Overview

• Flock Safety paused its pilot programs with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations nationwide last week, the company’s CEO said.
• Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said a sample audit showed CBP accessed Illinois ALPR data and ordered federal access shut off in the state while urging local agencies to review their Flock agreements for Trust Act compliance.
• Flock said it has no contracts with DHS agencies and described the pilots as targeting human trafficking and fentanyl distribution, adding it was unaware of immigration-related searches.
• CEO Garrett Langley acknowledged poor communication and a lack of distinct permission controls for federal users, and the company updated its system to clearly identify federal inquiries and limit them to one-to-one requests with specific police agencies.
• Flock’s platform now rejects searches containing terms such as “abortion,” “immigration,” or “ICE,” and the underlying ALPR data remains owned by local agencies that handle external requests.