Contract & Procurement
New Flock Terms: Perhaps You Think You're Being Treated Unfairly?
Flock updated its terms again. It violated them before the ink was dry.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-08-228 min read
No User, Only a Subject: Chatrie Tests Meet Plate Readers
A draft article by Orin Kerr maps three Chatrie tests. When applied to ALPR, they kill real-time crime centers.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-08-06
Own the narrative before someone else does
In three weeks, twenty agencies in fifteen states talked about "misinformation" and "accountability", following Flock's playbook. Let's compare the logs.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-31
Flock's Bishop Fox engagement: Six months later
It has been six months since Flock engaged Bishop Fox and promised the results of security audits would be "communicated transparently." To date, no security issues have been fixed, and no results have been communicated.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-31
Recent reporting
This Deal Is Getting Worse All the Time: Flock's 911 Terms Now Live on Axon's Website
Flock's 911 product binds police agencies to terms hosted on prepared911.com and assigns ownership of your 911 calls to its competitor, Axon.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-29
Come on in, the side door is open!
More than three out of four Flock agencies report running queries for other departments at least monthly, bypassing oversight and preventing adequate logging. One in five do so daily.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-28
Cameras don't track people, Flock does
The Pleasant Hill, IA, department blamed 'misinformation' after a Flock camera was destroyed. Flock makes the same claim. We tried to verify, but found mysterious radar modules and car-tracking buttons instead.
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-26
Flock is Literally on Fire
The company faces severe backlash and more and more cameras are being cut down and destroyed. Two cameras in Georgia caught fire; it's being investigated as arson, but will that be enough?
By H.C. van Pelt2026-07-24
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