Corrupt COPS USED Flock CAMERAS TO STALK WOMEN
The short version: Insane Throttle spotlights allegations that officers abused Flock ALPR access to track women, underscoring why audit trails and public oversight can't be optional.
Our Take
Insane Throttle is digging into something we've warned about since day one: a camera network built to catch stolen cars is only as trustworthy as the humans who get a login. When the allegation is that officers used Flock's license plate readers to track women for personal reasons, it stops being an abstract privacy debate and becomes a real safety crisis for the very people these systems claim to protect.
This is the predictable result of rolling out blanket surveillance with weak guardrails. Flock markets near-instant access to months of travel history, but access logs, audit requirements, and real consequences for misuse are often an afterthought left to individual departments to self-police. History — and now this video — shows that's not enough. Every camera added to a town is another data point that a bad actor with a badge can query without a warrant, and too often without anyone checking until after the damage is done.
Credit to Insane Throttle for pushing this story into the daylight. If you want to see how exposed your own neighborhood is, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on unchecked ALPR deployment in your city, our take-action page has concrete steps to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Insane Throttle, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.