Report: Police Told to Obscure Flock Surveillance System Usage

Are Flock cameras becoming a widespread tool for privacy violation or a popular crime-fighting tool used by thousands?
Report: Police Told to Obscure Flock Surveillance System Usage
Above: The Flock Safety logo displayed on a screen below a surveillance camera. Image credit: Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Law enforcement agencies are deliberately obscuring their use of Flock surveillance systems to dodge public accountability, with federal agencies like the FBI coordinating efforts to keep searches vague and hide officer identities. This represents a blatant erosion of transparency where police treat lawful public records requests as threats while simultaneously sharing sensitive data with private corporations and thousands of unvetted users on Flock's network.

Pro-establishment narrative

Flock Safety cameras have become an essential crime-fighting tool that's delivering measurable results across Colorado and nationwide, helping understaffed departments arrest dangerous criminals and recover stolen vehicles while auto thefts plummet. With over 5,000 law enforcement agencies trusting this technology, Flock is far more popular among real, on-the-ground Americans than some may portray it as.


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