Debunking the Lies

LPR cameras only take a still image

Flock Safety cameras are integrated with AI, and video, including live feeds and detailed vehicle analysis.
“Video and LPR, All in One Place”
“No more toggling between platforms. See video and LPR results—for people and vehicles—in one view.” – From Flock Safety’s website

LPR cameras only capture license plate numbers and basic vehicle characteristics

Camera’s “fingerprint” vehicles using identifying features such as make, model, color, bumper stickers, dents. These identifying features are turned into searchable data points.

Flock Safety’s FreeForm explicitly sells AI-powered natural-language searching “across video and LPR,” including searching for people by description.
“Instead of manually sifting through hundreds — if not thousands — of images, officers can now search for vehicles with unique characteristics, such as “blue SUV with a racing stripe” or “white F-150 with a ladder in the back.” – Flock Safety

Searches are only done after a crime or safety concern or specific investigation purposes

Multiple instances of abuse have been found, including a Joplin, MO officer who searched the same license plate almost 400 times, and a second plate over 300 times. – DeFlock Joplin Audit, Joplin PD’s Acknowledgment of the abuse
A Milwaukee PD officer was charged with misuse of police equipment after using Flock Safety systems to monitor their ex. – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Every search is logged and auditable, meaning there is accountability for how the system is used

The abuse from the officer in Joplin occurred over a 14 month period. Joplin PD did not investigate this issue until this information was brought to their attention by DeFlock Joplin.

Systems can’t be hacked

Several CVE’s have been published for Flack Safety cameras.

  • CVE-2025-59403
    The Flock Safety Android Collins application (aka com.flocksafety.android.collins) 6.35.31 for Android lacks authentication. It is responsible for the camera feed on Falcon, Sparrow, and Bravo devices, but exposes administrative API endpoints on port 8080 without authentication.
  • CVE-2025-59409
    Flock Safety Falcon and Sparrow License Plate Readers OPM1.171019.026 ship with development Wi-Fi credentials (test_flck) stored in cleartext in production firmware.
  • CVE-2025-59407 The Flock Safety DetectionProcessing com.flocksafety.android.objects application 6.35.33 for Android (installed on Falcon and Sparrow License Plate Readers and Bravo Edge AI Compute Devices) bundles a Java Keystore along with its hardcoded password in its code.

“Flock left livestreams and administrator control panels for at least 60 of its AI-enabled Condor cameras around the country exposed to the open internet, where anyone could watch them, download 30 days worth of video archive, and change settings, see log files, and run diagnostics.” – Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves – 404 Media


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