Police officer accused of tracking ex-wife using flock camera
The short version: KPRC 2 reports a Houston-area police officer allegedly misused Flock ALPR access to track his ex-wife, exposing the abuse risk built into these networks.
Our Take
Credit to KPRC 2 Click2Houston for digging into this story, because it's the exact scenario every Flock skeptic has been warning about: give law enforcement a searchable, nationwide log of where every car goes, and sooner or later someone with a badge and a login will use it to stalk a person instead of solve a crime. An ex-spouse with access to that kind of data isn't a hypothetical — it's a foreseeable outcome of building the system in the first place.
Flock and police departments love to talk about audit logs and "policy safeguards," but policy only works if someone is actually checking the logs before the damage is done, not after a victim comes forward. These cameras don't just watch suspects — they watch exes, coworkers, protesters, and anyone else an officer decides to look up. Once that data exists, misuse isn't a bug, it's a feature waiting to happen.
If there's a Flock camera reading plates in your neighborhood, you deserve to know about it. Check our map to see what's nearby, and visit our take-action page if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR deployment in your city.
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.