Savannah police fires 6 employees over alleged Flock safety system misuse
The short version: Savannah PD fired six employees and called in investigators over alleged Flock camera misuse, proving the abuse risk critics have warned about for years.
Our Take
ABC News reports that Savannah's police department didn't just discipline six employees over alleged misuse of its Flock Safety cameras — it fired them and handed the matter to criminal investigators. That's a serious internal reaction, and it should tell you something: whatever happened wasn't a paperwork slip-up, it was bad enough to blow up careers and possibly result in charges.
This is the part of the ALPR conversation that Flock's marketing never leads with. These networks log where you drive, when, and how often, and that data is only as trustworthy as the person sitting at the terminal. Departments across the country insist misuse is rare and controls are tight, right up until an internal audit or a nosy reporter proves otherwise. Savannah is now on that list, joining other agencies where officers have been caught running plates for personal reasons that have nothing to do with public safety.
The bigger issue is that most communities have no idea these cameras even went up, let alone who's allowed to query them and how often anyone checks. If you want to see what's watching your streets, check our camera map, and if you'd rather your city not find out the hard way, our take-action page has steps for pushing back before your local PD makes headlines for the wrong reasons. Credit to ABC News for surfacing this story.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ABC News, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.