Flock Safety surveillance cameras in Auburn, California were stolen and dumped in a canal in April, exposing vulnerabilities in pole-mounted ALPR technology. Auburn police are actively investigating the thefts, have obtained suspect footage, and are working with Flock to replace the cameras. While Flock cameras have been vandalized or removed in other cities including Houston and South Carolina, there's limited evidence of an ongoing pattern of such incidents. Public concern about mass surveillance and data privacy has grown, and some agencies like LAPD have ended contracts with Flock Safety citing privacy concerns. But the Auburn thefts appear to be an isolated incident rather than part of a broader wave of coordinated removals or evidence that police can't protect the equipment.