WV lawmakers press Flock Safety for answers on camera data access and security
The short version: West Virginia lawmakers are finally asking the questions taxpayers should've demanded before Flock cameras went up: who sees this data, and how is it protected?
Our Take
Credit where it's due: WCHS-TV is reporting on something we've been screaming about for months. West Virginia lawmakers pressing Flock Safety on data access and security isn't a fringe concern — it's the baseline due diligence that should happen before any county signs a contract, not after cameras are already scanning every plate on every commute. The fact that legislators are still hunting for answers tells you how little transparency came bundled with the sales pitch.
This is the pattern we see everywhere Flock expands: a vendor promises public safety wins, local officials sign off with minimal scrutiny, and only later do the hard questions about audit logs, third-party access, data retention, and breach risk get asked out loud. By then the network is live and the data is flowing. West Virginia's lawmakers are at least trying to close the barn door before more horses get out, but the real fix is scrutiny before deployment, not after.
If you want to know whether your own neighborhood is already wired into this network, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not wait for your own state legislature to catch up, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back locally.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WCHS-TV, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.