1-in-3 Flock Camera Alerts are FALSE?
The short version: A new video from The Alliance for Secure AI breaks down LA's decision to ditch Flock after an LAPD audit found nearly a third of stolen-vehicle alerts were false positives.
Our Take
Credit to The Alliance for Secure AI for putting hard numbers behind what a lot of us have suspected for a while: Flock's "hit" alerts aren't nearly as reliable as the marketing suggests. A 32.3% false-positive rate on stolen-vehicle alerts isn't a rounding error — it's a coin flip with worse odds, and every one of those false hits is a real person getting pulled over, questioned, or worse, based on a bad AI read of a plate.
Los Angeles declining to renew is significant because it's not some small town making a symbolic stand — it's a massive department walking away after actually auditing the system's performance instead of taking the sales pitch at face value. That LA now joins at least 82 other municipalities across 28 states that have ended or declined Flock contracts tells you this isn't a fringe concern. It's a pattern, and it's growing.
This is exactly why audits and local pushback matter more than Flock's PR department. If your city hasn't checked whether its ALPR network is even accurate — let alone constitutional — now's the time to ask. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and head to take action if you want to push your local council toward the same kind of scrutiny LA just applied.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Alliance for Secure AI, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.