LAPD Drops Flock Safety Contract Over 32% False Stolen-Vehicle Alert Rate

Executive Briefing

• Reveals LAPD audit found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in two months, yielding a 32.3% error rate
• Identifies each false alert triggering high-risk stops involving backup, air support, and armed officers
• Highlights disproportionate danger for Black residents, who represent 19.5% of LAPD killings but only 9% of the population
• Confirms LAPD chief information officer cited unresolved data privacy and civil liberties concerns as reasons for non-renewal
• Notes a Minnesota driver was recently swarmed by armed police after Flock cameras erroneously flagged his car as stolen