Policy & Legal

Under Construction: California Class Action Lawsuits

While the existing Flock suits move toward consolidation, a new one drops; this time against The Home Depot and its "gravely dangerous" use of ALPRs.

No Permit, No Problem: California Governor Hopeful Chad Bianco's 500+ Unauthorized Surveillance Cameras

Riverside County issued three encroachment permits for 500+ Flock surveillance cameras to the wrong permittee and based on incomplete applications. Then it let them lapse for over a year. Bianco and Flock continued to operate them.

File, Dismiss, Sue, Repeat: The Case for Dismantling Iowa's Public Information Board

The Iowa Public Information Board was created to resolve disputes and enforce transparency. In nearly 14 years, it hasn't.

The Bill That Hides the Evidence

Iowa's proposed ALPR bill was copied from Virginia's. Virginia just proved it doesn't work.

Consumer Data Protection: California Plus, Compliance Minus

Flock's boilerplate denial doesn't survive the statute it claims to follow.

All the Attorney General's Men: As Transparent as a One-Way Mirror

How a complaint to Iowa's AG about Coralville's unenforceable ALPR policy forced a choice—and revealed the AG's selective relationship with transparency.

Two Tales of Real-World Flock Abuse

Two Georgia police officers face stalking charges after audit tools flagged repeated searches of the same plates. Flock's response: remove names from audit logs.

Two Colorado cities abandon Flock oversight

Denver operates Flock cameras without a finalized contract. Boulder admits it won't audit search logs. Colorado's open records laws make oversight nearly impossible.

"Official Police Business Only" Now Covers City Planning

The dropdown says more than the contract does.

The Flock Camera Data Does Not Enable an Individual to "Infer"

Courtesy of Flock's lawyers in Schmidt v. Norfolk.