Overview
- Comptroller Don Huffines signed the executive order on Tuesday banning future grants administered by his office from being used to buy or renew automated license plate readers such as those sold by Flock Safety.
- League City’s council unanimously passed a resolution this week to disable or remove all Flock cameras within 72 hours if a November 3 ballot measure rejecting the systems fails.
- A Harris County report found inventory and access gaps, noted civilian staff searches of Flock’s network, and prompted County Judge Lina Hidalgo to demand stronger, standardized oversight and an immediate review of policies.
- Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended the company at TechCrunch Disrupt, saying the firm has not terminated any law‑enforcement customers so far and that it would end relationships if a customer knowingly broke the law, while protesters criticized the company’s data and audio features outside the conference.
- The comptroller order follows a wave of local pauses, contract terminations and audits across Texas and could shrink deployments, shift business to rivals and increase calls for state and federal guardrails to prevent misuse and protect residents’ privacy.