82 Flock contracts terminated across 28 states as the revolt accelerates
Nationwide
Between August 2021 and May 2026, 82 Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states — 39 of them in just the first five months of 2026 — as a grassroots, DeFlock-fueled backlash spread nationwide.
Between August 2021 and May 2026, 82 Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states, including 39 between January and May of 2026 alone — a sign that the backlash against ALPR mass surveillance is accelerating, not fading.
Much of the momentum traces to DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of nearly 90,000 cameras built by developer Will Freeman, which let residents see for the first time how densely their own neighborhoods were blanketed with license plate readers.