{"id":452677,"date":"2026-10-01T01:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452677\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:28:16","slug":"el-paso-county-sheriff-ending-agreement-with-flock-safety-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452677\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County Sheriff ending agreement with Flock Safety Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) &#8211; El Paso County Sheriff Joseph Roybal announced that the sheriff\u2019s office will discontinue the use of Flock Safety cameras in the county, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In a news release Wednesday, the sheriff\u2019s office said it will request that Flock Safety retrieve its equipment after sending a non-renewal notice to the company. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Flock Safety has come under recent scrutiny across the country over concerns of data-sharing practices and what sort of data Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRS) are tracking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOur responsibility is to protect our community, foster public trust, and serve the people,\u201d said El Paso County Sheriff Joseph Roybal. \u201cAfter careful consideration, I believe discontinuing our use of Flock cameras is the right decision for El Paso County and our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office says this will not affect its commitment to public safety, but it recognizes concerns about the Flock Safety program amid expected legislative changes across the state. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Scripps News Group is reaching out to Flock Safety for more information. This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KKTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) &#8211; El Paso County Sheriff Joseph Roybal announced that the sheriff\u2019s office will discontinue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-452677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}