Flock CEO Asks States to Mandate Audits of Law Enforcement Data Systems, Offers to Build Them Free
The short version: Flock's CEO wants states to mandate data audits — built by Flock itself — which looks less like accountability and more like regulatory capture.
Our Take
Credit to Orwell Day for flagging this one, because it's a textbook move: the company selling the surveillance infrastructure is now offering to write the rules for auditing it. When Garrett Langley says he wants states to mandate 'real audits' of law enforcement data systems, and then volunteers Flock to build those audit tools for free, that's not oversight — that's a vendor positioning itself as judge, jury, and the guy who built the courthouse.
Flock already controls the cameras, the backend, the case-code requirements, and now potentially the audit trail that's supposed to check its own product. Real accountability doesn't come from the company whose business model depends on more cameras and more data-sharing agreements between police departments. It comes from independent legislative oversight, public records requests, and communities that actually know where these cameras are and who's watching the footage.
If lawmakers want to talk audits, they should start by asking who's reviewing Flock's audits of its own audit system. In the meantime, check our camera map to see what's already watching your neighborhood, and hit up take-action if you want to push back before 'self-regulation' becomes the law of the land.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Orwell Day, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.