10 More Officers Investigated 😳 #Shorts

Our Take

ClassE's short is only a minute long, but it points at a problem we keep seeing surface in department after department: once a Flock Safety camera network goes live, the technology outpaces the policy meant to govern it. Ten more officers reportedly under scrutiny isn't a one-off scandal — it's a pattern. Every new batch of names reinforces that these systems are being queried by humans with their own motives, exes, grudges, and curiosity, and that 'audit logs' only matter if someone actually reads them before the damage is done.

What's notable is how routine this is becoming. Departments roll out Flock cameras promising narrow, crime-specific use, then quietly announce internal investigations when officers are caught running plates for personal reasons. The public rarely hears how those investigations resolve, what discipline (if any) follows, or whether the access controls were tightened afterward. That opacity is the real story — not just that misuse happens, but that it's treated as an internal HR matter rather than a public accountability issue, even though the surveillance infrastructure was funded and justified using public safety promises made to taxpayers.

Credit to ClassE for keeping this on people's radar in a format more viewers will actually watch. If you want to know whether these cameras are watching your own streets, check our camera map, and if you'd rather do something about it, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back at the local level.