Cleveland’s planned expansion of Flock Safety’s surveillance technology, including license plate readers and gunshot detection, has been put on hold due to significant community concerns. A grassroots group, flockno, is actively lobbying the city to terminate its contract with Flock, citing privacy risks and questioning the vendor’s incentives. The city acknowledges community worries regarding federal access to data, particularly from agencies like ICE, although Flock maintains that customers control their data and have not had direct ICE contracts since 2023. The existing contract for Flock’s license plate readers expires in June, and the city is also not renewing its ShotSpotter contract, a decision previously lauded for its effectiveness in response times.