Elgin Community College reportedly tried to cancel its Flock Safety contract out of concern for illegal immigrant students, but was unable to after the company refused.
\n\nIn April of 2025, the Chicago-area school installed six Flock cameras to “enhance the safety and security of students,” according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times.
\n\nSeveral months later, in September 2025, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained an illegal immigrant student in a campus parking lot. This prompted college administrators to wonder if Flock had been sharing the school’s data with ICE.
\n\nStaff at the community college in Elgin, Illinois, then audited the Flock data on campus — and found no evidence that it had been accessed by federal immigration agents. Nonetheless, college officials asked the company to remove the cameras anyway, “out of an abundance of caution,” Elgin Community College President Peggy Heinrich said.
\n\nIn October 2025, the school reached out to Flock, informing the surveillance company they wanted to cancel their contract and uninstall the camera equipment. Within one day, however, Flock refused the school’s request, insisting it had not violated its contract, Heinrich said.
\n\nGiven that Flock retains ownership of its equipment and only the company’s staff…
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