'Treated like a criminal:' Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras
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- - A Florida woman, Lindsey Isaacs, testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about being falsely arrested and jailed for 13 days due to a Flock Safety ALPR camera misidentifying her car as involved in a fatal crash.
- - Isaacs was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide, held in solitary confinement and maximum security, and suffered harassment and media exposure before charges were dropped in May 2026.
- - Flock Safety reportedly operates about 120,000 cameras across 49 states, capturing over 20 billion images monthly, with roughly half of its customers being law enforcement agencies.
- - The CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada did not appear before the subcommittee, despite an invitation from Chairman Josh Hawley.
- - Senator Hawley argued the surveillance networks treat Americans like criminals without due process, and noted Flock has patented technology that could allow tracking individuals and searching for people.
- - Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple testified he terminated his department's Flock contract due to disinformation and dishonesty, and warned that government-funded private surveillance could lead to an AI-driven surveillance state.