Flock Safety CONFRONTS Journalist Through Personal Contact
The short version: Government Accountability Project reports Flock Safety reached a critical journalist through a personal contact, raising fresh questions about how the company handles pushback.
Our Take
If the reporting here holds up, it's a telling moment. A company that built its business on persuading towns to blanket their streets with license plate readers apparently didn't love being on the receiving end of scrutiny — and reportedly reached out to a journalist's personal contact rather than just issuing a public statement. That's not how companies respond to coverage they're confident is wrong. It's how companies respond when they want a story to quietly go away.
We cover Flock because the company insists its cameras are just neutral tools for local police. But tools don't call around trying to manage the narrative when someone asks hard questions. Credit to Julian Dorey for the original reporting and to Government Accountability Project for surfacing this angle — this is exactly the kind of accountability journalism that keeps pressure on an industry that would rather operate without much daylight.
Whether or not you trust a company's PR instincts, the underlying infrastructure keeps expanding regardless. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your town, and if you want to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Government Accountability Project, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.