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Automatic License Plate Reader Company Flock Under Scrutiny After Operating in Texas with Expired License The private company’s Texas license expired in September.

We tipped this reporter to the fact that Flock's Private Investigator license in Texas had expired.

This puts criminal prosecutions at risk across Texas:

"Cain, an attorney, told The Texan that data collected by Flock under an expired state license is not admissible in court."

Georgia police chief, arrested for using Flock cameras for stalking and harassment, searched Capitola data earlier this year Data compiled by countywide grassroots coalition Get The Flock Out shows that a former Georgia police chief searched Capitola data in early 2025. Capitola Police Chief Sarah Ryan said she was not awar...

This was aggravated stalking and must have been horrible for the targeted persons.

The ex-chief stalked three individuals for over eight months and made hundreds of searches of Flock camera data for the victims' plate numbers.

Most of his searches where nationwide, querying over 90,000 cameras.

Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.

This has made the national news:

Georgia police chief, arrested for using Flock cameras for stalking and harassment, searched Capitola data earlier this year Data compiled by countywide grassroots coalition Get The Flock Out shows that a former Georgia police chief searched Capitola data in early 2025. Capitola Police Chief Sarah Ryan said she was not awar...

This was aggravated stalking and must have been horrible for the targeted persons.

The ex-chief stalked three individuals for over eight months and made hundreds of searches of Flock camera data for the victims' plate numbers.

Most of his searches where nationwide, querying over 90,000 cameras.

Our research showed that 63 California police agencies violated State law by sharing Flock data out-of-state (SB 34) and by sharing data for immigration enforcement purposes (SB 54).

We sent each of them a data breach advisory.

Flock's business model is not compatible with California law.

Recently resigned Braselton Police Chief charged with harassment, stalking After it was reported the Town of Braselton's Police Chief stepped down and retired on Wednesday, it's been revealed the decision was made due to harassment and stalking charges against him.

The Braselton, GA Chief of Police has been arrested for using Flock ALPR cameras to stalk multiple women for months at a time. One alleged victim tried to get a retraining order against the Chief and was denied by a judge.

We have unreported details on this case - please stay tuned.

Recently resigned Braselton Police Chief charged with harassment, stalking After it was reported the Town of Braselton's Police Chief stepped down and retired on Wednesday, it's been revealed the decision was made due to harassment and stalking charges against him.

The Braselton, GA Chief of Police has been arrested for using Flock ALPR cameras to stalk multiple women for months at a time. One alleged victim tried to get a retraining order against the Chief and was denied by a judge.

We have unreported details on this case - please stay tuned.

Here is video coverage the Santa Cruz, California Flock illegal sharing story:

www.ksbw.com/article/sant...

Have I Been Flocked? - License Plate Privacy Check Check if your license plate has been searched in the Flock mass surveillance database

We just discovered this incredible resource.

It centralizes Flock Audit Trail data from many public records requests and makes it available for searching and downloading.

We are grateful to the creators for their hard work.

Here is video coverage the Santa Cruz, California Flock illegal sharing story:

www.ksbw.com/article/sant...

Thank for posting this - deflock.me is an incredible resource and we are very grateful to its creator.

City of Santa Cruz pauses statewide license plate data-sharing, citing Flock Safety’s violation of California law Santa Cruz will temporarily limit access to its license plate reader data from outside agencies and review its agreement with Flock Safety after the company acknowledged it had violated California law...

Our research proved that the Santa Cruz Police Department's use of Flock violated California law.

In response to our report, the SCPD has stopped sharing data with other California agencies but they must go further and cancel the contract with Flock.

Get the Flock Out of Santa Cruz.

What the Flock?? Police Respond to Flock Data Breaches in our Community (and some do not). Flock data is now being sold on the Dark Web. Do you have these cameras in your hometown? Read on.

Here is a very informative article about efforts to Get The Flock Out of Santa Cruz County, California:

37 cameras in Watsonville… and Flock data has been shared with ICE elsewhere. We need safeguards. #GetTheFlockOut #SantaCruz #Watsonville #ICE #831 TikTok video by andrea.xo

Please watch this excellent explanation of why we need to Get The Flock Out of Watsonville, California.

Capitola police chief says immigration officials’ access to its license plate reader database was a mistake Federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies accessed databases with information collected by Capitola’s automated license plate readers on behalf of immigration officials between 2024 and early ...

Here is another story featuring our research into the Capitola Police Department's sharing of Flock data with ICE:

Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout The Capitola chief of police chief confirmed that the department had inadvertently violated multiple state laws after recent reporting revealed that data collected by license plate cameras posted a…

Mass surveillance is not public safety.

This is awesome. Huge congratulations and great work DeFlock Redmond!

This is awesome. Huge congratulations!

Capitola police chief says immigration officials’ access to its license plate reader database was a mistake Federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies accessed databases with information collected by Capitola’s automated license plate readers on behalf of immigration officials between 2024 and early ...

Here is another story featuring our research into the Capitola Police Department's sharing of Flock data with ICE:

From the santacruz community on Reddit: ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. Posted by orangelover95003 - 155 votes and 32 comments

Here is a good discussion about our research:

"ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake."

There are Flock plate cameras in every Home Depot and Lowe's parking lot.

This is not good for Flock Safety.

Stay tuned for updates.

ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. - Santa Cruz Local Out-of-state agencies searched Capitola Police's license plate data more than three million times since 2024, violating multiple laws.

Flock sets up police departments to fail.

It should never have been possible for Capitola PD to turn on National Lookup because doing so violates California law.

California is by far the most Flock surveilled state.

But Flockenburg Research will be kicking them out of California shortly.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

California is by far the most Flock surveilled state.

But Flockenburg Research will be kicking them out of California shortly.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

The searches originated from 6000 agencies all over the United States.

Capitola Flock Data Searched for ICE: Our Data is Not Safe. Is Yours? A recent records request revealed 4 million illegal Flock license plate reader searches on Capitola City police data alone. An alarming update on Get the Flock Out.

Great article featuring our research into illegal federal law enforcement "sidedoor" access to Capitola, California Police Department's Flock license plate camera network.