Cops Caught Spying On Women With Flock Cameras

Our Take

News Recap's video lays out allegations that officers used Flock Safety's network to look up women they knew personally — not suspects, not warrants, just people they had access to. This is the nightmare scenario critics of ALPR networks have been warning about for years: a system built for "public safety" quietly becomes a tool for personal surveillance the moment nobody's watching the watchers.

Flock's whole pitch rests on trust — trust that 120,000+ cameras logging your plate, your location, your patterns will only be queried for legitimate investigations. But audit logs are only as good as the people willing to check them, and departments have repeatedly shown they're not eager to police their own. When misuse surfaces, it's almost always because a reporter or a jilted victim forced the issue, not because internal oversight caught it first.

This is exactly why we track camera locations and push for transparency — because the danger isn't hypothetical, it's already happening to real people. Check the map to see what's watching in your area, and hit up take action if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR access in your community.