Flock Safety LEAKED Video: Tracking Protest Vehicles

Our Take

Credit to the channel Flock Off for surfacing this leaked training session, because it confirms exactly what civil liberties advocates have been warning about for years: these camera networks aren't just sitting around waiting for stolen cars. If the video is accurate, Flock employees walked officers through using live ALPR feeds and drone footage to follow vehicles leaving a political protest and timed stops after the fact. That's not a hypothetical abuse case anymore — that's a sales pitch for protest surveillance, delivered by the company itself.

The Denver example matters because it shows how easily "public safety" infrastructure gets repurposed into a tool for watching who shows up to demonstrate against the government. License plate readers don't know the difference between a bank robber and someone driving home from a rally. Once the network exists and the footage is retained, the only thing standing between routine traffic enforcement and political tracking is internal policy — policy that, as this leak suggests, companies and departments may be quietly stretching.

This is exactly why contract language and audit trails matter so much. Residents should be asking their own city councils whether local Flock agreements explicitly bar this kind of use, and whether anyone is checking. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and visit take action for templates to push your local government for real transparency.