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Our Take

When a criminal defense attorney starts picking apart Flock Safety's talking points, it's worth paying attention. The Legal Chaos Podcast's quick hit on "Flock Camera lies" reflects something we hear constantly from lawyers who actually have to litigate around this technology: the gap between how Flock pitches its ALPR network to city councils and how the system functions once it's hoovering up plate scans, location pings, and vehicle metadata on every driver who passes a given intersection.

This matters because most residents never see the sales deck or the vendor contract. They just see a camera on a pole and assume it's narrowly targeted at stolen cars or Amber Alerts. In reality, these systems log everyone, retain data for weeks or months, and often get shared across agencies and states with far looser oversight than advertised. When the people cross-examining cops and prosecutors for a living start flagging inconsistencies, that's a signal the public-facing story and the technical reality aren't the same thing.

Credit to the Legal Chaos Podcast for putting a courtroom lens on this. If you want to see whether your own neighborhood has one of these cameras, check our map, and if you're ready to push back at a city council meeting or public records request, our take-action page has a starting point.