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[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Flock sends your 911 calls to a 3rd party (Prepared911) for AI-transcription and analysis.

Where and how the recordings are stored, or who receives them, is governed by terms on Prepared911's website.

Did your PD sign up for this?
Did your city council?
Did you?

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Violate the shot clock and a drone will be automatically dispatched to your location.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

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?

https://t.co/GDMjI6upC1

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@therealDeFlock When Flock says to look at what its cameras actually do: we go by what you say.

$0 (or $500?) upgrades for live video "for every single Flock LPR in the country today".

They say upgrading is optional (see slide). I wasn't given the rest of the video, so idk if opt-in or -out.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Louisville, KY, refused to release its Flock deployment plan. It would be too burdensome, because they would need to "move all the cameras once their locations were revealed." @kyoag supports Louisville's decision.

https://t.co/9uZWWJdMWu

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@JasonBassler1 "City officials argued not that collecting and providing the records would be burdensome, but that the burden would come from the city’s need to move all the cameras once their locations were revealed."

https://t.co/9uZWWJdMWu

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Flock removed search terms from the logs to prevent accountability.

Six months later, the public has lost all trust in the company and it's begging to be legitimized through regulation.

How about no.

Join @therealDeFlock's Week of Action
August 16–22 — https://t.co/iZalnrtsXx

[Flock @Flock_Safety]

Accountability should be built into every effective public safety tool.

Clear access. Defined limits. Reviewable use. Real consequences for misuse.

These safeguards do not weaken public safety. They help make it responsible, defensible, and worthy of public trust.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@WallStreetApes

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

If Flock would understand what people actually do— not what they might do, not what they think they could do, but what they actually do, day in and day out— they go to work, and care for friends and family.

Most people say, "this makes a lot of sense. I want my kids to be safe."

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

The full article and additional videos are available here: https://t.co/n9BNZ2tvSK

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Flock: "we can bring police into it, you know, do a report and they look up the tag and provide you with that tag and you can enter it. Then we add the license plate to our hot list."

Casual violations of federal privacy and healthcare law (DPPA & EMTALA) are features, not bugs.

[Champagne Joshi @JoshWalkos]

According to Flock's CEO, all fired employees need to be surveilled and singled out for an undetermined amount of time. Automatically being added to a “hot list”. You know, just in case they want revenge.

If you don’t like it, you may be a terrorist according to Flock.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@JoshWalkos That's not a CEO flub either. Flock's website suggests protecting your parking lot with "Terminated employee alerts." — https://t.co/6Kx3g3GmSB

And the sales presentation for hospitals suggests security should intercept former nurses coming to the ER. — https://t.co/n9BNZ2tvSK

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

You can now see at a glance which log fields were previously released by an agency, directly or indirectly.

Something to keep in mind next time an entire column is blacked out and you're told "we can't release that information."

https://t.co/9snWvzRgu6

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@MagneticNorse We added a handy feature recently that shows which fields have already been released by your local agency (often indirectly).

The "Kalamazoo MI PD" organization has already allowed plates, reasons, etc., to be made public.

https://t.co/U3ZhNuaHKJ

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

The article describes a federal grant where a county didn't buy equipment, like its application said, didn't adopt policies, and didn't comply with federal criminal justice information regulations.

DPS denied the issue and helped the county cover it up.

https://t.co/YKTheFSLdx

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

We could also address agencies receiving federal grants for purchase of regulated systems (e.g. JAG), but instead spending the funds on non-compliant subscriptions/surveillance-as-a-service.

No new legislation required, just enforce existing rules.

https://t.co/YKTheFSLdx

[Tim Burchett @timburchett]

Ban FLOCK cameras! Call your Congressman.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

@therealDeFlock "Unconstitutional" is a good word, but "dadgum" is even better.

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Ohio

https://t.co/XyCiftlvOw

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

The spread of Flock, as seen in the available log files.

This map shows when agencies were first seen doing a search.

Download and per-state videos are available at https://t.co/JqdQ4hcAuJ

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Texas

https://t.co/hGAhLKb3K5

[Have I Been Flocked? @HIBFlocked]

Illinois

https://t.co/muDl5vWQfu