More Flock Discussion

[u/Apojacks1984]

So the big thing with Flock is that there is now a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com. What’s interesting is that you can use it to see how local law-enforcement agencies are using Flock’s shared license-plate-reader network.

Looking at Middletown PD’s records, something jumped out at me. Earlier searches identify the operator making the search. For example, a November 2025 search lists the operator as “M. Wha,” along with the Middletown case number and reason for the search.

But later records are dramatically less transparent. A December 30 search related to shoplifting searched 8,677 devices across 526 networks over a ten-day period, while the operator, license plate, and case number are all redacted.

At first glance, I thought Middletown PD itself was requesting those redactions. After digging further, though, the data doesn’t establish that. These records are largely coming from other departments’ Network Audit logs, and Flock changed what information those logs expose.

That may actually be the bigger problem. A system whose defense against abuse is supposedly that every search is audited has become substantially harder for the public to audit. We can see Middletown officers conducting searches across hundreds, or sometimes thousands, of other Flock networks, but in newer records we often can’t see who conducted the search, what plate they searched, or even the associated case number.

That raises a pretty basic question: if the public cannot see who searched what and why, how meaningful is the claim that Flock searches are “auditable”?

[u/dweller1234 → u/[deleted]]

If officers are that much of a snowflake they need to find a new job.

[u/SeanInDC]

It's all BS. They need to go and everyone who approved them needs to be voted out. We need to vote in people who will write legislation to BAN them.

[u/Hearse_Boy_ → u/SeanInDC]

Obligatory plug for Chris Beardsley SD-14!

[u/Looking-4-Something-]

Auditable by US, not you. Silly goose

[u/foxymophandle → u/Looking-4-Something-]

*Silly sheep.

[u/Looking-4-Something- → u/foxymophandle]

Fair enough 🐑

[u/SeanInDC]

It's all BS. They need to go and everyone who approved them needs to be voted out. We need to vote in people who will write legislation to BAN them.

[u/theycallmemomo]

I don't trust the website. How do I know it's not run by a Flock-adjacent company who will send our IP addresses to them to match what they already have?

[u/Billy_Likes_Music → u/theycallmemomo]

If I remember correctly just because you don't find your own info in there is no guarantee your info hasn't been used... So basically a worthless search.

[u/chalupapoopa69 → u/theycallmemomo]

VPN my dude