Flock CEO Garrett Langley stated that his company has not terminated any contracts with its customers due to misuse of its products. Speaking with TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos at the Disrupt 2026 conference in San Francisco, Langley addressed criticisms regarding the misuse of Flock’s license plate reader cameras by police departments.
Context
This statement follows reports identifying numerous police officers who have been arrested, fired, or resigned after abusing access to Flock’s nationwide database of license plate detections, often to stalk individuals without consent. Langley emphasized that the company would sever ties with a customer in cases of clear and widespread abuse of its systems.
“"If a customer knowingly broke the law, we would fire them immediately. That’s very easy," Langley remarked. He added, "Most of the debate is nuanced into ‘what if two officers out of fifty were caught?’ Today, we haven’t fired any customers, but it’s not off the table in the case of some pretty drastic law-abiding issue."
Developments
Flock, based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates more than 100,000 cameras across the United States, enabling local police departments and federal agencies to track vehicle license plates and individuals. By allowing law enforcement to monitor license plates beyond their jurisdictions, some departments can track vehicles nationwide through Flock’s central database.
