Another FL cop stalked a woman via flock cameras and chased her down to ask why she didn’t follow hi

Our Take

If the account from creator rachel_mle holds up, this is exactly the nightmare scenario critics of Flock Safety have been warning about for years: a network sold to cities as a tool for solving crimes becomes a tool for one man to satisfy his curiosity, his ego, or his grudge. Cameras don't know the difference between a stolen car and a woman a cop wants to confront off the clock. The database doesn't care about intent. It just logs plates, times, and locations — and hands that power to whoever has login credentials.

This isn't an isolated glitch, it's a pattern. We've covered case after case of officers misusing ALPR access for personal reasons — checking up on exes, neighbors, coworkers, or in this case, apparently chasing down a private citizen to demand an explanation for her driving habits. Every one of these stories chips away at the industry line that this technology is narrowly scoped and tightly audited. Audits mean little if the audacity to misuse the system outpaces the willingness to enforce consequences.

Florida has one of the densest Flock networks in the country, which means incidents like this aren't rare exceptions — they're a predictable outcome of blanket surveillance with weak guardrails. Check our camera map to see what's tracking you in your own city, and head to our take-action page if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR deployment where you live.