flock cameras: go flock yourself
The short version: A Florida deputy's use of Flock cameras to stalk an actress shows the network works exactly as designed — and that's the problem, argues The Wise Wolf Club.
Our Take
The Wise Wolf Club's new video lays out a case that should make anyone reconsider the "if you have nothing to hide" line: a Monroe County sheriff's deputy allegedly used Flock's license plate reader network to track down a woman he wanted to date, ran her plate through the system without cause, and pulled her over on US-1 to ask why she hadn't followed him back on Instagram. No warrant, no oversight, no logged justification — just a badge and access to a database that logs everywhere a car goes.
This is the part boosters of Flock Safety never want to talk about: the technology doesn't need to "malfunction" to be dangerous. It needs an employee, a cop, a contractor, or a stranger with an audit-skipped login to decide someone is worth watching. Flock markets itself as a tool for solving crimes, but every camera installed is also a tool for whoever gets access to it — and history shows that access always eventually gets abused, whether it's stalking, harassment, or handing driving patterns to people who were never supposed to see them.
Credit to The Wise Wolf Club for pulling this story into the open instead of letting it disappear into a local police blotter. If your town has these cameras and you want to know exactly where, check our camera map — and if you'd rather your city not build a permanent record of your daily life, our take-action page has the tools to push back before the next Lamar Roman gets the keys.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Wise Wolf Club, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.