NYPD Searched Flock Database 1,710 Times Without Contract

NYPD reviewing department’s use of controversial AI license plate readers owned by Flock Safety

Two advocacy groups claim at least two dozen NYPD officers used Flock’s license plate reader database 1,710 times — even though the department doesn’t have a contract with the company.

NYPD officers used controversial Flock surveillance system for 1700 searches

NYC's police department has repeatedly said it doesn't contract Flock -- but even so, a small group of officers used the system for nearly two years.

NYPD Searched Flock Database 1,710 Times Without Contract

New York, NY — Questions over police access to privately operated surveillance networks are growing after records showed the New York Police Department searched Flock Safety’s license-plate database 1,710 times between March 2023 and December 2025, despite saying it has no contract with the company. The records, obtained and analyzed by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, came from Have I Been Flocked, which c…

NYPD officers accessed Flock data in over 1,000 searches without a contract

New York City Police Department officers searched Flock Safety’s automatic license plate reader database over 1,000 times over nearly three years, despite the department not having a contract with the surveillance technology company, according to records obtained by two privacy organizations. An investigation conducted by the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and LatinoJustice found that the […]