Flock Safety had a car journalist stalked, wrongly accused, and detained

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Author: monksy

Date: 7/17/2026

Article Summary:
A journalist shares their personal experience of being tracked and ambushed by police using Flock's AI-powered license plate cameras, highlighting the errors and misreads that led to the incident and the need for stronger guardrails in the system.