Flock Cameras putting you in danger. 

Our Take

Brian's Government Audit is digging into a question we keep coming back to: what happens when a surveillance system marketed as a safety tool becomes a liability instead? Flock Safety's pitch is simple — blanket a town in cameras, catch bad guys. But every camera that logs your plate, your location, and your travel patterns is also a record that can be subpoenaed, breached, leaked, or misused by someone with access they shouldn't have. A database built for public safety doesn't stay neutral once it exists; it becomes a target.

We don't have the full details of what's alleged in this video, so we won't speculate beyond what's shown. But the broader pattern is well documented: these networks have been used outside their stated purpose, data-sharing agreements cross state and agency lines with little oversight, and the people whose movements are tracked rarely get a say in whether the tradeoff is worth it. Credit to Brian for putting a camera on this and asking the uncomfortable questions many local governments would rather skip.

If you want to see whether this kind of infrastructure is already in your neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for raising this with your city council.