FLOOD LAW vs FLOCK CAMERAS
The short version: A Michigan law firm's video digs into who can access Flock's ALPR data and under what rules, adding legal scrutiny to a fast-growing surveillance network.
Our Take
Credit to Flood Law for pointing a legal lens at something most drivers never think about: once a camera reads your plate, where does that data go, who gets to look at it, and under what authority? That's the right question, and it's one more lawyers and journalists need to be asking out loud as Flock's network quietly blankets another state.
Michigan is just the latest front. These systems get sold to city councils as a narrow tool for finding stolen cars or Amber Alert vehicles, but the backend access logs tell a different story — interagency data sharing, vague retention windows, and little independent oversight of who's pulling records and why. A law firm asking pointed questions about access controls is a sign that the legal community is starting to treat ALPR sprawl as the civil liberties issue it actually is, not just a local policing tool.
If you want to see how dense this coverage already is near you, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a camera going up in your own town, our take-action guide walks through how to raise it with your local council before the network gets even bigger.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Flood Law, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.