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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. rCLI can think of no greater mission than rescuing our children,rCY tweeted Flock CEO Garrett Langley, sharing a promotional company video. rCLAnother child rape
suspect located and arrested with help from Flock,rCY chief strategy
officer Rahul Sidhu posted last month. Last week, venture capital firm
and Flock investor Andreessen Horowitz put the companyrCOs benefits in

Though FlockrCOs investors and executives insist its surveillance dragnet thwarts the most serious of crimes, it turns out police are also using
the companyrCOs technology to go after some of the pettiest possible

When police seek footage from FlockrCOs 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 rCLCurfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations.rCY

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/09/flock-cameras-police-loitering- curfew-surveillance/


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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. rCLI can think of no greater mission than rescuing our children,rCY tweeted Flock CEO Garrett Langley, sharing a promotional company video. rCLAnother child rape
suspect located and arrested with help from Flock,rCY chief strategy
officer Rahul Sidhu posted last month. Last week, venture capital firm
and Flock investor Andreessen Horowitz put the companyrCOs benefits in

Though FlockrCOs investors and executives insist its surveillance dragnet thwarts the most serious of crimes, it turns out police are also using
the companyrCOs technology to go after some of the pettiest possible

When police seek footage from FlockrCOs 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 rCLCurfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations.rCY

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..
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francis wrote:

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. rCLI can
think of no greater mission than rescuing our children,rCY tweeted
Flock CEO Garrett Langley, sharing a promotional company video.
rCLAnother child rape suspect located and arrested with help from
Flock,rCY chief strategy officer Rahul Sidhu posted last month. Last
week, venture capital firm and Flock investor Andreessen Horowitz put
the companyrCOs benefits in

Though FlockrCOs investors and executives insist its surveillance
dragnet thwarts the most serious of crimes, it turns out police are
also using the companyrCOs technology to go after some of the pettiest
possible

When police seek footage from FlockrCOs 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
rCLCurfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations.rCY

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..

Trump needs to keep an eye on you
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