Author: cortex
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EFF: Police use Flock against protestors and activists
On November 20, 2025, the Electronic Frontier Foundation published a report that it had identified, through public records requests, hundreds of searches by more than 50 federal, state, and local police agencies across the country (archive link), containing terms like “protest” or “no kings”. These searches coincided with multiple political protests throughout the year, despite
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Town hall at the University of Oregon on November 8, 2025
PSL has arranged a Flock town hall at UO on Saturday, November 8, with a panel and public Q&A. Please join us! WHEN: Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 5:00pm to 7:30pm.WHERE: Living Learning Center South (LLC 101) on the UO campus Or join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91056349818?pwd=7rbOcfI6T01fvwStlDsWFUAk9i47Sw.1
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Police officer terminated after abusing Flock access to… train a competitor?
Well, at least this is a form of Flock abuse we hadn’t heard of before. On October 10, 2025, Appen Media reported that a police officer in Sandy Springs, Georgia, had resigned after a whistleblower said that he had used Flock data to try to help a potential Flock competitor improve their software (archive link).
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Thank you, Senator Ron Wyden
On Thursday, October 16, 404 Media once again broke news that multiple federal agencies have had ongoing direct access to data captured by Flock Safety (archive link), despite Flock’s previous statements to the contrary. These agencies include Customs & Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Secret Service, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. This
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Springfield police chief Jami Resch: Flock use will be “transparent”
Lookout Eugene-Sprinfield published an article on August 8, “Springfield chief promises transparency in rolling out license-plate readers” (archive link). The article includes a number of statements from police chief Resch, trying to reassure residents that their concerns are being considered. It also notes that it was the previous police chief, Andrew Shearer, who pursued the
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Dissonant Times Continues To Get It Right, Debunks Three Lies From EPD
Dissonant Times has had far better, more technically accurate, and more in-depth reporting on Flock than other local media. They previously reported on Flock with their June 22nd article, “Let’s Leave The Flock” (archive link). That article predated coordinated local efforts to oppose Flock, but it included specific known camera locations and a number of
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Evansville, Indiana Provides Federal Agencies With Access To Their Flock Surveillance Network
The Courier & Press, on July 22, 2025, published an article about its town’s use of Flock and the data that Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has been sharing with federal agencies (archive link). Evansville is located in southern Indiana and has a population of about 120,000. Houston Harwood, the journalist at Courier & Press that
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Eugene residents concerned about police surveillance cameras
The Register-Guard reported on July 10’s Eugene Police Commission meeting, which was almost entirely about public opposition to Flock. Police Commission chair Jensina Hawkins was quoted as saying, “This is definitely the largest police comission meeting I have ever seen for public comment. I am very impressed.” Read the article here. You can also watch
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Residents protest flock cameras, demand transparency on Eugene surveillance policies
…Residents also demanded answers about flock safety cameras – the cameras placed around the city that record a vehicle’s license plate number and other details like make, model, and color.
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Oakland and San Francisco Police Get Caught Sharing Flock Data With Feds
In yet another case of law enforcement personnel sharing Flock data with federal agencies, in violation of state laws explicitly prohibiting it, the San Francisco Standard on July 14, 2025, revealed that officers in Oakland and San Francisco had been performing Flock lookups on behalf of federal agencies (archive link), including ICE. This is a