The pattern keeps repeating: departments roll out Flock cameras with community assurances, then the misuse surfaces months later in personnel files and lawsuits. Two counties are buying in this week while Georgia and South Carolina are still cleaning up after officers who couldn't resist the temptation.
- Hanford Police Department issues community notice on Flock cameras yourcentralvalley.com
A community notice is good practice, but notice isn't oversight—Hanford should publish audit logs, not just announcements.
- Georgia officers accused of misusing license plate reader technology to track people for personal reasons CBS News
This is the core risk with LPR: the same tool built for public safety works just as well for stalking, and someone always tries it.
- Flock Blames Bad Data While Blowing Past Every Guardrail Footnote4a
Flock's 'feature' defense doesn't hold up against NCIC's own manual—calling a documented violation a feature is just liability management.
- Adams County moves forward with license plate reader purchas… The Natchez Democrat
Adams County is buying into a system with a well-documented misuse record without first requiring the audit trail to justify it.
- New records detail how terminated Greer officers misused Flock system Greenville Online
Terminated for misusing Flock is accountability after the fact—the real question is what access controls existed before they got caught.
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