FLOCK Camera Audit EXPOSES Police Officers ABUSING The System To STALK Women!
The short version: A ClassE investigation into Texas officers allegedly abusing Flock lookups thousands of times confirms what critics have warned: audits only catch misuse after the damage is done.
Our Take
Credit to Erik Harmon and the ClassE channel for digging into a story that Flock Safety and its police partners would rather stay buried: officers allegedly running plate searches not to solve crimes, but to track women. A Lufkin, Texas officer reportedly logged over 10,000 queries tied to this kind of personal surveillance. That number alone should stop anyone who's ever been told these databases are 'tightly controlled.'
This is the uncomfortable truth DeFlock has been saying since day one: a nationwide network of always-on license plate cameras is only as trustworthy as the thousands of individual officers who can query it, any time, for any reason they choose to type into a box. Audit logs are a start, but they're a receipt after the fact — they don't stop a stalker with a badge from pulling someone's location history in real time. The 'it's just for serious crimes' pitch falls apart the moment you see how casually that access gets used for something else entirely.
If you want to know whether this kind of surveillance infrastructure exists in your own neighborhood, check our camera map — and if you think your town shouldn't be feeding this system unchecked, our take-action resources show you how to push back.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ClassE, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.