Documented Incident
Suffolk County Public Safety Committee to question Flock Safety on data practices after September no-show
First reported: October 8, 2026 · 6 sources
Flock Safety representatives are scheduled to appear before the Suffolk County Legislature's Public Safety Committee in Smithtown at 9:30 a.m., a month after company officials did not attend a September committee meeting where lawmakers planned to ask how license plate reader data is stored and used. Hundreds of the cameras are deployed across Long Island. The county last month delayed a five-year, $4 million contract with Flock that would have replaced ShotSpotter for gunshot detection services.
Legislative questioning of a vendor over data retention and sharing is one of the few public venues where ALPR practices are examined, and Suffolk's handling of the delayed contract may influence how other counties approach similar agreements.
Key facts
- Flock representatives did not appear at the September Public Safety Committee meeting, according to News12
- Hundreds of license plate readers are in place across Long Island
- Suffolk County delayed a five-year, $4 million Flock contract for gunshot detection services that would have replaced ShotSpotter
- Several Long Island cameras have been damaged this year in what the report describes as protest against the surveillance
- The meeting is set for 9:30 a.m. at the Suffolk County Legislature Building in Smithtown
Sources
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- Suffolk County lawmakers to question Flock camera officials over data use, surveillance concerns today (News12 | Long Island, October 8, 2026)
- Suffolk County lawmakers to question Flock camera officials over data use, surveillance concerns today (News12 | Brooklyn, October 8, 2026)
- Suffolk Lawmakers Press Flock Safety On Privacy Surveillance Concerns (News12 | Long Island, October 8, 2026)
- Suffolk Lawmakers Press Flock Safety On Privacy Surveillance Concerns (News12 | Long Island, October 8, 2026)
- Suffolk Lawmakers Press Flock Safety On Privacy Surveillance Concerns (News12 | New Jersey, October 8, 2026)
- Suffolk Lawmakers Press Flock Safety On Privacy Surveillance Concerns (News12 | Hudson Valley, October 9, 2026)
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Updated October 13, 2026. Corrections: blockflock@bytebunny.io. See all documented incidents or search the full article archive.