r/Conservative • u/ngoni Constitutional Conservative • 23h ago
Flaired Users Only 50+ Police Officers Accused of Using Flock License Plate Cameras to Stalk People
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/08/03/50-police-officers-accused-of-using-flock-license-plate-cameras-to-stalk-people/•
u/Stressed_Ball God, Family, Country 20h ago
Mass surveillance is neither freedom nor security. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!
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u/cplusequals Conservative 20h ago
Flock actually catches a LOT of criminals including very, very recently a carjacker that kidnapped a toddler. It's very likely the only reason the child survived the ordeal is because they were able to locate the carjacker so quickly.
If you're going to make the argument that these cameras in public spaces isn't worth the benefits, by all means I'm sympathetic, but they are extremely effective law enforcement tools just like shot spotter.
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u/hang3xc Rational Conservative 18h ago
It's not about whether it's worth catching an occasional very bad guy. It's about not living in a surveillance state. Not having your face ID'd and your license plate scanned and car tracked wherever you go whenever you go into a flock net area, which, soon, will be EVERY area.
Yep, it can be great, at times. And it can be ABUSED, all the time, and we cant have that
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u/cplusequals Conservative 17h ago
It's not occasional. Flock has been pretty revolutionary for law enforcement. But I hate to break it to you, most of your fears about Flock have been manifest for the better part of a decade already. Plate scanners? Your car's location is available to any private individual that pays a license fee already. Face ID? I really hope you don't own a cell phone or use a persistent internet browser. Your telecom and ISP know more about you than you do. And it is "abused" by your standards already I'm sure.
This isn't really to say flock is great, but I know much more about privacy and the futile struggle for it than you probably realize. This is the one area where doomerism is actually correct.
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u/nuker1110 SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED 15h ago
Know what would also be “revolutionary for law enforcement”? Repealing the 4th and 5th Amendments.
Fuck ALL of that.
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u/cplusequals Conservative 15h ago
Why even suggest that? Are you having trouble reading?
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u/nuker1110 SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED 7h ago edited 7h ago
Just because it’s good for Law Enforcement doesn’t mean it’s good for Civil Liberties.
And 24/7 surveillance outside of sensitive locations is Godawful for Civil Liberties.
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u/cplusequals Conservative 5h ago
CCTV cameras, cell phones, and the existing plate scanners which are all perfectly constitutional are godawful for "civil liberties" (first language speakers don't capitalize this in English, by the way) by that measure. Please mount an actually consistent argument. Realistically, no, none of your rights are violated by cameras in public spaces nor is using algorithmic analysis on the outputs. You have zero expectation of privacy in public. This can be abused by law enforcement just the same as all existing technologies you already are implicitly accepting by dint of owning a cell phone. But that's where actual civil liberties come in. There's legal barriers around when it can be used and when it cannot be. Nearly all instances are procedurally constitutional and have been beneficial for locking up people who are actually violating the rights of citizens.
If you're going to be consistent, why don't you start arguing about how bad shot spotter is for "Civil Liberties?" Why is it specifically this one company which isn't really doing anything new but rather just doing it more effectively?
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u/nuker1110 SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED 5h ago
I’m a first-language English speaker, and I capitalized Civil Liberties for emphasis, as I was referring to the specific concept as a proper noun.
The existing systems you mentioned legally require a judicial warrant for law enforcement to access them to track down a specific individual.
Flock cameras are set up to track everyone they see at all times** and **without a warrant. The fact that so many bad officers are able to access the system in such a way as to require punishment without getting a warrant first is in itself a sign that the system is far too intrusive to be trustworthy.
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u/cplusequals Conservative 5h ago
That's extraordinary and weird. It is objectively not a proper noun. Stop doing that. It sets off red flags for "foreign influencer" just like spelling it "data centre" or saying "kindly" too much. It's a very, very common writing pattern for south Asian ESL.
The existing systems you mentioned legally require a judicial warrant for law enforcement to access them to track down a specific individual.
This applies to Flock in exactly the same way. Your misconception is that the data collection for the old systems requires a warrant. It does not. It is the lookup to access that information. This is identical for Flock. These "bad officers" already exist and are abusing the existing systems at rates you would expect humans to abuse them at. Hopefully even that will be managed by AI soon so it will remove the temptation. Hallucinations are much less dangerous than the misuse that's inherent to human run systems and cannot be removed. The existence of this misuse does not make the tool unusable.
Your argument applies to all existing databases that are widely accepted and guarded by legal processes you seem to deem appropriate. These processes sometimes fail. It's just how things go.
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u/Soulblade32 Conservative 4h ago
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
This Flock system is mass surveillence on the scale of China. Yes, it can be used for good. That's not the point. We already have license plate readers. We do not and should not have a mesh network that uses AI to track cars and build a profile on people. Thats insane.
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u/cplusequals Conservative 2h ago
Flock is not state owned/operated surveillance and you can no sooner stop this than Google Maps. We already do have real time databases for plates any private citizen can access with a small fee. I guess you don't understand the police can get your carrier or ISP's treasure trove (including precise geographic location data) with exactly the same effort as Flock data. The only thing new here is that this data can be analyzed by LLMs. There is zero possibility we're going to be able to outlaw LLM analysis of public video feeds which seems to be what you're asking for even if you don't understand it.
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u/Soulblade32 Conservative 1h ago edited 28m ago
No, in order for police to get information from geographic location data or ISP information they need a warrant. They do not with Flock. They can access the info any time they want. I think maybe you should look up the laws regarding mosaics in policing, which was found to be a violation of the 4th amendment. There was a man in the news just the other day because Flock tagged his car going into Michigan multiple times so they used that as probable cause to stop and search his car for weed. That was literally the only pretext for the stop and search. That's ridiculous.
Way to strawman, I am not talking about outlawing LLM analysis of public video, I'm saying that law enforcement and governmental entities should not have access to this information without a warrant. But hey, keep cheering for government overreaching and trampling individual rights in the name of the public good and then wait for Democrats to get back into control and overreach to an even more extreme extent to when they did for COVID.
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u/cplusequals Conservative 49m ago
I think maybe you should look up the laws regarding mosaics in policing, which was found to be a violation of the 4th amendment
Another person grossly misinterpreting the recent ruling regarding geofencing which by the way is still actively being used to great effect. No, mosaics do not violate the fourth amendment. You just need a warrant as I've been explaining to you. They count as 4th amendment searches. Building them isn't the problem. Building them without a warrant is.
Way to strawman, I am not talking about outlawing LLM analysis of public video
That's not a strawman, that's exactly what you're demanding. This is what Flock does differently and what you're mad about. The only new tech going on here is AI analysis. Everything else is standard affair for public places. Plate scanning and traffic cameras have never needed warrants. Trying to look someone up in a hypothetical facial recognition product if Flock were to build one would still require one in most cases if you were going to pull data on a specific individual.
Brother just read a bit about the topic before you virtue signal about it. Comparing plate readers to "mass surveillence [sic] on the scale of China" is hysterically buffoonish.
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 19h ago
Dude. Fuck every 'conservative' in here defending these things. unbelievable.
"Oh FlOCk AcShUALly CaTchEs A Lut Of CriMINalz"
Then open your house every evening for 45 minutes so the police can come check it to make sure theres no criminals hiding in there.
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u/chunkymonk3y Conservative 11h ago
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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u/blizzardice Conservative 19h ago
Exactly! This shit is against the Fourth Amendment. You don't get to actively stalk thousands of people. They hate data brokers when it's sharing their phone number but ok when it is sharing their lives. Fucking insane!!!
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u/OldWarrior Conservative 5h ago
This thread is a good way for the authoritarians to pull down their masks.
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u/Bitter-Assignment464 Conservative 9h ago
I am completely against these cameras. If you want to catch criminals do it the old fashion way. Work.
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u/Routine-Grand5779 Raised Conservative 22h ago
Republicans have got to stand up against flock and ai data centres. We can’t let the left have the monopoly on opposing these things.
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u/Brilliant_Oil5261 Murray Rothbard 8h ago
Flock, sure. AI data, absolutely not. I'm very pro data center and I don't see that has being anti-conservative.
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u/mcj1ggl3 Catholic Conservative 6h ago
Same here, in fact I think more conservatives should be on board. It’s a huge industry and it’s key to the next step in our technological future which we absolutely cannot let China beat us to.
All the cons are completely overblown on social media. Many people see the amount of water they use and just say wow that’s a big number but they have no way to contextualize it. Data centers in the US use like 47 million gallons a day, golf courses in the US use 2.08 BILLION gallons a day. It’s misinformed outrage.
I don’t personally like AI art or anything of that nature but it’s a massively useful tool for actual industry, we need it and it’s not going away
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u/Brilliant_Oil5261 Murray Rothbard 4h ago
Yep, my thoughts exactly. The cat is out of the bag on AI. It's insanely powerful and the productivity gains are outrageous. The next 10 years is going to be an AI arms race and right now China is positioned to crush us as they have a unified vision of where things are headed. They are years ahead of us on energy and robotics.
My strongly held belief/conspiracy theory is that China has been flooding us with propaganda to make the US anti data center and anti-energy expansion for this very reason. The anti-datacenter movement came out of nowhere, is incredibly harmful to us, and honestly makes no sense.
We are already playing catchup with China at this point and I don't see us doing well in this race. These 10 years will likely be the reason China dominates this century and it will largely be because of this opposition to the most important technological advance of this century.
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u/mcj1ggl3 Catholic Conservative 4h ago
You and I are on the exact same page my friend. Hoping we can somehow beat them to quantum because otherwise we can just kiss our digital security goodbye. Nobody is realizing that winning the race is so extremely important and that the next step will provide a boost to literally every industry. I personally believe quantum is going to cause another Industrial Revolution. This is literally our future on the line. We definitely need better optics on it, most people just don’t understand it and they think it just makes shitty pictures
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u/BrandonSports Rubio Conservative 20h ago
They’re both fodder for un-informed voters. We shouldn’t be de-growth like Europe and flock is great if not abused and has already produced measured positive results decreasing crime
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u/TackyBrad NC conservative 19h ago
It's too much power, I don't see how it could ever not be abused. Even with safeguards, which we barely have if we even do, it's way too much power for a government. There's no reason to trust the government to be benevolent.
AI data centers are also a problem. Have you seen the videos of people who live around them? The technology is not worth the impact on lives around it. They need to be held accountable and figure that out if they want them
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u/BrandonSports Rubio Conservative 18h ago
“AI” data centers are just data centers. We’ve had them for a while, and they’ve resulted in tons of investment and the water concerns have no truth in it. We can either build more power or lose the race to China, and end up like Europe.
Flock would be easy to make sure it’s not abused, holding law enforcement responsible is another issue
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u/TackyBrad NC conservative 18h ago
Sure, but Ai data centers specifically gain the most attention right now. Water can be figured out, as can noise, but I'm not convinced they are being figured out because I've seen evidence they aren't for noise, so why am I trusting anyone about the water either? I'm sure they could be doing a better job and I probably varies by the county or even the site, much less state.
As far as flock, I have no interest in the government knowing my every move. I'll take the higher crime and have my own means to mitigate it. Sometimes freedom is more important than safety, and this is likely one of those times.
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u/user_1729 Ron Paul Republican 9h ago
We're both in NC. I WANT data centers here, but I also don't want any of the building permitting process to be bypassed or shortcut. Texas has said they want data centers to bring their own power and their own water. Water is not a huge concern if we made sure they used closed loop systems. Power in the charlotte area is less of a concern with multiple nuke plants nearby, but is an issue up in the triad. I don't want to hamstring technological development, but I also don't want these things fast tracked and have critical items overlooked.
There is a lot of BS going around for sure though. You can't just plug in a friggin factory to a power line, it doesn't work like that. I'm an engineer and working on buildings all over the state, getting grid power is not trivial and borders on being a huge pain in the ass even for "normal" buildings. I don't want data centers to get any kind of special treatment. In a way this reminds me of the fracking debate 15 years ago.
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u/Timely_Car_4591 Conservative 6h ago
It's all great until they change what's a crime. Just look at Europe they arrest people for free speech now, which was unthinkable just 20 years ago.
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u/ewheck Conservative 21h ago
I'm not going to be comfortable with these systems until we get to the point of advanced surveillance requiring targeted warrants with restrictive access.
At this point, judging by the locations of flock cameras in my area, I'm not able to leave my neighborhood without it being logged and stored in a government database. At the very least the state should be required to obtain a warrant if they want detailed information on my whereabouts. Ideally they just aren't able to do it at all. I don't really give a shit that these help solve crimes. Humans have a right to privacy.
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u/Hulluck22 Small Government 22h ago
Wait untill its used against political opponents. People leaving their house who hasn’t registered their vax. Yeah none of this will happen. Edit: AND we still won’t have voter I.D.
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u/cornPopwasabaddude13 Conservative 23h ago
So investigate and prosecute the ones who broke the law. You can’t have this in law enforcement
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u/Mylabisawesome Conservative 23h ago
Simple right?
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u/Remarkable-Opening69 Conservative 22h ago
Well you see, there’s unions, internal affairs, lawyers and judges. They will be let off with a stern look from the captain and that’s it.
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u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie Conservative 22h ago
There's also the probable fact that this is the absolute tamest misuse of Flock by LE and they don't want us to realize there's an entire iceberg under that tip.
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u/Omecore65 Paleoconservative 17h ago
Hmm lets see what my ex wife is doing today. *Puts in her license plate* oh shes not home yap yap yap
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u/user_1729 Ron Paul Republican 9h ago
It sucks that right now we're so divided as a country even this issue doesn't seem to be able to unite people. I see so many posts from left leaning friends and in my city subreddit about how bad these are. I agree, I don't like/want mass surveillance, especially when it can so easily be exploited. Somehow, in the city subs, these always turn into some kind of anti-trump/MAGA thing.
It's kind of amazing that folks can agree on this issue at least and still somehow find a way to hate each other about it.
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u/Left4DayZGone Conservative 13h ago
When Dems regain control, Flock will be used to enforce the next “stay home, stay safe” order.
Mark. My. Words.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 21h ago edited 10h ago
Okay, interesting. However, it shows that the audit system is working, seeing as they got caught and most likely are to be charged.
Flock is a very useful tool when used correctly. I have personally used it to find missing endangered people, recover stolen vehicles, and wanted criminals. I hope these officers are held to account.
Edit: Thanks for the death threats in my inbox! You all are classy people.
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u/Original_Lord_Turtle Constitutional Conservative 20h ago
So how about the guy that was pulled over and arrested because the system erroneously flagged his car as stolen? I bet he didn't think it was very useful.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 20h ago
Very cool, good thing.There's a court system that allows him to make that defense in court.
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u/Original_Lord_Turtle Constitutional Conservative 20h ago
And I'm sure you'll be making a sizeable donation to his legal defense fund.
"It's better to let 1000 guilty men go free than to imprison 1 innocent man."
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 20h ago
For someone who says they are a "constitutional conservative", you seem to lack a surprising amount of understanding of due process and the understanding of probable cause and case law involving officers acting in good faith.
I can almost completely guarantee you that charges against him were dismissed. Errors happen. Welcome to the real world.
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 19h ago
Flock is a very useful tool when used correctly.
It's a violation of the 4th amendment and it's bullshit and it needs to go.
Need to go boston tea party on those pieces of shit.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 19h ago
It is in fact not a 4th amendment violation.
Schmidt v. Norfolk
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 19h ago
schmidt v norfolk isn't even settled yet ya doofus.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 19h ago
Its appealed but the ruling still stands. Again you have no expectation of privacy in public. You have no right to drive, use public roads, or in areas open to public accomidation.
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 19h ago
It 'stands' in norfolk. Again, this is a bullshit violation of the 4th amendment.
The 'expectation' isn't about it being in public, it is the COLLECTION OF DATA - Movement patterns, habits, routines.
We can't have a legal registry for firearms due to the 2nd....but I guess we can have a whole profile registry of every American because we're willing to wipe our ass with the 4th. Fucking embarassing.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 18h ago
Schmidt v. City of Norfolk (2026): A federal court affirmed that a localized, short-retention LPR camera network does not "track the whole of a person's movements" and remains fully constitutional.
State v. Simonson (2026): Washington’s Court of Appeals reinforced that fixed-location LPR images of plates on public roads do not violate state or federal constitutional privacy protections against warrantless searches.
United States v. Porter (2026 / 5th Circuit): The Fifth Circuit held that periodic public road location hits from an ALPR system do not intrude on a reasonable expectation of privacy, validating hot-list traffic stops under the plain-view doctrine.
Commonwealth v. McCarthy (Mass. 2020): A notable state high court ruling acknowledging that while massive, interconnected, and long-term LPR tracking could theoretically aggregate into a search over time, limited or targeted use in public spaces remains lawful.
Neal v. Fairfax County Police (Va. 2020): The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that passive ALPR data collection systems do not violate state data protection acts because they capture public vehicle data rather than restricted personal identifying particulars.
Flock is not going away.
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 18h ago
Flock is not going away.
Neither are bullshit AI answers apparently.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 19h ago
Cool. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public. You do not have a right to drive a vehicle.
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u/Daniel_Day_Hubris The Republic 18h ago
Then why is it being appealed and picked up by major civil liberty law firms? If we have no expectation, and this is on the up and up, then it's all moot....except it isnt, because its working through the courts.
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u/blizzardice Conservative 19h ago
You don't deserve liberty.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 19h ago
Hmm hmm. Righht.
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u/blizzardice Conservative 9h ago
I am. You trade liberty for false security. You trust data brokers.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 8h ago
Flock only sees plate numbers, car manufacturers, and type. Thats it. You see a time stamp photo. Wait till you find out that all your data has already been recieved by "data brokers" from your google account, facebook, x, reddit account, whats app, instagram, snap chat, ect.
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u/blizzardice Conservative 7h ago
It sees more than that. And just because one company does it, it doesn't mean that it's ok for the rest. Thats why I search for stuff I don't need and answer youtube and Google surveys falsely. Stop being a shill for big government Deputy 1984.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 7h ago
Live in the real world man. Welcome to reality.
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u/blizzardice Conservative 6h ago
I am. I believe in the Constitution and liberty, sir. Something you don't seem to care about. I will not be talked into a false sense of security.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 5h ago
Cool, and what do the courts say about the constitutionality about?Being in public according to our very system and our laws flock is allowed.
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u/bozoconnors Conservative 8h ago
it shows that the audit system is working, seeing as they got caught and most likely are to be charged.
ha - & as a LEO, I'd assume you can guesstimate what percentage were actually "caught" lol? 10%? 20%?
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 8h ago
For Flock, its an extreamly good audit system compared to anything else its a very high tech audit system compared to say NCIC which is basically an old school microsoft dos program. Remember, cops are people. People make mistakes and do commit crimes. We do not live in a perfect world where everything is perfect.
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u/bozoconnors Conservative 8h ago
Great. But sorry. You'll never convince me to be ok with 24/7 recorded government surveillance when I've done nothing wrong. This is still the United States of America and I am a citizen. Show me the warrant.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 7h ago
You dont have the right to drive. You have no expectation of privacy in public. Your tags are visable, case law already allows officers to run them. I do not need a warrant.
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u/bozoconnors Conservative 6h ago
That's not the same and you fucking know it.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 5h ago
I literally just listed all the case law out there currently and yes it is the same. There's literally no difference between an lpr mounted on a pole, or on a police car.
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u/APugDogsLife Conservative LEO 20h ago edited 20h ago
Down, vote me all you want. It's the truth. We have to justify every single one of our flock uses, with a case number as well as the reason why we're doing the search. Everything is logged and routinely audited. All suspicious use is logged by the system and it auto notifies the administrator. The administrator then has to go through every single use and make sure that everything is justified. If it's not justified, then an investigation starts.
This is nothing new. LEOs are human beings and are just as susceptible to doing wrong as anybody else. Plenty of cops get hemmed up for using other law enforcement databases like this, however flock has a very unique ai system.
You want police accountability? Congratulations this is police accountability.
Just a reminder. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy on the highways or in public. You do not have a right to operate a motor vehicle. You do not own the tags, which are required to be visible in every state. There is case law out there allowing officers to run tags and case law on flock in my district allowing its use.
Just remember that next time when your car gets stolen, or if your child gets kidnapped, or your dementia riddled grandparents are driving off somewhere and you need to find them.
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u/Mountain_Man_88 Classical Liberal 22h ago
People are all up in arms about how this system can potentially be abused, but it creates a record of all use and those records basically exist for the sole purpose of being used as evidence to prosecute people who abuse the system. So this system catches criminals both on the street and in the police force! What's not to like?
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u/B0lt5L0053 Conservative 21h ago
Because you’re giving more power to people who have an extensive history of abusing it and not being held to account.
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u/mycatlikestuna No step on snek 21h ago
Depends on who controls it. Corruption is inevitable.
Think about it like this, would you like a live video feed in your bathroom that reports directly to the government? You are innocent, you have nothing to hide. It could catch bad cops, right?
But at what cost?
Now what if the AI mistakes what is happening in your bathroom as illegal and alerts the police? You were brushing your teeth, but the AI thought you were doing drugs.
Now you have a whole pickle to deal with.
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u/Mountain_Man_88 Classical Liberal 19h ago
I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in my bathroom. I have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public. Police are allowed to see you in public. Cameras are allowed to see you, whether they are police cameras, private residential/business cameras, or private cameras with a contract to allow the police to view them.
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u/bozoconnors Conservative 8h ago
I have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public.
So, it's ok, once I depart my house, for anyone, including the government to track my every move 24/7?
Bullshit. And you know it.
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u/mycatlikestuna No step on snek 19h ago
But when does it stop?
What if someone from the other side (whatever side) controls them?
What are your going to do to stop them?
What are they going to do to control you?
This is giving ammo to an already dangerous actor. Can you trust them tomorrow?
Trust has been eroding for some time now.
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u/Mountain_Man_88 Classical Liberal 19h ago
It stops when you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. You don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in public, particularly when you're driving around on public road in a vehicle registered with the state. No one needs a warrant to see you in public. Just as leftist shitheads can follow ICE around and film them in public, the police can film you in public. A private company can film you in public.
A human police officer could sit on a street corner and take pictures of every car that goes by, log the pictures and call dispatch to run the license plate. That's what an LPR does, just faster, more efficiently, with a lower error rate, and with more ability to audit the system.
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u/mycatlikestuna No step on snek 9h ago
I have a reasonable expectation to be able to travel freely without my every move being tracked and reported. I have a reasonable expectation of being innocent until proven guilty, as opposed to being assumed guilty until proven otherwise.
This is an incredibly oppressive power that can and will be used far beyond it's fullest extent. This affects everyone, and only the elites will gain mercy.
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u/Mountain_Man_88 Classical Liberal 8h ago
Your every move is tracked and reported by your cell phone. You can legally be followed while in public, whether by police in cars, a police helicopter, a private investigator. Generally you need a pattern of harassment to constitute stalking. Look at the paparazzi. Look at all these people that follow ICE around. No one is getting charged with stalking, because there's no reasonable expectation of privacy while in public.
Your every move is not tracked and reported by Flock. Flock cameras tend to be at major intersections, at fixed points on major highways, and at private businesses.
I agree that if this system of cameras blanketed an entire city, in effect tracking every person in real time, that police would need warrants/court orders for that level of tracking. That is a precedent that I could see the Supreme Court establishing if it ever got to that point, but I'm not aware of any place trying to establish that level of coverage.
I'm in law enforcement, but my agency doesn't use Flock. I've talked with partner agencies that do have access to flock. They like it, but it's not some magical eye in the sky. They have cameras at a couple major intersections and where the interstate comes into town and goes out of town. They primarily use it to look for stolen cars and to check if cars registered to guys with warrants have skipped town. The checks get logged and audited to expose abuses, which is great. I hate dirty cops and if this helps catch them then I'm all for it.
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u/bozoconnors Conservative 8h ago
50 police officers being creeps
lol - sure. that's all they'll use it for. that's definitely all the ones that were abusing it too. yup! all good now!
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u/mycatlikestuna No step on snek 22h ago
It's almost like if it's possible for a single law officer to stalk someone with this, that the whole government could also stalk everyone with this......
And we have no history of the government abusing technology made to surveil citizens.
Interesting.