streets.