Six More Officers Accused of Misusing Flock Cameras and License Plate Data

Our Take

Credit to Lala for keeping a running tally on this — because somebody has to. Six more officers accused of misusing Flock cameras and license plate data isn't a one-off scandal, it's a pattern. Every time Flock Safety sells a department on these cameras, the pitch is the same: strict policies, audit logs, accountability. Then the logs get pulled, and surprise, someone was running plates for personal reasons, an ex, a neighbor, a story that has nothing to do with public safety.

The core problem isn't just bad apples. It's that these systems are built to make lookups fast and frictionless, and oversight almost always happens after the fact, if it happens at all. Audit trails only matter if someone's actually reviewing them before the damage is done, not months later when a reporter files a records request. Until departments publish real-time, meaningful audits as a condition of deployment, 'misuse' stories like this one are a feature of the system, not a bug.

If there's a Flock camera reading plates in your town, you deserve to know it's there and how the data is being used. Check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and head to take-action if you want to push your local council for real transparency instead of another press release promising it won't happen again.