How flock cameras have helped Fort Worth Police
The short version: WFAA's Fort Worth segment showcases police praise for Flock cameras, but offers little scrutiny of costs, accuracy, or oversight.
Our Take
WFAA's report on Fort Worth PD gives airtime to the pitch we hear in nearly every city weighing a Flock contract: cameras solve cases, so why would anyone object? Credit to the WFAA team for getting local officials on record, but a segment built mostly around department talking points leaves out the harder questions — how often these reads are wrong, who else can query the database, how long the footage sits in storage, and whether any independent audit has ever checked the department's own numbers.
'It helped us catch a bad guy' is a real anecdote, not a policy. Every mass surveillance system in history has a highlight reel. What matters is the system logging plates on law-abiding drivers by the millions, with retention windows, data-sharing agreements, and audit trails that most city councils never bother to demand before signing the check. Fort Worth residents deserve that accounting as much as they deserve safe streets.
If you want to see what's already watching your own commute, check our camera map, and if Fort Worth or your hometown is renewing a Flock contract without public debate, our take-action page has the tools to push back before the vote.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WFAA, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.