The United States' third-largest police force has let its contract with Flock Safety expire.
On July 11, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)—which, until recently, was one of Flock's largest government customers—walked away from their contract. They cited that it wasn't about cost; rather, they walked away due to data ownership.
"This contract is not being renewed because of serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights issues, particularly around privacy and the data that is being collected from these cameras," Dean Gialamas, the department's chief information officer, told ABC7 after the decision was made public.
The LAPD will stay out, Gialamas said, until questions about data, privacy, security and sharing could be "ironed out through a contractual relationship."
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