Flock says its cameras don't track people. Training videos say otherwise.
The short version: InvestigateTV catches Flock Safety's own training materials contradicting its public claims that the cameras don't track people.
Our Take
Flock Safety has built its entire PR strategy around one talking point: these are just license plate cameras, not people-tracking tools. InvestigateTV's reporting blows a hole in that narrative by pointing to the company's own training videos, which reportedly show police being taught to follow suspects "from location to location to location." That's not incidental capability — that's the pitch.
Security researcher Benn Jordan's discovery of exposed camera feeds adds another layer to the problem. If these systems can be found streaming openly online, and the AI is designed to zoom in and follow pedestrians regardless of whether they're actually a person of interest, then the gap between marketing copy and real-world function isn't just spin — it's a liability. Every resident walking past one of these poles becomes raw footage for a system that was never supposed to be watching them in the first place.
This is exactly the kind of discrepancy that should worry anyone who's been told these cameras are narrow, targeted, and privacy-respecting. Credit to InvestigateTV for digging into the training material instead of just taking the company line at face value. If you want to see how close this surveillance infrastructure is to your own front door, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of InvestigateTV, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.