LMPD shares the dos and don'ts of the use of flock cameras
The short version: WHAS11 reports on LMPD's self-described ALPR rules, but a police department explaining its own 'dos and don'ts' isn't the same as independent oversight.
Our Take
Credit to WHAS11 for getting Louisville Metro Police on camera about how they use Flock Safety's ALPR network. But notice who's setting the terms here: the agency being watched is the one writing the rulebook on what counts as acceptable use. That's not accountability, it's messaging.
The real questions a local news segment can't fully answer in a few minutes are the ones that matter most: how long is plate data retained, who outside LMPD can query it, is every search logged and audited by someone who isn't the department itself, and does any of that data flow to ICE, other states, or private databases through Flock's national network? "Dos and don'ts" framed by the people doing the surveilling tends to skip those parts.
If you live in or around Louisville, check our camera map to see where these readers are actually deployed in your neighborhood, and visit take action for ways to push your city council for real audit logs and public reporting instead of just a police department's word.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WHAS11, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.