HomeMy WebLinkAboutFlock Software - Leslie H.To the City Council Members,
Taking a packet means this citizen issue is important to address,
and you have an open mind to listen and engage with the public
about a resolution.
At the end of the packet, you will see a brief questionnaire, and it
would be appreciated if you could fill it out to give thoughts,
recommendations, or suggestions to strengthen the report, or what
was compelling and important to you.
Your answers will be all confidential.
will not expose your name specifically whether or not you respond,
other than the general fact you have received the packet.
This is a work in progress, and while much of the information
provided has been published, there are still current developments
happening right now both on the federal, state, and city council
level.
Thankyou.
-Leslie H.
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Tableof Contents.........................................................................................................................1
Summary.........................................................................................
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Flock's "Promise.. ................................................................. .......................................................
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TheErosion of Trust......................................................................................................................6
ItWas About Her Safety................................................................................................................8
ICEFrozen All Over.......................................................................................................................9
NoKings Vweallowit...............................................................................................................10
This is Everything's Working as it Should Be.................................................................................12
ThePrice We Pay........................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................15
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Summary
The Flock Software, produced, distributed and powered by Planatir Technologies, has
committed a serious overreach of privacy and personal rights, with its implanted software;
it continues to accelerate in regular usage by influential individuals, like police officials and
government officials who oversee the masses of citizens they have sworn to protect.
These Flock cameras are a major security riskto everyone involved as their technological
prowess continues to evolve each coming day. It brands itself with working with the
overwhelmingly uncontrolled ICE organization, whilst boasting about undermining the
people's constitutional rights and freedoms.
The representatives of this software company have all but hidden and lied about their
product's overreach, what are their goals, and how they really feel when they are tested and
prohibited from carrying out their public agenda which is to deter, restrict, threaten and
abuse this high responsibility they have unapologeticaltygiven themselves.
Tustin's City Council have been entrusted with the public's voice, and have a sworn duty to
carry out their roles, as civil servants, to the democratic republic this nation has sworn to
follow, and ensure the people's safety is in higher regard than Palantir's frightening
surveillance agenda.
The impact of this scheme is greater than what Palantir would likeyou to know.
Every public figure will be on record to admit they atlowed misuse of these cameras, and
failed to protect sensitive information about their city's people.
The right answer is clear: we must remove Flock software.
Not most, not some, ALL remnants of its presence both now and in the future. I say, loudly,
that the people of Tustin deserve better than this. Tustin's City Council's legacy is on the
line. Howwill they be remembered? Did they bend the knee to profit? Or did they stand up
with their citizens to ensure our fundamental rights?
The following report is a summarization of published and verified works, and can be cross
referenced to the bibliography at the end of the packet. It is encouraged for you to read all
the sources on your own in order to know the full grasp of how the Flock system software
would be capable of overriding your daily life, and how damaging it will be to the City of
Tustin.
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Fleck's "Promise"
To understand the growth of Flock software, we have to know where their seed was
planted, and that would be in Miami, Florida.
In 2003, Planatir Technologies was founded by five individuals: Alex Karp, Peter Thiel, Joe
Lordsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings. The website, flocksafety.com, claims to
be in the interest of public safety, with their slogans "Privacybuilrinto the system"and
"Safetyis a Fundamental Right", they also revel in the following statistics: trusted by 5,000
law enforcement agencies, 6,000 communities, and 1,000 businesses. (1)
Flock is hailed as a software that "stops crime" and "solves crime cases". The product's
major selling point is that it doesn't need wiring or IT teams to maintain it, and can be
installed quickly. The website itself encourages the option to convert existing cameras with
their Flock software. Its information can be accessed in real time through their intended
app on a smart phone or computer, and is promised to have limited retention in their
iCloud servers.
They implement their software into their recognizable devices, with prices rangingfrom
$3,000 to $4,000 for their basic model, while excludingthe price for upkeep and repairs in
the lengthy contracts they write. Below are what they look like:
1) The Falcon - It is a black, rectangle camera box with a
curvature on top to protect the lenses. It comes with a black grid
that serves as its solar panel, but not always. This is the more
common and recognizable camera they sell to both police
departments and clients.
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1) Condor Camera— a white and black camera
that looks to be hanging upside down with a
top anchor. It has the capability to rotate
around and zoom in both manually orAl-
powered to recognize faces. These cameras
are their newest products to be showcased.
2) Mobile Security Trailers —A large, white box, with
two grids serving as solar panels. It is stationary with
four metal legs, and has a long metal pole attached
to the back of it. On top of that pole is another white
box that holds multiple cameras, a speaker box, and
a continuous blue beacon that flashes periodically.
3) The Raven —A small cylinder -like box that is
strapped to a nearby pole of sorts (with what
looks to be a ziptie). It is considered an audio -
detector.
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Flock holds onto five principles as stated by their legitimate website and believed to be
their core beliefs of their software:
1) Safety for All -We believe everyone deserves to feel safe.
2) Privacy First- We believe people have a right to privacy.
3) Protect, Not Overstep.- We believe crime itself is an invasion of privacy.ourgoal is
to help preventit.'
4) Driven by Principle -We believe in building our technology to follow the
Constitution and protect people's rights,
5) Fair Collaboration -We believe in working with law enforcement to make sure
safety efforts are fair and just for everyone.
The Flock software homepage has an insistent message that they follow the Constitution
and protects the people's rights. They believe in working with taw enforcement to ensure all
safety measures are met and fair to everyone, more importantly, to their clients. They
iterate and press that "safety" is a fundamental right and Flock is "built for cases, not for
watching people".
Flock software promises that their highly certified cameras and tech do not have facial
recognition; they do not recognize, identify, or monitor individuals. There is no way nor
measure that can decipher their coding in order to break into it and their software have
limitations to ensure privacy.
Consumers of Flock are in charge of what they see and access is restricted for anyone else.
They place sole responsibility on the consumer on how to use their camera information,
and only the consumer is held accountable.
Flock denies working with Planatir, and that PlanatirTechnologies, their spawn of origin,
does not have access to any of Flock's customer data. To think they have any sign of a
symbiotic relationship is preposterous to consider, because Flock decrees there is none.
What Flocks claims to be doing fails to reflect what their actions portray, and the following
will be the.egregious example of how risky it is to take them at their word.
' Originally not included in the four principles when accessed in 22nd April 2026, but has now been included
when accessed in 23rd May 2026 to make it five in total. Latest update was submitted 22ntl May 2026.
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The Erosion of Trust
While Flock software advertises itself as a trustworthy and reliable source of sound
technology, its controversial influence has gained needed attention from investigative
reporters and impacted victims from various counties across the States; Flock repeatedly
makes attempts to integrate itself in both mundane and emergency situations that much of
it brings into question whether Flock software goes beyond its jurisdiction of what it
promises, and the bad actors it attracts within secured facilities and influential individuals.
In March of 2025, Virginia's Richmond Police Department faced this uncomfortable reality;
by this point, they had already adopted this Flock software in the hopes of mitigating their
crime rates and aiding their. communities. Afederal agent in the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives managed to access the Flock software and the ALPR
(Automated License Plate Reader) that were equipped with it to assist in an immigration
investigation (without permission of the needed authority). This agent searched 49 car
licenses, and received more than four.hundred results to find the four individuals who had
been detained and escaped the ICE detention center in Farmville.
After this discovery, the Richmond Police Department barred all federal agencies for the
serious misuse of the software, quoting "we do notinvestigate a person's immigration
status" (2). Upon further investigation, reporters confirmed that five more Virginia police
departments that had signed the Flock agreement (287(g) programs) had misused the ALPR
information in order to aid other ICE investigations, and refused to comment when asked
about their involvements that they had no authorization for. In June of 2025, the,
Charlottesville Police Department of Virginia was the first agency to sever all data linkage
access to their ALPR's from federal agencies. Chief of Police Michael Kochs quotes
"It was clear that some jurisdictions thathave access to the system were working with
ICE, and I don't think they're trying to hide it at all. Once we got that information in
Charlottesville, we shut our system out for everyone."(3)
As a result of these harrowing discoveries, Virginia passed a new law on July 1 st, 2025 that
prohibited out-of-state sharing of their ALPR software, quoting these devices will"be used
in discriminatory manneror to target vulnerable communities". What this shows is that the
state did not have a guardrail in order to prohibit sharing of sensitive information with other
states across the county, and there was no resistance to hand it to ICE immigration.
On August 25`", 2025, CEO of Flock Software Garrett Langley shared a public statement
after increased scrutinization and reports continued to mount about these unreported and
overreaching operations, admitting
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"while it is true that Flock does not presently have a contractual relationship with any.
US Department of Homeland Security agencies, we have engaged in limited pilots
with US Customs and Borders Protection and Homeland Security Investigations HIS
to assist those agencies in combattinghuman trafficking and fentanyl distribution. As
of last week, all ongoing federal pilots have been paused...
I've asked Flock's new Chief Legal Officer Dan Haley to lead our ongoing company-
wide effort to ensure users are able to determine, in compliance with local laws,
regulations, and community norms, whether and when to share their data. We will be
updating the list of new compliance tools publicly on a regularbasis." (4)
On October 9, 2025, the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO (public
media) had uncovered that 3,000 searches related to immigration forces were performed in
the State's Flock network over their 12-month period, despite departments and sheriffs
holding public meetings and going on record to adamantly lie that they did not allow
systems to be used for immigration enforcement. Roughly nine out of the ten searches of
this data were law enforcements outside of Virginia. The irreparable damage of this kind of
conduct simply demonstrates that a citizen's privacy concern will always be overridden
and ignored with a powerful and unregulated tool like Flock if is allowed to perform
unmanaged and free operations.
With the major breach of trust now evident, the Charlottesville Police Department of
Virginia blocked and ended all contracts tied to the Flock system software in December
151h, 2025. City Manager Sam Sander goes on record to state:
"Council has received a performance briefing and learned of the positive results in
solving cases. But because of ongoing concerns ... [including] an inability to
guarantee our local parameters or protect information... Council has requested that
we not move forward with this system." (5)
The driving concern was the data protection of the city's residents, the easily accessible
misconduct of the software, and the limited control the department actually had for long
term negative impact. Sam Sander held a work session later in 2026 in order, to find an
alternative, trusted software. As of January 22nd of 2026, the State of Virginia introduced the
Senate Bit No. 783 to amend and reenact §52-30.2, which reads
"no law enforcement officer shall inquire as to the citizenship of an individual during
a routine traffic stop ... orengage in conduct relating to the enforcement or
immigration laws on the propertyofa school, hospital, courthouse orhouse of
worship" (6)
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It Was About Her Safety,..
On October 7, 2025, a report was made to expose the dangerous influence the Johnson
County's Police Department and its sheriff, Adam King, who authorized the use of the
powerful Flock software system in order to investigate into a woman's abortion. The
department's defense was stating they were investigating a "missing person", and "it was
about her safety", acknowledging they knew the identity of their victim while excluding the
real reason as to why. Further damning their search, the department logged "a death
investigation" of a "nonviable fetus" into the Flock's input data, and had left trace when
they consulted the district attorney's office about incriminating the woman with a crime
who reiterated they could not charge the woman. Sheriff Adam King adamantly denied
misusing the ALPR search data bases in order to enforce the state's abortion ban in press
conferences and to reporters.
Never mind the sworn affidavit (a sworn, under -oath statement) by the lead detective
claiming that the report came from a reliable source for a.death,investigation, the
department's logged software searched 83,000 Flock cameras, and their reason in the
software's prompt as "had an abortion, search forfemale" two weeks. after the report was
made; this expansive search expanded to a whole, full month that breached 6,809
networks to total the close amount of 83,345 cameras (that seems to be the rough
estimate). However, it was uncovered that the police department had initiated a secret,
undisclosed first search that probed 1,295 Flock networks, hitting the benchmark of 17,684
Flock carneras the previous week, and was conducted a mere two and a half hours after
the woman's domestic partner had tipped off police and initially had made the report. Both
searches were listed as "death investigation/incidentreport"; the total amount of cameras
amounted to 111,029, give or take. The police department allowed this case to be
conducted for an entire month, collecting data about the woman, running her information
and car license through multiple databases, and attempting to charge her to some degree.
After the information about their invasive search was the investigation called off weeks
after to pronounce "the woman was not under investigation at any point". Yet, Flock Safety
took the initiative to promote the unsupported narrative on its blog, and during press
conferences to boost the software abilityto solve crimes. When asked to clarify about the
unrailed and damaging claims of the Johnson County Police Department, the software's
communications director refused to answer questions until the report "correct the record
and admit to your audience that you purposefully spread misinformation which you know to
be untrue". (7)
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On May 271h, 2025, it was uncovered by 404 Media (a journalist -founded digital media
endeavor) that the Flock system software was being abused by ICE immigration by using
the keywords "immigration" as their reasoning for the access. What was promised as a
secure software by police departments across the states had been clearly and easily
handed over to ICE officials more than 4,000 times with no limitations nor oversights
across state lines, and conducted as "informal" favors to the police departments. Flock
software had no viable, accessible, nor existent contract at this time for these requests. A
main location of this misuse was in Danville, where 404 Media made a public request for
the Illinois Police Department. (8)
The State of Washington followed suite in this damage; around 8 police departments were
revealed on October 21, 2025 to have allowed direct access into sharing their Flock system
with US Border Patrol. Their operations exposed their citizens to possible civil cases
unrelated to actual crime being recorded onto the system.
Oregon's Woodburn City Council has their own integrated Flock system at this time, and
voted on November 10'h the same year to temporarily suspend the use in their city's
boundaries when their residents' filed concerns and complaints about the severe
overreach US Border Patrol posed to their immigrant neighbors and families. The Mayor,
Frank Lonergan quotes
"The City of Woodburn is committed to keeping our communitysafe while
respecting the concerns of our community members. Based on community input,
pausing the Flock camera system is a prudent step." (9)
The Woodburn City revealed openly that they had 24ALPR cameras installed for their first -
year program, with the cost amounting to $96,000 roughly, and the contract would recur a
yearly cost of $84,000 should they continue it. The contract itself stated that ICE is
prohibited access. With the ban carried unfaithfully and clear outrage by the public's input
about their data's security, the program was swiftly ended.
The amount of law enforcement departments that have openly expressed enthusiasm,
willingness and cooperation with Homeland Security ICE "without hesitation" has set the
precedent for the face of every police department: every Flock camera is a liable and
security risk. Whether they be on private property, schools, gyms, parking lots, federal
buildings, public parks, homes, cellphones, none are secured, and none should have the
colossal responsibility for the public's safety, much less be a standard practice.
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*if we allow it
Then it should come with no surprise that the Flock system software, without guardrails nor
regulation, that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies started to connect their
data to protest activity, a constitutional and fundamental right in the United States. This
alarming misusage carries over a 10-month span, and it is highly suspected to still
continue.
How do they do this? The system software will prompt the investigator for a reason as to
why the camera will be accessed, and all it requires is one word. That's it. Search warrant is
bypassed, with no presence of a crime being committed, or respect for a citizen's rights.
Below are the list of Police Departments who did this:
"Protest" written in the prompt:
• Oro Valley Police Department of Arizona
• Putnam County Sheriff's Office -in Georgia
• Lisle Police Department of Illinois
• Tulsa Police Department of Oklahoma
"NO KINGS" written in the prompt:
• Arizona Department of Public Safety
• Oro Valley Police Department of Arizona
• Tempe, Police Department of Arizona
• Little Rock Police Department of Arkansas
• Georgia State Patrol
• Anaheim Police Department of California
• Riverside County Sheriff's Office of California
• Salina's Police Department of California
• San Bernadino County Sheriff's Office of California
• Lisle Police Department of Illinois
• Flagler County Sheriff's Office of Florida
• Marion Police Department of Ohio
• Tulsa Police Department of Oklahoma
A Richmond Police Department of Virginia
• Charleston Police Department of South Carolina
• Spartanburg Police Department of South Carolina
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• Morristown Police Department of Tennessee
• Putnam County Sheriff's Office of Tennessee
• Beaumont Police Department of Texas
• US Border Patrol
Other searches:
• "no kings" in Spokane County Sheriff Office of Washington for 3 searches and 95
camera networks
• "KINGS DAY PROTEST" in Beaumont Police Department of Texas for 1,774 networks
• "no king" in San Bernadino County Sheriff's Office in California for 711 networks
• :"ALTz No Kings Protest" in Tempe Police Department of Arizona for 425 networks
Among these, other keywords' were logged into the system.
While a crime can be committed in a protest, it is imperative to highlight that this data
collected is not solely affecting one person, it is garnering information on everyone
involved, and not only those in suspicion of a crime. And ultimately, all this data is
collected for a database without one's consent.
z ATL meant to stand for "attempt to locate", in this case was used to search for a specific vehicle
3"PROTEST", "PROTEST CASE", "PROTEST INVOLVED", "PROTEST VECH ILE", "NO KINGS PROTEST"
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This is Everything's Working as it should be"'
As the horror deepens, and the critiques pile, the company that should be seeking viable
and clear solutions only have this response to say to most about everyone:
"Not only do we place cameras where you need them, we offer access to available
cameras in your community, and beyond your jurisdiction."
Because of lack of immediate response in Oregon's negative response to their growing
problem of the invasive Flock system, the National Education Association (NEA) and
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have joined the federal lawsuit PCUN vNoem in
order to restore what protections there needed to be in order to keep their children and
families safe in the state. This lawsuit is still ongoing, and more continue to be added in
frustration as well as determination to keep their communities safe.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Imperial Valley Equity and Justice filed a
motion for Newsom and Caltrans Director to entirely remove the permits for federal .
agencies when it comes to approvingALPR's on highways along the border, making it clear
that it would only increase heavy risk to both residents and migrants of heavy targeting,
harassment and abuse risks, and as well are wrongful detentions and deportations.
The residents San Jose have also taken action, after countless complaints and concerns
went ignored by their City Council. On April 151h, 2026, a civil rights suit was filed in federal
court against their residing city for the egregious amount of Flock cameras (amassed to 500
in total) that have invaded their quality of life (operated by their police department) and
violation of their Fourth Amendment, which states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants
shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized.
As of now, June 611, 2026, there are confirmed 7 Flock software, systems tied to the City of
Tustin (with the main focus being specifically the Flock software ONLY):
• 3 on Newport Avenue toward Edinger Avenue, tied to Tustin Police Department
• 2 in the Tustin Legacy area,1 tied to Lowe's, and one new camera tied to Tustin PD
This was Flock's CEO Garrett Langley speaking about the misuse of the ALPR's being used for the woman's
abortion case.
s Quoted from Flock's marketing materials on being able to expand data'sharingto other police departments
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• 1 around the Costco and Tustin Marketplace, tied to the Tustin Police Department.
• 1 on 17" between Holt Avenue and Dall Lane, facing the Loma Vista Elementary
School with an unknown user, but confirmed has the Flock software system
These cameras are inefficient to store valuable information securely; they can be hackable
in less than five minutes, and expose police credentials, passwords, and routes should
someone of ill -intent really dig into the database of what this information can hold. The
only other reference of an audit in Tustin was adding 3 mobile ALRP cameras for the Parking
Permit Program in 2023. It is clear what cameras existed in 2023 have rapidly changed to.
what we know today.
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It is a clear message that these Flock cameras impose on the privacy of Tustin's citizens,
and do not only breach and falter the trust between the community and law enforcement,
but puts other legitimate and verified contractors and software under immense scrutiny.
There is a greater impact of misuse than there are pros to this kind of technology, and while
one could impose restrictions on what is accessible, what can be utilized, what can be
bricked or be put behind a firewall, it is not enough. The safer and acceptable approach to
this is to entirely ban these Flock cameras and Flock system software altogether.
Flock cameras damage the trust in the Police Department of Tustin. Flock cameras implant
serious setbacks on everyone's privacy. Flock cameras put children, victims of abuse,
protestors, communities, immigrants, citizens, officials, officers, everyone at risk.
The representatives of this software company have all but lied about their product's
overreach, what are their goals, and how they reallyfeelwhen they are tested and
prohibited from carrying out their public agenda, which is to deter, restrict, threaten, and
abuse this high responsibility. This city council has an obligation to listen and respond to
the public's voice, and understand whywe would not benefit from something this
dangerous.
These cameras are not your friends. They are not your neighbors.. Flock's message is not the
message the Tustin stands for. Flock Safety do not serve, they do not listen, they do not
uphold safety nor empathy to you. The public needs to know what they're risking in this
trade, when one more Flock camera goes up. What you are willing and unwilling to sell.
The impact of this is greater than what it's leading itself out to be, just because it's easier to
install and there is no serious oversight for it. Every public figure will be on record to admit
they allowed misuse of the Flock camera, and failed to protect sensitive information about
their city's people, that in fact no one has due process, has the right to remain silent, that
they are proven innocent until proven guilty. Opposition has a face, has a voice, that this
report does not only speak for one person, but for everyone and anyone, for those who are
afraid to say anything more, when they are recognized by a Flock camera, when the are
followed and intimidated. The people of Tustin deserve better than this, as US citizens, as
migrants, neighbors, human beings. We all deserve better than this.
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Questionnaire
1) Did you know about the Flock system software before Miss Leslie H. started to
attend the Tustin's City Council meetings?
2) How concerned were you about Flock cameras prior to the report, to now having
read it?
3) What is a significant comment you have about Flock? A criticism about it?
4) What is something you're having trouble understanding? What can be better
explained?
5) What is something you would like mentioned in the report?
6) Any additional comments you would like to share:
You can hand the questionnaire back tome personally in a future meeting
Email it to the one provided: XAselesX@yahoo.com
Or mail it to address:
Leslie H.
14160 Red Hill Ave Apt 59
Tustin, CA 92780
If you have further questions or additional comments, you can also reach out to me by
email or physical letter as well. Thankyou for your time and consideration, I would
appreciate a response within 60 days if possible.