Los Angeles, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

No source names who approved this contract. That gap is common where a purchase cleared without a council vote.

The department let its Flock agreement expire on July 11, 2026 and did not renew it, ending a relationship that began with a 2023 memorandum of understanding covering 138 cameras. TechCrunch reported on July 13, 2026 that a senior LAPD official said the three-year contract would lapse when it ended that Saturday. Chief information officer Dean Gialamas cited serious concerns around civil liberties and civil rights, particularly privacy and control of the collected data. The department says it is renegotiating with the company and will keep the system out of use until ownership and control of the data are settled by contract. Flock spokesperson Holly Beilin said the expiry caught the company by surprise. The Los Angeles Police Commission's Inspector General reviewed the program on July 10, 2026 in report BPC 26-184 and recorded that on June 11, 2023 the Department entered into a memorandum of understanding with Flock that remained in effect until June 2026. That report attributes the agreement to the Department and records no Board of Police Commissioners or City Council vote, so no approving body is stated here. It counts 298 pole-mounted readers citywide: 139 funded by Council Districts 11 and 12, 60 bought by the Department, 49 acquired by the Los Angeles Police Foundation with donated funds from homeowners associations, and 50 on loan for Pacific Palisades under a second memorandum signed January 23, 2025. The Inspector General dates the end of the agreement to June 2026 while TechCrunch dates it July 11, 2026; both are given because no document reconciles them.