A City Canceled Flock's Contract. Flock Ignored It. Police Chief Unplugged Them
smurda
38 points
10 comments
October 31, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (8 comments)
wilbo
Anyone looking for the context or background since it isn't linked in the article: https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-flock-cameras-wrongly-trac... Edit: (I was wrong, they're linked. Must have just taken a while to load link formatting or something?)
reilly3000
I wish more police chiefs took their role so seriously and practically. Commander Vimes would surely commend this man.
raggi
The city should start charging them rent for the pole space.
cowlevel
Next step: flock sues the city federally and wins somehow
jsbisviewtiful
Arrest the Flock CEO and the board. Start holding companies accountable.
DLA
The poles are likely not Flock property. Yank the cameras down and impound them.
skeledrew
Sucks that it took an incident for the cancelation to be triggered.
scrtm
seems like Flock doesn't care at all about these incidents/bugs considering they've not responded in over a month beyond their local (presumably sales) rep. probably just a matter of time before this results in an Automated Death By Cop oopsie.