Footnote4a — Quick Takes

In May 2026, Flock published the results of its “2025 Impact Census”, a survey of about 700 of its law enforcement customers.

Last night, the City of Costa Mesa, near Los Angeles in Orange County, California, discussed whether it should keep its contract with Flock, after Costa Mesa police officer Robert Jay Josett was caught making unauthorized queries in CLETS[1] and Flock.

After another long debate at Cleveland’s Committee of the Whole, the Cleveland City Council voted 9–6 for Ordinance 683-2026, to extend the city’s Flock contract by six months.

When cameras break, Flock’s contract says a customer has to request a hardware replacement and approve the fee before it happens.

Flock Forward is Flock’s annual conference for “public safety leaders, security professionals, Flock experts, and invited partners.”

Thornton PD audited whether one of its officers ran a lot of Flock searches.

On Tuesday, April 21, the Oshkosh Common Council voted 5-2 to renew its Flock surveillance camera contract.

Flock’s sales pitch to concerned communities has been that it will not provide information to the feds, and that it has no federal contracts.

Via IPVM and KSHB

The Virgin Islands Police Department — a Caribbean island territory with a population of 107,000 — is querying Flock cameras in Rogers, Arkansas, for traffic infractions.

Last Thursday, the Joplin Police Department announced an officer “is no longer employed by the City of Joplin” after an investigation into suspected stalking via Flock’s license plate reader system.

Another day, another Flock security Same shit differe Following up on the post from earlier today, where I published a complaint to the Iowa Department of Public Safety documenting multiple security vulnerabilities in Flock products, Joshua over at nexane…

A while ago, in “The Burden of Compliance Shouldn’t Stand in the Way of Public Safety,” I documented how Flock banned both me and our friends at EyesOnFlock.com from accessing transparency portals.