Texas City police discipline 2 employees over alleged Flock misuse
The short version: Texas City police disciplined two employees for allegedly misusing Flock ALPR access, per KPRC 2 — proof that 'trust us' internal policies aren't enough.
Our Take
Credit to KPRC 2 Click2Houston for pushing a local department to actually confirm what so many of us have warned about: these camera networks are only as trustworthy as the person sitting at the keyboard. Flock's sales pitch leans hard on audit logs and internal policy, but an audit log only catches misuse after it's already happened — and only if anyone bothers to look.
Every time one of these systems goes live, the public is told it's for stolen cars and Amber Alerts, not for an employee running plates on an ex, a neighbor, or whoever they feel like. Texas City isn't the first department to discover an insider problem, and it won't be the last, because the architecture itself invites it: thousands of plate scans, searchable by anyone with a login, with discipline happening quietly and after the fact rather than access being limited up front.
If your city runs this hardware, you have a right to ask who's watching the watchers — audit frequency, discipline history, retention limits. Check our map to see what's deployed near you, and use our action guide to push your council for real oversight instead of taking a vendor's word for it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KPRC 2 Click2Houston, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.