We investigated Flock cameras and how law enforcement uses them
The short version: Brendan Keefe's InvestigateTV special exposes how Flock's ALPR network outpaces the oversight meant to keep it in check, with documented misuse cases.
Our Take
InvestigateTV's Brendan Keefe put real reporting muscle behind a question we ask every day: who's actually watching the watchers? An hour-long network investigation digging into Flock Safety isn't nothing — it means the pattern of quiet contracts, vague retention policies, and 'trust us' messaging from the company is finally getting mainstream scrutiny instead of staying a niche privacy-nerd concern.
The section on alleged misuse is the part that should stick with you. Flock loves to say its cameras 'don't track people,' but a nationwide network of plate readers logging every vehicle that passes, searchable by thousands of agencies with wildly inconsistent audit rules, is a tracking system whether the marketing copy admits it or not. When departments update policy only after getting caught by journalists, that's not oversight — that's damage control.
This is exactly why we built the map: so you can see for yourself how dense this network has gotten in your own neighborhood, not just take a company's word for how it's used. And if this reporting makes you want to do more than watch, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back at the local level, where these contracts actually get approved.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of InvestigateTV, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.