--- title: The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading | daily.dev description: Flock Safety's automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system is facing growing backlash beyond privacy advocates, with law enforcement agencies themselves... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-backlash-against-flock-cameras-is-spreading-4jvrzsbfl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading | daily.dev og:description: Flock Safety's automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system is facing growing backlash beyond privacy advocates, with law enforcement agencies themselves... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-backlash-against-flock-cameras-is-spreading-4jvrzsbfl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4jVrzSBFl.png og:image:alt: The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading 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. # The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Flock Safety's automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system is facing growing backlash beyond privacy advocates, with law enforcement agencies themselves beginning to pull back. The LAPD ended its Flock pilot contract after an inspector general audit found 32.3% of alerts were inaccurate, with 161 vehicles falsely flagged as stolen in two months. Officers have allegedly misused the system for stalking in at least 22 documented cases. Mountain View disabled its cameras after discovering Flock shared license plate data with hundreds of agencies, including federal entities, without permission. The pattern emerging is one of broad surveillance, weak oversight, unauthorized data sharing, and operational errors that can lead to dangerous high-risk police stops of innocent people. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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