Kash Patel: This Is How Flock Cameras Help Law Enforcement
The short version: Forbes Breaking News shows FBI Director Kash Patel telling Sen. Cornyn that Flock cameras help federal investigations — a rare on-record admission of how deep federal access to local ALPR networks already runs.
Our Take
When the head of the FBI tells a Senate committee that Flock Safety cameras are useful to federal law enforcement, that's not a surprise to anyone who's been tracking this network — but it is a useful admission. Local governments keep buying these systems with the pitch that it's just for solving car thefts and finding stolen vehicles in their own town. Kash Patel's comments to Sen. Cornyn confirm what we've been saying all along: these cameras feed into a much bigger apparatus, and federal agencies know it and use it.
This is exactly why local City Council votes on Flock contracts matter so much. Every plate reader installed under a 'public safety' banner becomes, in practice, a node the FBI and other federal agencies can tap into without ever installing their own hardware or going through local oversight. Credit to Forbes Breaking News for getting that admission on the record in a public hearing — testimony like this is hard to spin after the fact, and it's the kind of quote that belongs in every city council meeting where a new Flock contract is on the table.
If you want to see how far this network already reaches in your area, check the map, and if you're ready to push back on a local contract or surveillance expansion, our take-action page has the tools to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Forbes Breaking News, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.