Flock Safety Tightens Privacy Safeguards After Officers Misuse Plate Readers

Flock Safety, which runs 120,000 license-plate cameras nationwide, added privacy controls on August 14 after at least 50 officers were accused, charged, or convicted of stalking via the system. Default data retention drops from 30 days to 7; all searches now require case codes; automated audits flag misuse with user lockout; and inter-agency access is filtered by offense type.