WHAT THE FLOCK?

By No Filter America InvestigationsPublished: August 26, 2026Sources: UNITED STATES

Across America, police officers sworn to protect the public turned a billion-dollar surveillance network into a personal stalking tool — searching license plates of ex-wives, subordinates, and random citizens thousands of times, with no oversight, no audits, and no consequences. Until now.

WHAT THE FLOCK?

It was sold as the ultimate crime-fighting tool: a frictionless network of 120,000-plus roadside cameras, mounted on poles and streetlights across America, reading every license plate that passed and storing it in a searchable database for 30 days.

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