--- title: Flock Safety Credibility Lost as it Repeatedly Lies to... description: The ACLU documents a pattern of deception by Flock Safety, a major automatic license plate reader (ALPR) vendor. In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Flock's CISO falsely... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-repeatedly-lies-to-city-councils-police-departments-and-public-rteeufogz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Flock Safety Credibility Lost as it Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police Departments, and Public Across the Country | daily.dev og:description: The ACLU documents a pattern of deception by Flock Safety, a major automatic license plate reader (ALPR) vendor. In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Flock's CISO falsely... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-repeatedly-lies-to-city-councils-police-departments-and-public-rteeufogz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rtEEUfoGZ.png og:image:alt: Flock Safety Credibility Lost as it Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police Departments, and Public Across the Country og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Flock Safety Credibility Lost as it Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police Departments, and Public Across the Country **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The ACLU documents a pattern of deception by Flock Safety, a major automatic license plate reader (ALPR) vendor. In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Flock's CISO falsely told a city council the system didn't create heat maps of vehicle movements — a lie exposed the next morning, leading the council to revoke its contract within 24 hours. The piece catalogs additional incidents: Flock denied having federal contracts while secretly working with CBP and DHS, published a misleading blog claiming ICE had no access to its data while knowing indirect access existed through local police, misrepresented the effectiveness of its abortion-enforcement safeguards, and falsely claimed to have partnered with the ACLU on multiple occasions. The ACLU advises governments to be extremely skeptical of Flock's claims and to refuse contracts with companies that repeatedly mislead public officials. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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