Chattanooga Police explain Motorola technology and confirm no Flock cameras in use

Our Take

Credit to WDEF News 12 for pressing Chattanooga PD on its license plate reader setup, but the headline take-away — "no Flock cameras" — is exactly the kind of technicality that lets mass surveillance keep expanding under the radar. Motorola Solutions owns Vigilant and Reveal, two of the largest ALPR networks in the country, and they do the same thing Flock does: log every plate that passes, timestamp it, map it, and feed it into a searchable database that cops nationwide can query. The brand name on the pole is irrelevant to your privacy.

This is a pattern we see over and over: a city says "we don't use Flock" as if that settles the surveillance question, when really it just means a different corporation is harvesting the same location data on every driver in town. Reporters and the public should be asking about retention periods, data-sharing agreements, audit logs, and who else can pull records — not just which logo is stamped on the camera housing.

Chattanooga residents deserve to know exactly how Motorola's system tracks them, regardless of what it's called. Check our map to see what's already been documented near you, and hit up take action for tools to push your city council for real transparency — not just a rebrand of the same surveillance.