OKC Coverage
Police Cameras Watch Every Car in OKC, But No One Tracks Who Uses Them
Carscoops covers FOIA findings showing OKCPD operates Flock cameras with no published access controls and no audit procedures to monitor who uses the system or why.
Read ArticleRecords Request Shows Lack of Transparency About Oklahoma City License Plate Reader Use
KOSU reports on FOIA findings revealing OKCPD lacks specific policies governing transparency and internal use of Flock cameras. No documented safeguards prevent unauthorized access, and Oklahoma has no statewide laws regulating ALPR use.
Read ArticleDocs Show Privacy, Oversight Concerns for Camera System Used by OKCPD
Free Press OKC reports on FOIA documents revealing OKCPD has no transparency reporting, no audit procedures, and no internal use policies for its 90-camera Flock system. OKCPD's own internal memo confirms the gaps.
Read ArticleOklahoma City to Boost Crime Solving by Adding AI-Powered License Plate Reading Cameras
Original 2023 coverage of OKC's decision to add Flock cameras. The framing was all upside, no questions about oversight, data sharing, or accountability. Three years later, the concerns are clear.
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National Coverage
These national stories provide critical context about Flock Safety and ALPR surveillance across the country.
Why More Cities Are Suddenly Pulling The Plug On Flock Safety Cameras
Austin, Cambridge, Flagstaff, Mountain View, Lynnwood, Coralville, Staunton, and more - a growing wave of cities are terminating Flock contracts over privacy and unauthorized data sharing concerns.
Read ArticleEFF's Investigations Expose Flock Safety's Surveillance Abuses: 2025 in Review
EFF obtained 12M+ search logs from 3,900+ agencies, revealing protest surveillance, racist profiling of Romani people, and an abortion investigation in Texas.
Read ArticleHow Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
Tulsa PD was one of the most consistent users of Flock for investigating protests, logging at least 38 searches. Officers probed the nationwide network with terms like "protest" without specifying a crime.
Read ArticleFlock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
Texas deputies queried Flock data in an abortion investigation, searching 83,345 cameras across 6,809 networks with the note "had an abortion, search for female."
Read ArticleOklahoma Interim Study Focuses on License Plate Readers, Privacy Concerns
Rep. Tom Gann's second annual ALPR study before the House Public Safety Committee. More than 50 Oklahoma agencies use Flock, and the data is being used well beyond what state law allows.
Read ArticleState Lawmakers Study Privacy Concerns with Flock Cameras, Possible Legislative Solutions
Oklahoma lawmakers address Flock cameras under scrutiny for public safety and personal data protection. Criminal defense attorney Shena Burgess testified on violations of Oklahoma law.
Read ArticleOklahoma Lawmakers Examine Privacy Issues with Flock Cameras
News9 covers Rep. Tom Gann's interim study examining the balance between public safety and citizen privacy. Lawmakers questioned whether Flock's data collection exceeds what Oklahoma law permits.
Read ArticleFlock Traffic Cameras Track Everything, Except the Cops Misusing Them
A Wisconsin police officer faces felony charges for using Flock cameras to improperly search for a victim's vehicles. The case highlights exactly why audit logging and oversight policies matter.
Read ArticleLynnwood Becomes First WA City to Cancel Active Flock Safety Contract
Council voted 7-0 to terminate after a UW report revealed out-of-state agencies made 100,000+ searches into Lynnwood's network, including 16 related to immigration enforcement.
Read ArticleVirginia Police Used Flock Cameras to Track Driver 526 Times in 4 Months, Lawsuit Says
Norfolk's 176 cameras logged a retired veteran's location 526 times - about four times per day. The Institute for Justice filed a federal Fourth Amendment challenge.
Read ArticleAI Surveillance: Unmasking Flock Safety's Insecurities
Independent researcher Jon "GainSec" Gaines documented 51 security findings including 22 CVEs. "If a lone researcher can gain root access to Flock cameras, nation state actors can also."
Read ArticleEFFecting Change: Get the Flock Out of Our City
EFF profiles the growing national movement of cities canceling Flock contracts and citizens organizing against ALPR mass surveillance.
Read ArticleInterim Study Held Over Misuse of ALPR Cameras
Oklahoma coverage of Rep. Gann's ALPR study. Marven Goodman testified about successfully removing Flock cameras from SH-33 and getting Guthrie to terminate its contract.
Read ArticleStatement on the Flock Safety ALPR Contract Termination
Cambridge deactivated and removed 16 Flock ALPRs. Flock then installed two cameras without the city's awareness, further confirming trust concerns.
Read ArticleCities and States Are Cutting Ties with Flock Safety License Plate Readers
NPR reports on the growing wave: 30+ cities have ended Flock contracts since January 2025, and Amazon killed their Ring-Flock partnership in February 2026.
Read ArticleMountain View Police Chief Recommends Ending Flock Safety Contract
Police chief herself recommended termination after discovering Flock had enabled nationwide search without police knowledge, allowing ATF and federal agencies to access local data for 17 months.
Read ArticleFlock Safety Cameras Exposed Live Video Feeds
Investigation found 60+ Flock cameras streaming live video without authentication. A system marketed as a "license plate reader" was actually capturing continuous video accessible to anyone who knew where to look.
Read ArticleWyden, Krishnamoorthi Urge FTC Investigation of Flock Safety
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi formally requested an FTC investigation into Flock Safety's cybersecurity practices and data handling claims.
Read ArticleResearch & Analysis
In-depth resources documenting Flock Safety's capabilities, contracts, and security vulnerabilities.
Flock ALPR Community Toolkit
CC BY-SA 4.0 toolkit with council handouts, legal analysis, 3-minute talk tracks, mayor briefings, and deep research reports. Battle-tested materials for community advocacy. 10 documents in multiple formats.
View ToolkitFlock Patent US11416545B1: Person Classification
Flock's own patent describes classifying people by race, gender, height, weight, and clothing in searchable databases. Directly contradicts their public claims about system capabilities.
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