Mountain View has paused its Flock Safety ALPR pilot and turned off all cameras after discovering that out-of-state and nationwide searches accessed the city’s license plate data without authorization. The breach exposed vendor transparency and access-control failures, prompting a City Council review and renewed debate over vendor-managed surveillance. #FlockSafety #MountainView
Keypoints
- Mountain View disabled all Flock Safety ALPR cameras and paused the pilot program immediately.
- Hundreds of unauthorized law enforcement agencies accessed the city’s license plate data for over a year.
- Police Chief Mike Canfield stated he no longer has confidence in the vendor due to transparency and access-control failures.
- State law and city policy prohibit out-of-state access to ALPR data, but statewide and national lookups were enabled.
- The City Council will review the program on February 24 to decide whether to continue, modify, or terminate the contract.
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