Flock keeps ignoring requests to cancel its contracts

Flock 持续无视取消合同的请求

Cities are canceling Flock contracts, but the company won’t take them down and sometimes is reinstalling them.

各城市正在取消与 Flock 的合同，但该公司不仅拒绝拆除设备，有时甚至会重新安装。

While more cities are canceling their contracts with Flock Safety, just as many are discovering how difficult that can be in some instances. Plymouth, Minnesota’s city council voted to terminate its contract with Flock in September, but failed to respond to the city’s request. For over a month, the cameras remained up, and the city had received no acknowledgment from the company. So, Police Chief Eric Fadden took matters into his own hands and physically disconnected the cameras.

尽管越来越多的城市正在取消与 Flock Safety 的合同，但同样多的城市发现，在某些情况下，这一过程极其困难。明尼苏达州普利茅斯市议会于 9 月投票决定终止与 Flock 的合同，但该公司未能回应市政府的请求。在一个多月的时间里，摄像头一直悬挂着，市政府也没有收到该公司的任何确认信息。因此，警察局长埃里克·法登（Eric Fadden）采取了行动，亲自切断了摄像头的电源。

“After hearing nothing for more than a week, I directed our staff to disconnect the power cords from the cords in order to be sure that they are not functioning or recording plates,” Fadden told The Drive.

“在等待了一周多仍无音讯后，我指示我们的工作人员拔掉摄像头的电源线，以确保它们不再运行或记录车牌，”法登告诉《The Drive》。

Roughly 20 miles up the road, Dayton, Minnesota, is having its own issues with Flock. In this instance, the company acknowledged the city’s request and said it would take up to 60 days to remove the equipment. Despite this, Flock reconnected two cameras within the city limits without authorization, and following a specific request from the local police not to complete the work order.

在约 20 英里外的明尼苏达州代顿市，也遇到了与 Flock 相关的麻烦。这一次，该公司确认了市政府的请求，并表示需要长达 60 天的时间来拆除设备。尽管如此，Flock 还是在未经授权的情况下，重新连接了市内的两台摄像头，且当时当地警方已明确要求其不要完成该工作订单。

Dayton’s local government posted on Facebook: On September 17, 2026, the Police Department was made aware of a maintenance work order produced by Flock. The City notified Flock on September 18, 2026, that the program was on hold, and no work orders were to be completed. Unfortunately, the City’s direction was not followed, and the camera was placed back into service without authorization.

代顿当地政府在 Facebook 上发布消息称：2026 年 9 月 17 日，警察局获悉了 Flock 生成的一份维护工作订单。市政府于 2026 年 9 月 18 日通知 Flock，该项目已暂停，不得完成任何工作订单。遗憾的是，市政府的指示未得到执行，摄像头在未经授权的情况下被重新投入使用。

Flock spokesperson Andrew Smith told The Verge, “We are proud of the impact our technology has had in Plymouth. We respect the city’s decision and are working with the customer to have the cameras removed.”

Flock 发言人安德鲁·史密斯（Andrew Smith）告诉《The Verge》：“我们为我们的技术在普利茅斯产生的影响感到自豪。我们尊重该市的决定，并正在与客户合作拆除这些摄像头。”

This follows a similar ordeal in Illinois, where the company refused to take down cameras and uncovered cameras at Elgin Community College after the administration sought to cancel its contract.

此前，伊利诺伊州也发生了类似的事件：在埃尔金社区学院（Elgin Community College）的管理层寻求取消合同后，该公司拒绝拆除摄像头，并揭开了摄像头上的遮盖物。