# Flock Safety Expands Federal Lobbying

Flock Safety reported $360,000 in federal lobbying expenditures for July–September 2026, more than 71% above the same period in 2025 and higher than its $220,000 second-quarter spending. The company also added Invariant and Off Hill Strategies to its lobbying roster as congressional scrutiny of its automated license plate reader technology and privacy concerns intensify. The signals describe policy and market risk—not a disclosed federal award or solicitation—while reporting that proposed safeguards and local decisions to pause or cancel camera contracts are affecting the public-safety technology market.

- Public agencies and contractors involved with automated license plate readers should assess how privacy, transparency, and accountability concerns could affect procurement criteria and existing camera contracts.
- Companies providing public-safety technology can use the reported local pauses and cancellations as indicators of potential market and contract-continuity risk.
- Because federal safeguards are proposed rather than established in these signals, businesses should distinguish current contractual obligations from possible future policy changes and follow the congressional activity described.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Public Safety, Information Technology
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 21, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Congress (Congress)
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

### Vendors
- Flock Safety (Federal lobbying client and automated license plate reader technology provider)
- Invariant LLC (Outside lobbying firm retained by Flock Safety)
- Off Hill Strategies (Lobbying firm added to Flock Safety's roster)

### Sources
- [Flock Camera Company Adds Federal Lobbying Firepower - The Washington Sun](https://www.washingtonsun.com/technology/flock-camera-company-federal-lobbying-ai-surveillance) - NOTUS