Westland Decides Privacy Is Worth More Than a Month of License Plate Data
- Who
- Westland City Council
- What
- Votes to let Flock Safety camera contract expire after resident pushback on surveillance
- When
- July 10, 2026
- Where
- Westland, Michigan
Westland will remove its 10 Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras when the city's contract expires at the end of July. The decision follows resident criticism and a split among city leaders over privacy, data access, and the technology's role in policing. The cameras have been operating under a contract that was not renewed. City officials confirmed the removal will proceed as scheduled.
A municipality finally noticed that recording every vehicle's movements creates a searchable history of innocent people's lives — and only took a split council and public outrage to reach that conclusion.
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