Re: Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around

On Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:31:11 +0100, Flocked Up wrote:

> Records from a single town in Illinois reveal more than 1,200 Flock
> searches investigate cases of loitering.
> 
> Flock Security likes to describe its national private network of cameras
> and license plate scanners as a public safety boon. “I can think of no
> greater mission than rescuing our children,” tweeted Flock CEO Garrett
> Langley, sharing a promotional company video. “Another child rape
> suspect located and arrested with help from Flock,” chief strategy
> officer Rahul Sidhu posted last month. Last week, venture capital firm
> and Flock investor Andreessen Horowitz put the company’s benefits in
> 
> Though Flock’s investors and executives insist its surveillance dragnet
> thwarts the most serious of crimes, it turns out police are also using
> the company’s technology to go after some of the pettiest possible
> 
> When police seek footage from Flock’s more than 120,000 cameras
> nationwide, they select a category of crime corresponding with the
> alleged offense they are investigating, such as hit-and-run or burglary.
> Among the choices is the supposed crime of being suspicious in public,
> formally categorized by Flock as “Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations.”
> 
> https://theintercept.com/2026/09/09/flock-cameras-police-loitering-
> curfew-surveillance/

Got forbid people stand around, especially after the almost complete 
removal of 'third place' locations for folks..