Santa Clara County cities weigh ending Flock Safety contracts over ICE access

Cities across Silicon Valley may be on the cusp of cutting ties with a surveillance company linked to local police departments’ cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Santa Clara County officials last week signaled growing distrust with Flock Safety, a company that sells license plate reading cameras to cities across California, over concerns the cameras are being used by federal immigration authorities. Flock has sold dozens of cameras to the Sheriff’s Office, which has deployed them along the roadways of Saratoga, Cupertino and Los Altos Hills. Flock also has license plate reading camera agreements with San Jose and other cities in the county.