Flock camera misused by four officers

Our Take

Credit to KOKH - FOX 25 for surfacing this one: a Flock Safety camera was pulled from its pole, its data breached, and whatever was found got handed to reporters. However it happened, the result is the same story we keep seeing nationwide — these cameras don't just watch the road, they create a permanent record that's only as trustworthy as the people with access to it. When that access gets abused by four officers, it's not an abstract privacy worry anymore. It's proof.

Flock and police departments love to pitch ALPR networks as tightly controlled tools for solving crime. But every audit, leak, and whistleblower account tells the same story: logs get queried for reasons that have nothing to do with an active investigation, and oversight is thin until someone gets caught. A camera getting physically yanked and hacked is an extreme way to expose misuse, but it worked — and that should worry anyone who assumed these systems were locked down tight.

This is exactly why tracking where these cameras live and demanding real accountability matters. Check our map to see what's watching your community, and hit up take action if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR deployment near you.