Flock Safety cameras are solving 10% of U.S. crime, cleared 35 Atlanta homicides in a single year, and drove a 66% drop in Oakland carjackings — but lawsuits and city councils keep shutting them down over privacy fears that don't survive contact with the data. Richmond disabled its cameras over an ICE threat that had already been resolved; vehicle thefts jumped 33%, and immigrant shopkeepers are now begging for them back.
Read Top Post →One Atlanta PD detective solved 35 homicides in a single year using Flock — when elite detectives historically clear 5. The national homicide clearance rate sits at just 58%, meaning nearly half of all killers walk free. The technology exists to close that gap. The debate isn’t whether it works; it’s whether cities will let it.
Feb 04, 2026 · 2 min
A drunk driver hit Garry’s wife in a hit-and-run. Flock cameras identified the driver. Without them, the case goes cold and the driver stays on the road. Now a retired teacher’s federal lawsuit argues license plates on public roads are protected by the 4th Amendment, seeking to ban the same system that’s solving 10% of reported U.S. crime and returned 450 missing children in 2025.
Jan 31, 2026 · 4 min
Oakland has the highest property crime rate in America — double SF’s, triple San Jose’s — and solves just 0.5% of property crimes, one-fourteenth the peer average. After deploying Flock cameras in 2024, carjackings dropped 66% and homicides fell 53%. The City Council voted 7-1 to expand the program. The baseline was this bad, and even partial technology deployment moved the needle dramatically.
Jan 05, 2026 · 2 min
