Flock Safety faces significant public backlash and contract cancellations for its automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology. CEO Garrett Langley has called for a national compromise, but civil liberties experts urge prioritizing legislative protections over focusing solely on Flock. While Flock has adjusted its data retention policies, competitors like Motorola Solutions and Axon also offer similar surveillance tools with potentially weaker privacy safeguards. Motorola lacks default retention limits, allowing agencies like the NYPD to store data for five years and has contracts with ICE. Axon also has concerning data handling policies. Experts emphasize that long-term solutions require legal mandates for short data retention (e.g., 48 hours), local storage, warrant requirements for data searches, and restrictions on AI analytics, regardless of the dominant vendor.