Flock Safety Surveillance is Dangerous! #flocksafety #surveillance #privacy #copwatch
The short version: A PublicDomain video spotlights real Flock Safety abuse cases — a Kentucky officer's arrest and a Massachusetts cop who stalked an ex — proving these networks are only as trustworthy as the humans who run them.
Our Take
Credit to the channel PublicDomain for pulling receipts most local news buries in a single-day story. The Kentucky arrest and the Massachusetts case of Officer Jason Rogers, who used Flock cameras to hunt down a former partner who had changed her identity to escape him, aren't isolated glitches. They're the predictable result of handing officers unsupervised access to a database that tracks every car, everywhere, all the time. The department that fired Rogers eventually ripped out its cameras — a rare instance of accountability that most communities never get.
The video's mention of Flock flagging the wrong vehicle in Florida is just as important as the stalking cases. A system built to "solve crime" is also a system that generates false leads, sends officers to the wrong car, and treats every driver as a suspect by default. When the technology is wrong, it's the public that pays for it — sometimes at gunpoint during a traffic stop.
These aren't hypotheticals dreamed up by privacy advocates; they're documented outcomes of normalizing blanket ALPR surveillance. If you want to see how many of these cameras are already watching your own streets, check our map, and if you're ready to push back at a city council meeting or public records request, our take-action guide has the tools to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of PublicDomain (US), published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.