This Police Officer Used Flock Camera's to do WHAT?

Our Take

Creator Blaise Foret is asking the question we keep asking here: once a Flock Safety network goes up, who's actually watching the watchers? Every pitch to a city council promises narrow use — stolen cars, Amber Alerts, violent crime. But the system logs every plate that passes, and that data lives on a server any credentialed officer can query. A video alleging an officer used that access for something outside the stated mission isn't a shocking outlier; it's the predictable outcome of handing out a tool with this much reach and this little independent oversight.

We can't vouch for every detail in a third-party video we didn't produce, but the broader pattern is well documented: audit logs that departments rarely review proactively, vague 'investigative purposes' justifications that cover almost anything, and agencies sharing access across jurisdictions with no unified accountability. When misuse surfaces, it's almost always because someone got caught, not because the system caught itself.

This is why we push for public, auditable logs, strict retention limits, and real consequences for off-mission lookups — not just a quiet word and a policy reminder. Check our map to see if these cameras are already watching your neighborhood, and hit take action for ways to push your local council toward real guardrails before the next story like this one breaks in your town.