Flock cameras are all the rage right now with critics arguing that the cameras are a violation of constitutional rights because they create a detailed record of where ordinary people drive, even when they haven’t committed a crime.
There have been multiple investigations involving officers allegedly using Flock to track ex-partners, coworkers, or other people for improper reasons. One Florida officer is accused of searching for his estranged wife’s vehicle more than 700 times.
Flock cameras are automated license-plate readers (ALPRs). They photograph vehicles and can record things such as the plate number, vehicle characteristics, location, and time. Police departments can then search the database during investigations.
HaveIBeenFlocked allows users to see if their license plate has been searched by law enforcement.
The data from the cameras is made available through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Those sources are made publicly available.
The results do not show if a vehicle passed by any of the Flock cameras, or what the devices may have returned, but rather what searches of a license plate were performed by agencies that use Flock cameras.
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