‘We are finding bad cops’: Growing concerns over Flock cameras, privacy addressed

Our Take

Credit to Local 3 News for digging into a number that should stop any city council mid-vote: seven law enforcement officers in Georgia arrested for misusing Flock camera systems since last summer. This isn't a hypothetical slippery-slope argument anymore — it's a pattern, and it's happening in departments that swore their audit logs and 'authorized use only' policies were enough.

Every time Flock Safety pitches a new contract, the sales deck leans hard on the idea that access is restricted, logged, and accountable. But logs only catch abuse after the fact, and 'after the fact' means someone's location history, relationships, or daily movements were already exposed to an officer who had no business looking. Seven arrests in one state is not an edge case — it's a sign that the technology outruns the oversight built to contain it.

If your town has these cameras, or is being sold on getting them, don't take the safety pitch at face value. Check our map to see what's already watching your streets, and use our take-action resources to push your local officials for real audits and real limits before your data becomes someone else's misuse case.