Police Tracked His Car 63 Times The Flock Story Gets Worse
The short version: A YouTuber breaks down USA Today's findings that at least 19 cops misused Flock's ALPR network, including one case of tracking a single driver 63 times.
Our Take
Credit to RickieBobbieNO26 for pulling the USA Today investigation into a digestible breakdown, because the numbers deserve wider attention: at least 19 law enforcement employees across five states investigated or disciplined for abusing Flock Safety's camera network. One case stands out for sheer persistence — an officer running the same driver's plate 63 separate times. That's not a background check. That's obsession, enabled by a system built for convenience, not accountability.
This is the core problem with Flock's business model. The cameras don't just catch crimes in progress — they build a permanent, searchable record of everywhere your car has been, and that record is only as trustworthy as the person logging in. Individual credentials mean individual judgment, and judgment fails. Whether it's curiosity, a personal grudge, or something darker like stalking an ex-partner, the audit trail only matters if someone's actually watching it — and these cases show that oversight is reactive, not preventive. Communities get sold on 'solving crimes and finding missing people,' but what they're actually installing is infrastructure that can just as easily be turned against them.
If your town has these cameras, you deserve to know it, and so does everyone else who drives through it. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your neighborhood, and if you want to push back on a Flock contract near you, 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 RickieBobbieNO26, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.