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Flock audit trail showing searches with the search reason: "FBI".

Flock audit trail showing searches with the search reason: "USMS assist". That stands for United States Marshals Service.

The Montclair California Police Department has been making searches of Flock ALPR data with very problematic entries in the Search Reason field.

It is illegal for California law enforcement agencies to share ALPR data with Federal authorities.

The FBI and USMS both conduct immigration enforcement.

We are aware of many, many permitting and licencing skeletons in Flock Safety's closet.

"The public has told us overwhelmingly they don't want them. I have offered to speak with some people and say, 'Is there some middle ground approach that would satisfy you? Fewer cameras? Less data retention?' and the overwhelming response has been, 'No,'" Councilmember Derek Pfaff said.

Another victory! 🏆

Good job #Sedona!

#deflock #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety

California attorney general sues El Cajon for sharing license plate data out of state 2015 state law bars sharing the data with other states or federal agencies, AG says

California Attorney General Bonta has been cracking down on out of state ALPR data sharing:

Flock audit trail showing searches with the search reason: "FBI".

Flock audit trail showing searches with the search reason: "USMS assist". That stands for United States Marshals Service.

The Montclair California Police Department has been making searches of Flock ALPR data with very problematic entries in the Search Reason field.

It is illegal for California law enforcement agencies to share ALPR data with Federal authorities.

The FBI and USMS both conduct immigration enforcement.

Eyes on Flock dashboard showing number of cameras, hotlist hits and other data.

We leverage the incredibly useful Eyes on Flock dashboard quite a bit.

It aggregates Flock data from law enforcement agencies across the US based on their transparency portals.

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Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.

Flock Safety has not been having a good 2025.

Starting off with the catastrophic self own of blowing the Axon partnership in January.

Then a massive increase in pushback from communities across the US rejecting mass surveillance.

And October will bring the Norfolk, VA Fourth Amendment lawsuit.

We are aware of many, many permitting and licencing skeletons in Flock Safety's closet.

Source:

External organizations with access: San Jose State University CA, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adams County WA SO, Adrian MI PD, Alabama Department of Corrections, Alabaster AL PD,

They are not hiding the out of state data sharing - it is on their Flock Transparency Portal:

California AG Sues City of El Cajon for Allegedly Sharing License Plate Data | Law.com Attorney General Rob Bonta said it would be "naive" to think information from El Cajon's license-plate scanners had not made it into the hands of federal immigration enforcement officials.

The City of El Cajon is flagrantly sharing Flock license plate data with law enforcement agencies outside of California.

Thank you AG Bonta for taking action to protect our rights.

AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...

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Langley admits the company is “still very far from perfect” but that in cases where it has struggled to get quick permit approvals from transportation agencies, waiting 12 months “just doesn’t make sense.”

If the CEO of Flock struggles to follow state transportation permitting regulations for roadside cameras, we don’t think that his drone business will fly with the FAA.

'Langley admits the company is “still very far from perfect” but that in cases where it has struggled to get quick permit approvals from transportation agencies, waiting 12 months “just doesn’t make sense.” '

Bro - Our state and local laws take precedence over your desire to be a billionaire.

Mass surveillance is not public safety.

Five city council members voting to approve the additional Flock cameras each took an Oath of Office swearing "to support and defend both the U.S. and California constitutions."

Terrible given the blatant violations of our Fourth Amendment rights by Flock ALPR cameras. 👎

An agenda item was added with less than a week's notice to a city council meeting.

Fifty courageous people spoke against the cameras at the meeting and none spoke in support.

And there were 60 public comments, also all opposed.

After that, the council treacherously ignored the public input.

Watsonville council is betraying the community by approving Flock surveillance cameras Watsonville leaders betrayed the community by approving 17 more Flock Safety surveillance cameras, writes a countywide grassroots coalition that opposes the cameras. The vote means Watsonville will ha...

Residents of Watsonville, California are trying to get Flock cameras taken down before ICE show up in this majority Latino community. Watsonville claims to be a sanctuary city.

Five members of their City Council sold them down the river by voting to add 17 cameras to the exist 20.

Shameful.

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...

Flock is preparing to roll out a new feature: Its gunshot detection devices will begin listening for voices in “distress”

Here is the link to the full letter:

"Flock Group Inc. cannot claim to protect public safety while enabling surveillance that undermines reproductive freedom and civil rights..." Member Krishnamoorthi said.

"This investigation is about ensuring Americans are not tracked, targeted, or prosecuted simply for exercising their rights."

Mass surveillance is not public safety.

This is not an isolated incident.

"Move fast and break things" is Flock's standard operating procedure.

"Vargas said the city learned that Flock reinstalled new cameras after a Flock technician called the Evanston Police Department to ask questions on where to find a camera’s power source." 🤡

After Evanston fires Flock, it reinstalls license-plate readers, so Evanston covers them The city of Evanston fired Flock Safety, it removed its license plate reader cameras and then reinstalled them. Evanston covered them.

"Flock Safety removed the cameras earlier in September after an audit by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office found that some federal agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, were able to access the cameras’ data"

Flock then reinstalled them without authorization. 👎

There are 300 law enforcement agencies on the SFPD share list.

This is likely every agency using Flock in California.

And the 365 day retention period, combined with the wide sharing, is reckless.

Glendale PD is a Flock customer without a Transparency Portal.

It is unclear whether Santa Clara University Campus Safety and Port of Los Angeles PD are Flock customers.

There are a few anomalous records in the "External organizations with access" section of SFPD's Flock Transparency Portal:

* DNU - Glendale PD CA (Condor)
* DNU - Santa Clara University Campus Safety (Raven)
* Duplicate - do not use -Port of Los Angeles CA PD
* Flock City PD - Law Enforcement Demo

Thank you to @kevincollier.bsky.social for this excellent reporting on the Norfolk Fourth Amendment lawsuit.