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Posted on 08/03/2026 5:48:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
JEFFERSON, Ga. — Marci Bakely couldn’t understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was.
When she went to buy groceries or on a date or to the doctor, he’d text her about it, sometimes within minutes, despite working 15 miles from her home as a police chief in a small town in the Atlanta suburbs. One day in 2024, when he incorrectly suspected that she’d gone to see a man against his wishes, he messaged her, “I didn’t think you would slip up,” according to texts she shared with The Washington Post.
Bakely, 50, began to feel like she was constantly being watched. She says she installed three cameras around her home and on her patio, to see if he was staking out her cul-de-sac. She bought a hidden-camera detector and nervously waved it down every wall. Three times, in desperation, she says she drove her Kia to a mechanic’s shop, asking them to scan for trackers on her car.
Then one day, when she pressed him for answers, her ex told her in a text: He was using Flock.
Like thousands of other law-enforcement agencies across the United States, his police force could follow cars spotted by Flock’s sprawling network of artificial-intelligence roadside cameras, which record passing license plates into a mappable database that officers can search while investigating crime.
Flock had sold its system as a police officer’s dream crime-fighting tool. But the tool had also given the chief, Michael Steffman, the power to silently monitor Bakely’s life. By the time she understood what was happening, Steffman had looked up the tags for her and her...
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It’s for the greater good, like the Patriot Act.
Please do NOT stop the gubermint from tracking us with negative facts./sarc
Matt Walsh says to leave your license plates at home if you don’t want to be tracked and put in a database by Flock cameras. Ironically, they’ll track you even without plates...they’re ‘that good’.
Well, Walsh didn’t quite say that, but he cannot understand why people are so mad about Flock cameras when they carry cell phones around. Of course one could choose to leave their cell phone at home (or in a Faraday Bag) if they don’t want to be tracked and entered into a database. Not so easy with cars and Flocks everywhere.
The reason I don't post links to paywall bypassed articles is because it is a violation of the Free Republic consent decree.
I did it a few times and got slapped down by the mods.
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Zero tolerance with mandatory prison time for misuse of Flock cameras.
The police chief in the article offed himself when he was prosecuted.
Can you help me find that consent decree? I thought it was already limited by the 300 word and copyright info.
All I know is the mod told me to stop because of the consent decree, so I did.
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0 what do traffic cameras have to do with fighting from
Easier is just don’t post from such as the WPost, NYTimes, WSJournal.
There’s plenty of other source.
I remember way back when the WPost sued Free Republic, then withdrew their lawsuit b/c their news operation would have been laid bare by discovery during the suit.
Great article we cant read.
Great article we cant read. Now I see the full article. Was interested since my daughter and her family live in Jefferson, GA.
Suddenly, We The People went from "Governed by the Consent of the People" to "The Government will grant privileges at their convenience."
Yes. We had an expert talk to my Bible Men’s Group (about 60 men) and he explained these Flock cameras to us last year.
They can identify your car even with no plate or an obscured plate if you have any window or bumper stickers on the car.
Law Enforcement and Government both BUY information from Flock to get around the surveillance laws.
I wonder how we should handle this invasion of privacy. In my scummy very-blue state, I would not be surprised to see a whole bevy of laws preventing citizens from getting around these. Asking AI about specific avoidance strategies is very unspecific and quite squishy. But in looking, there are plenty of movements to outlaw it, and the ACLU is involved with a toolkit they distribute to help people avoid this surveillance.
I am considering using some strategy to obscure my plate if I find anything legal or undetectable. and I have no stickers on my car. However, I would not be in the least bit surprised to find out that they use facial recognition as well.
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Jefferson, Georgia is NOT an Atlanta suburb.
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