# LAPD Ends Flock Safety Contract After 32 Percent False Stolen-Vehicle Alerts and Data Ownership Disputes
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-08-11 · read 2026-09-06

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1vlx00h/

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## Who is named (8)

- [Condor PTZ camera](https://truthscore.com/entity/18e08569)
- [officer mobile computers](https://truthscore.com/entity/2c208fa4)
- [Flock Safety contract with LAPD](https://truthscore.com/entity/2c25f189)
- [Flock Safety](https://truthscore.com/entity/57d2aca7)
- [LAPD](https://truthscore.com/entity/727b7908)
- [Flock Safety automated license plate reader system](https://truthscore.com/entity/75f04d2b)
- [trackers](https://truthscore.com/entity/cbc6073c)
- [Dean Gialamas](https://truthscore.com/entity/edfb6575)

## What it added

- [Flock Safety deploys Condor PTZ cameras under municipal public‑safety contracts across the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f4c9e4f2)
  > The company deploys them under municipal public‑safety contracts across the United States.
- [The Office of Inspector General audit of August-September 2025 data found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts and 337 accurate recoveries, a 32.3 percent…](https://truthscore.com/claim/3707d862)
  > audit of August-September 2025 data found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts against 337 accurate recoveries, a 32.3 percent false-positive rate.
- [The system interfaces through officer mobile computers that trigger high-risk stops with backup and air support.](https://truthscore.com/claim/701def0d)
  > The system interfaces through officer mobile computers that trigger high-risk stops with backup and air support.
- [The alerts produced 161 investigations of innocent owners whose plates remained on outdated external databases.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c511ac59)
  > The alerts produced 161 investigations of innocent owners whose plates remained on outdated external databases.
- [Dean Gialamas identified unclear data ownership, retention, and sharing rules as the core barrier to renewal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8305c140)
  > Structural flaws center on unclear data ownership, retention, and sharing rules that LAPD Chief Information Officer Dean Gialamas identified as the core barrier to renewal.
- [Trackers document roughly 82 terminated contracts across 28 states since 2021.](https://truthscore.com/claim/938f9e7e)
  > Trackers document roughly 82 terminated contracts across 28 states since 2021, driven by privacy audits, federal access fears including immigration agencies, and lack of independent oversight.
- [Scaled deployment leaves drivers with no practical opt-out from networked plate surveillance.](https://truthscore.com/claim/41a23ecc)
  > Scaled deployment leaves drivers with no practical opt-out from networked plate surveillance.
- [Interconnected risks include erroneous high-risk stops, unaccountable data flows, and eroded Fourth Amendment protections.](https://truthscore.com/claim/95d66499)
  > Interconnected risks are erroneous high-risk stops, unaccountable data flows, and eroded Fourth Amendment protections.
- [The LAPD let its three-year contract with Flock Safety expire on July 11 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/82128eac)
  > Los Angeles Police Department let its three-year contract expire July 11 2026 after an Office of Inspector General audit of August-September 2025 data found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts against 337 accurate recoveries, a 32.3 percent false-positive rate.
- [Independent verification of primary audit findings and contract terms remains essential before any resumption.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3358ed7f)
  > Independent verification of primary audit findings and contract terms remains essential before any resumption.

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