Flock Safety set to help Goshen, IN Police solve crime and mitigate bias
The short version: Flock's own promo video claims its cameras reduce bias in Goshen, IN policing, but a company marketing its own surveillance network isn't an independent audit.
Our Take
This clip, produced by Flock Safety itself and aired on a local news affiliate, is worth watching for exactly what it is: a company advertising its own product using a friendly local police partnership. When the vendor selling the surveillance system is also the one vouching for its fairness and crime-fighting value, that's not evidence — it's marketing copy with a badge attached. Nobody outside the company and the department has reviewed the bias claims or the crime-solving numbers Flock is touting here.
"Mitigating bias" is a big claim for a camera network that scans every plate on every car passing through town, law-abiding or not, and stores that location data regardless of whether anyone is suspected of anything. ALPR systems don't ask permission, and the data they collect can be queried, shared, and retained well beyond the original case that supposedly justified installing them. Bias in enforcement isn't fixed by adding more automated surveillance to the pipeline — it just adds a new layer of opaque, unaccountable data collection on top of existing police discretion.
Goshen residents, like everyone else living under a growing Flock footprint, deserve more than a company's sales pitch before this technology gets normalized in their town. Check our camera map to see what's already been deployed near you, and visit take-action for ways to push back on unchecked ALPR expansion in your community.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Flock, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.