Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
January 28, 2026
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as posted by the channelPolice officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request. The warning originated from a Houston-area police intelligence center that includes members of the FBI and ICE and suggests without evidence that people are using a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com to “potentially retaliate against law enforcement.”
This comes after we reported that a handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active investigations because they have failed to redact license plates information in public records releases.
The flurry of warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's information sharing design. And the reaction further highlights how law enforcement see themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
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