Bipartisan push for investigation into Flock cameras grows amid misuse allegations
The short version: KJRH-TV reports a growing bipartisan call to investigate Flock Safety's ALPR network after misuse allegations surface in Oklahoma.
Our Take
When Republicans and Democrats start agreeing on something in 2024, it's worth paying attention. KJRH-TV's reporting out of Tulsa captures exactly that rare alignment: lawmakers across the aisle are now demanding answers about what Flock Safety's automated license plate readers are actually recording, who gets to see it, and why 'public safety' keeps getting used as a blank check for mass surveillance infrastructure.
This isn't an isolated local story. It's part of a pattern we track constantly — a technology sold to city councils as a narrow crime-fighting tool quietly becomes a nationwide database of everyone's movements, accessible to agencies far beyond the one that installed the camera. Misuse allegations aren't a bug in this system, they're the predictable outcome of deploying thousands of networked cameras with minimal oversight, audit trails, or public accountability. When an investigation becomes necessary just to find out basic facts about a 'safety' device, that tells you the transparency was never there to begin with.
We'll be watching how far this Oklahoma inquiry goes, and whether it produces real restrictions or just a press release. In the meantime, check our camera map to see what's already watching your own neighborhood, and visit our take-action page if you want to push your local officials toward the same scrutiny Tulsa lawmakers are finally applying.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KJRH -TV | Tulsa | Channel 2, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.