Methodology: Primary sources only. Government records, court filings, peer-reviewed research, original investigative journalism, and Flock's own public statements. Where reporting is paywalled or could be removed, we have archived copies on this site or via the Internet Archive.
OKC Primary Records
- OKCPD Internal Memorandum (OCPD-2885-2026) - Casey Mumme to Jason Perez, March 10, 2026. Confirms in writing that no access controls, prohibited-use policies, audit procedures, discipline standards, or transparency reporting exist for Flock. View PDF on this site →
- Master Agreement C241032 - Full Flock Safety contract with City of Oklahoma City. June 20, 2023. 79 pages covering system specs, permitted purposes, and contract terms. View PDF on this site →
- Council Memos & Renewal Letters - Internal city documents confirming renewals, costs ($270K/year), and 90-camera deployment. Available on the Documents page.
- OKCPD Operations Manual §5-118 - Published ALPR policy. Feb 5, 2026 6th Edition (pp. 283-284) contained the "will not be shared", "properly trained", and "will be purged" language. Rewritten in the June 15, 2026 revision as the program came under national scrutiny; three clauses softened at once. Side-by-side comparison on The Case Section 04. okc.gov →
Statute & Court Filings
- 47 O.S. §7-606.1 - Oklahoma ALPR statute. Authorizes use exclusively for Compulsory Insurance Law enforcement; criminal investigation access requires warrant, subpoena, or court order.
- Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018) - Supreme Court ruling that warrantless acquisition of cell-site location information violates the Fourth Amendment. Foundation of the constitutional argument against warrantless ALPR tracking.
- Institute for Justice v. City of Norfolk - Federal Fourth Amendment lawsuit over Norfolk's 176-camera Flock network. Filed 2025. Veteran tracked 526 times in four months. NBC News coverage →
- Institute for Justice v. City of San Jose - Federal class action filed April 2026 arguing 474-camera Flock network constitutes unconstitutional mass surveillance. Reason coverage →
- Gibbs Mura class action against Flock Safety - Filed Feb 26, 2026, amended April 3, 2026. Alleges Flock illegally shared California license plate data with out-of-state agencies 1.6 million times. Class Law Group →
Independent Security Research
- Jon "GainSec" Gaines - Independent security researcher. Documented 51 security findings in Flock's device ecosystem including 22 CVEs. White paper published November 2025. gainsec.com → · Security Ledger coverage →
- Benn Jordan (YouTube) - Independent investigator and content creator. Demonstrated Flock camera vulnerabilities, documented Flock employee access to private cameras, exposed Flock CEO's email to police departments characterizing critics as "activist groups who want to defund the police." YouTube channel →
- 404 Media - Investigative tech journalism outlet. Reporting on Flock cameras streaming live to open internet, Flock Nova product architecture using leaked/breached data, and Flock employee tracking patterns. Exposed live feeds →
- National Vulnerability Database (NIST) - Federal database of confirmed software vulnerabilities. Flock Safety vendor entries listing multiple confirmed CVEs. CVE Details →
- Have I Been Flocked? - Public tool by Jason Hunar that allows residents to check if their plate appears in published Flock audit logs from law enforcement agencies. haveibeenflocked.com →
Civil Liberties Organizations
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - Obtained 12M+ Flock search logs from 3,900+ agencies. Documented protest surveillance, abortion investigation searches, and Romani profiling. 2025 Year in Review →
- ACLU of Oklahoma - State affiliate organizing the May 27, 2026 Town Hall. Press release →
- ACLU National - Chad Marlow, Senior Policy Counsel. Analysis of Flock's contract terms and ALPR policy framework. "Flock's Terms and Conditions" →
- Institute for Justice - Active ALPR litigation in Norfolk, VA and San Jose, CA. Plate Privacy Project. ij.org →
Notable Investigations
- Benn Jordan / 404 Media joint investigation - Found at least 60 Flock Condor cameras streaming live to the open internet without authentication, including one pointed at a children's playground. Independent verification of 30 days of accessible archived footage. 404 Media →
- "We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in Under 30 Seconds" - Benn Jordan's video demonstrating Flock device compromise via Bluetooth and WPA2 weaknesses, both with and without physical access. YouTube →
- "Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation." - EFF investigation revealing search reason: "had an abortion, search for female." Crossed 83,345 cameras across 6,809 networks. EFF →
- "How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists" - EFF analysis of 12M+ search logs. Documented 38+ Tulsa PD protest-related searches. EFF →
- Dunwoody, GA Flock audit log analysis (Jason Hunar) - Public records work revealing Flock employees searching customer databases, including the company's VP of Business Development searching a city's database 63 times. Multiple employees accessed cameras inside a community gym including preschool daycare areas. Have I Been Flocked? →
- "Mountain View Police Chief Recommends Ending Flock Safety Contract" - Documented 17 months of ATF, Air Force, and GSA Inspector General access to local Flock data without local police knowledge. Mountain View Voice →
- "Oshkosh Council Rescinds Flock Camera Contract After False Statements" - Council approved Tuesday, rescinded within 24 hours after Police Chief discovered Flock had misrepresented the system's capabilities. WBAY →
- "Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance" - ACLU's analysis and full reproduction of Garrett Langley's December 2025 email to law enforcement calling critics "activists who want to defund the police." ACLU →
- GainSec White Paper (Jon Gaines) - 51 documented security findings in Flock's device ecosystem, multiple confirmed CVEs logged in NIST's National Vulnerability Database. Security Ledger coverage →
- DeflockYourCity Contract Analysis - Side-by-side diff of Flock's February 2026 contract changes documenting 147 modifications, including deletion of the "Flock does not own and shall not sell Customer Data" clause and addition of a perpetual, worldwide data license that survives termination. GitHub →
- "Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety's Cease and Desist Demand" - EFF coverage of Flock's attempt to suppress DeFlock.me's community mapping project via trademark-dilution claims. EFF →
News Coverage
News outlets cited across the site, grouped by region. See the News page for the curated chronological archive with article-level descriptions.
Oklahoma Coverage
- Free Press OKC - First Oklahoma-based outlet to cover the FOIA findings, and provided post-event recap of the May 27 town hall including direct quotes from Councilman Cooper and ACLU's Chad Marlow. Original article → · Town hall recap →
- KOCO 5 News - Broadcast television coverage of the May 27 town hall, bringing the story to central Oklahoma audiences. Article →
- The Gayly - Pre-event coverage framing the town hall as a civil liberties issue affecting vulnerable populations. Article →
- KOSU / KGOU / NPR Oklahoma - Coverage of records request findings, OKCPD transparency gaps, and (in Abigail Siatkowski's July 1, 2026 piece) documentation of the Section 5-118 manual rewrite between February and June 2026, Councilman Cooper's three-straight no votes, Tulsa PD's contrasting Flock policy, and Mayor Holt's "no expectation of privacy in public" defense. Records request article → · Contract renewal article (July 2026) →
- KGOU / NPR - Reporting on Rep. Tom Gann's Oklahoma interim study on ALPRs. Article →
- News9 - Oklahoma legislators examine privacy issues with Flock cameras. Article →
- KFOR - Coverage of Oklahoma interim study on ALPR misuse, including Marven Goodman testimony. Article →
- Hoodline - "OKC's Quiet Flock Camera Rollout Ignites Big Brother Backlash" - Community response to FOIA findings. Article →
- The Oklahoman - Reporting on OKCPD Flock use in connection with federal immigration enforcement. Article →
- OKCFox / FOX 25 - Original 2023 coverage of OKC's Flock camera adoption decision. Article →
National Coverage
- 404 Media - Independent investigative tech outlet. Original reporting on Flock Nova architecture, exposed live feeds, and Flock Safety business practices. 404media.co →
- NPR - National coverage of the wave of city Flock cancellations, including the Amazon Ring-Flock partnership termination. Article →
- NBC News - Norfolk, VA federal lawsuit and 526-track surveillance pattern reporting. Article →
- Reason - Coverage of San Jose federal lawsuit and the constitutional implications of Flock's deployment model. Article →
- KQED - San Jose residents' federal lawsuit framed in civil rights and Fourth Amendment terms. Article →
- Carscoops - Wave of Flock cancellations and the OKC oversight findings. OKC article → · Cancellation roundup →
- Tech Startups - Flock's $8.4B valuation and a16z investment context. Article →
- TechCrunch - Lawmakers on stolen police credentials exposing Flock cameras to hackers. Article →
- SFist - California class action: 1.6M unauthorized out-of-state searches of SFPD's Flock database. Article →
- Mountain View Voice - Police chief's public recommendation to terminate the Flock contract. Article →
- WBNG - Tompkins County, NY 12-1 vote to terminate Flock contract. Article →
- WBAY - Oshkosh, WI Flock rescission. Also: Menasha officer charged with stalking via Flock. Oshkosh → · Menasha →
- Urban Milwaukee / Wisconsin Examiner / Channel 3000 - Milwaukee officer Josue Ayala stalking case via Flock. Urban Milwaukee →
- Kenosha County Eye - Kenosha County deputy Frank McGrath case, audit-log investigation. Article →
- Cville Right Now / Straight Arrow News / Building Blocks for Liberty - Coverage of Flock CEO's email to police departments and the Staunton, VA contract termination. Cville Right Now → · SAN →
- City of Cambridge, MA - Official statement on Flock contract termination and unauthorized camera installations. Statement →
- MyNorthwest - Lynnwood, WA 7-0 unanimous Flock cancellation. Article →
- VPM / Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism - Investigation into Virginia police use of Flock data 24/7 without clear justification. Article →
- State of Surveillance - Investigation into Flock's free-trial sales playbook and how it lands cameras before oversight policies exist. Article →
- WFLX - Coverage of Flock's acknowledgment that live police camera feeds were exposed to the internet. Article →
- Security Ledger - Coverage of GainSec's white paper on Flock device vulnerabilities. Article →
- KENS 5 / FOX 26 Houston - Coverage of Texas DPS cease-and-desist to Flock for unauthorized camera installations on private property. KENS 5 →
Toolkits & Reference Material
- DeflockYourCity Toolkit - CC BY-SA 4.0 community toolkit with council handouts, legal analysis, 3-minute talk tracks, and battle-tested advocacy materials. GitHub repository →
- DeFlock.me - National grassroots network with crowdsourced ALPR camera map. deflock.me →
- Texas Privacy Coalition - Patent analysis showing Flock's documented person-tracking and classification capabilities. End Flock campaign →
- State of Surveillance - Investigative reporting on Flock's free trial sales playbook and other industry tactics. stateofsurveillance.org →
Flock Safety's Own Public Statements
- USPTO Patent US11416545B1 - Flock person-classification patent ("System and method for object based query of video content captured by a dynamic surveillance network"). Describes classifying people by race, gender, height, weight, and clothing. Google Patents →
- Flock Safety Blog Posts - Public statements from the company including post-incident responses. flocksafety.com/blog →
- Flock Master Services Agreement (public terms) - Standard contract terms, with the February 2026 rewrite documented by DeflockYourCity contract analysis.
This page is a living document. Sources are added as we add content. If we make a claim somewhere on this site and you cannot find the source here, please email DeFlockOKC@proton.me and we will either add the citation or remove the claim. We hold ourselves to the same standard we expect of OKCPD and Flock.
Corrections and Clarifications
This site cites hundreds of primary and secondary sources. When we get something wrong, we fix it in place and log the change here so readers can see what was corrected, when, and why. Owning our errors is part of the credibility we demand of the vendor and the department. If you spot an error, email DeFlockOKC@proton.me and we will run it down.
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2026-07-06 - Site-wide fact-check corrections
Pages affected: index.html, the-case.html, take-action.html, documents.html, records.html, sources.html
A line-by-line fact-check of the site on July 6, 2026 turned up 30 confirmed defects across six pages. All have been corrected in the source HTML. Summary of changes:
- Homepage. Updated Flock's national camera count from "40,000+" to "100,000+" to reflect mid-2026 reporting. Replaced an unsubstantiated "peer-reviewed Berkeley analysis" attribution with a peer-reviewed evaluation of Atlantic City's ALPR expansion, which is the study that actually reports the "no statistically significant reduction" finding.
- The Case, Section 02 (Company). Split the Garrett Langley "coordinated attack" and "defund the police" passage into two quotes, matching the ACLU primary source (they are two separate sentences with intervening text, not one continuous quote). Corrected the spelling of independent researcher Jason Hunyar's name in body text and footnote fn-2-9, and added a direct link to jasonhunyar.substack.com. Replaced "preschool daycare areas" with the accurate facility - a children's gymnastics room at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta - which is what 404 Media's coverage documented. Restored the full Oshkosh council-member quote that had been silently truncated inside quotation marks. Rewrote footnote fn-8 to cite ACLU of Colorado and Colorado Sun for the Denver immigration query figures, since the previously cited EFF year-in-review article does not contain that statistic.
- The Case, Section 03 (Technology). Corrected the Aerodome acquisition date from "2025" to "October 2024." Corrected the MDPI paper title in footnote fn-3-safety-11 and reframed the finding to match what the paper actually documents (a 71.4% injury-or-fatality rate for rigid-pole collisions at or above 50 km/h). Removed quotation marks from two FreeForm AI Search example queries that were not present in the cited EFF article, and reframed the capability description with sourcing that holds up. Marked the Flock Vehicle Fingerprint product-page link in footnote fn-3-2 as archived because the original URL now returns 404.
- The Case, Section 04 (The Law). Restored the full Tony Tan quote by adding back the opening "Having spent time in China," and closing "across the United States" that had been silently omitted inside quotation marks.
- The Case, Section 05 (Track Record). Corrected the location of the Rivian dash-cam package-theft accusation incident from "Lakewood, Colorado" to "Bow Mar, Colorado," with Columbine Valley PD as the agency that served the summons. Rewrote the Kenosha internal-investigation quotation, which had grafted two separate phrases into a composite quote that does not appear in the report.
- The Case, Section 06 (Common Ground). Corrected the Mountain View police chief's name from "Andrew Mills" to Mike Canfield, and rewrote the surrounding sentence to distinguish the roughly 17-month statewide California unauthorized-access period from the separate window of federal access in late 2024. Corrected the filing year of Schmidt v. City of Norfolk from "2025" to "2024" in both places it appears. Fixed the title, author, and date of the cited ACLU article (Jay Stanley, April 16, 2026). Updated Mountain View Voice citations to the working URL, correct title, and February 2026 date.
- Take Action. Rewrote a compressed CEO paraphrase presented inside quotation marks so the quoted words match the ACLU-published verbatim wording.
- Documents. Rewrote the Mountain View federal-access claim to reflect that the 17-month figure applies to statewide California unauthorized access, not federal access, which occurred during a separate late-2024 window. Corrected two direct quotes from the Flock CEO email to match verbatim source. Expanded the Cambridge "breach of trust" quote to the full "material breach of our trust and the agreement" as issued by the city.
- Records. Added an inline note to the Round 2 request tracker clarifying that Request #3 was already filed as OCPD-9710-2026 (Section 5-118 rewrite paper trail), resolving the visible numbering gap between Request #2 and Request #4 without renumbering.
- Sources. Adjusted the Condor-camera figure from "67" to "at least 60" and the archived-footage duration from "31 days" to "30 days" to match the cited 404 Media article. Corrected a Flock CEO direct-quotation fragment. Reframed the description of USPTO Patent US11416545B1 so "person classification" reads as descriptive shorthand rather than the patent's given title (the actual title is "System and method for object based query of video content captured by a dynamic surveillance network"). Corrected the GainSec white paper publication date from December 2025 to November 2025.
How the errors were surfaced: a line-by-line fact-check against primary sources - agency press releases, court dockets, peer-reviewed publications, and the actual pages our footnotes point at. Anything that survived a skeptical secondary review is documented above. If we missed one, tell us.