Police chief tracked ex 164 times with flock cameras!
The short version: A Mumford Law video details police chiefs and officers using Flock ALPR data to stalk women, proving these tools fail without real oversight.
Our Take
Mumford Law lays out a pattern we keep seeing: the same camera network sold to city councils as a tool against violent crime turns into a stalking machine in the wrong hands. A police chief running a woman's plate 164 times isn't a glitch in the system — it's the system working exactly as designed, just pointed at the wrong target. When a badge is the only credential required to query a car's location history, the technology doesn't discriminate between a drug task force and a jealous ex.
What makes these cases so unsettling is how long they went undetected. Flock and similar ALPR networks log every query, sure, but audit logs only matter if someone is actually reading them before the harm happens, not months or years after a victim files a complaint. Departments love to tout 'audit trails' as accountability, but a trail you only walk after the fact isn't oversight — it's a paper trail for a lawsuit.
This is exactly why we track where these cameras live and push for real guardrails before departments plug them in, not after an officer gets caught abusing them. Check our map to see what's watching your streets, and head to take-action if you want to push your local council for actual audit requirements instead of empty promises.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of MUMFORD LAW, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.