Flock Data Allegedly Used to Stalk a Colleague #Shorts

Our Take

DeadHourHQ's short cuts right to the rotten core of the ALPR debate: this was never just a hypothetical "what if someone misuses this." A Texas police sergeant reportedly resigned after allegations he used Flock Safety camera data to track a female colleague's movements. That's not a hacking scandal or a data breach—that's a badge-holder with legitimate login credentials turning a surveillance network into a personal stalking tool.

Flock and its boosters love to say "the technology is neutral," and sure, a camera doesn't have intent. But that's exactly the problem. These networks are built on trust—trust that the thousands of officers, dispatchers, and third parties with access will only query plates for legitimate reasons. Audit logs exist, but audits are reactive. They catch abuse after someone's already been followed, surveilled, or worse. When the targets are private citizens instead of cops, there's often no one checking at all.

This is why we keep pushing people to see where these cameras actually sit in their own neighborhoods—check our camera map and don't assume "nothing to hide" protects you from someone with a login and bad intentions. If you want to push back on deployments near you, our take-action page has concrete steps. Credit to DeadHourHQ for surfacing this case—it's the kind of story that should be in every city council meeting before another Flock contract gets signed.