GoKawiilPolice officers logged bizarre justifications for Flock license-plate camera searches
Public records reveal that law enforcement officers across multiple agencies searched Flock Safety's nationwide license-plate camera network using vague or joke-like reasons such as 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'hehe,' and 'asdfg' instead of legitimate case justifications. Flock's system requires officers to enter a reason before running a search, but the logs show many entries that appear to be careless or unauthorized lookups rather than tied to actual investigations.
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Flock's camera network spans thousands of communities and gives police broad access to track vehicle movements, so weak or absent oversight over why officers search it raises serious concerns about surveillance abuse and privacy violations. The flippant search justifications suggest that internal audit logs meant to ensure accountability are not being meaningfully reviewed, undermining public trust in how this powerful tracking tool is used.
- Officers entered nonsensical or joking reasons like 'LMAO' and 'asdfg' when searching Flock's license-plate database.
- The findings raise questions about whether police departments meaningfully audit searches of surveillance data.
- Weak oversight of tools like Flock could enable misuse of location-tracking data on ordinary citizens.
Source: yro.slashdot.org — Posted, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' And 'Asdfg'”
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