Statement in regards to the 09/21 Springfield City Council meeting
This resolution wasn’t even meant to cancel the contract. It was simply meant to gather information on ALPR policy and practice in our city. It was a compromise. The mayor sabotaged it by waiting until the last minute to move to send it to committee, even though similar bills have passed in Council this year.
For months, residents have spoken at City Council meetings about ALPR cameras, wanting answers. Mayor Schrag’s decision to refer the resolution to committee, knowing that public comment would not be allowed, was a blatant attempt to silence people. Many people came out to the council meeting and had carefully prepared statements for public comment, but no citizens were heard, despite Councilmember Jenson’s best efforts to use procedure to put public comment before the mayor’s motion.
The two individuals who were arrested for voicing their concerns in the face of being silenced were not unreasonable, and we stand by their actions.
Councilmember Jenson summed it up well, calling it “theater.” The mayor disrespected citizens. Public trust in our city’s leadership has already been slipping. This stunt by the mayor will not be forgotten.
Resolution to investigate ALPR use in Springfield
On 09/21 a resolution to report on the use of ALPR cameras in Springfield was to be voted on by city council. 3 hours prior the meeting Mayor Schrag submitted to refer the resolution to committee. Committee is where things are sent to die. Sending it to committee passed 5-3.
View the resolution here
Cancel the Contract
On June 8’th Flock Out SGF presented Springfield city council with a packet asking them to reevaluate the contract with Flock Safety.
View the packet here
What is Flock?
Flock Safety operates and manufactures Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs/LPRs.) ALPRs/LPRs are automated license plate readers that use AI cameras to capture, analyze, and track vehicles and pedestrians, regardless if criminal activity is suspected.
Flock Safety is yet another weapon in this hostile takeover of our lives. Flock Safety has installed no fewer than one hundred thousand cameras nationwide, forming a network that processes over twenty billion data inputs each month.
Here in Springfield, dozens of Flock Safety cameras, and audio monitors surveil us every day without our consent, without transparency, and without democratic approval.
Who is Flock Out SGF?
Flock Out SGF is a collective of concerned citizens who value privacy, and transparency.
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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