{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "mountain-view-shutdown",
    "section": 5,
    "title": "Mountain View shuts down its entire Flock network",
    "date": "Feb 2, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-02-02",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": null,
    "note": "Confirmed, with a second independent source: the Javorsky complaint corroborates the city's account.",
    "category": "backlash",
    "body": "Police Chief Mike Canfield ordered the city's 30 ALPR cameras switched off effective Feb 2, 2026, after learning Flock, not the department, had enabled statewide and national lookup settings without authorization, despite Mountain View configuring its system to block such sharing. City Council voted 7-0 on Feb 24, 2026 to cancel the contract.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Mountainview.gov",
        "primary": true
      },
      {
        "label": "CBS SF"
      },
      {
        "label": "Mountain View Voice"
      },
      {
        "label": "Palo Alto Daily Post"
      },
      {
        "label": "Javorsky complaint"
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      "mountain-view-ca"
    ],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/mountain-view-shutdown"
  }
}