Flock Safety Webinar Trains Police on Surveillance of Public Events Including No Kings Protests
Flock Safety Provides Police Training on Event Surveillance
Flock Safety, a company known for its license plate readers and street-level surveillance cameras, conducted a webinar training law enforcement on surveillance techniques for public events. The training materials covered monitoring protests, fireworks shows, parades, and bike races.
The instruction specifically referenced No Kings protests, a movement organized against actions of the Trump administration. The training demonstrated how police could leverage Flock's camera network and data capabilities to track vehicles associated with protest activity.
Flock's products are used by thousands of law enforcement agencies across the United States to track vehicle movements and capture footage of public spaces. The webinar illustrates how commercial surveillance infrastructure can be applied to monitor lawful demonstrations, raising questions about the intersection of private surveillance technology and police monitoring of First Amendment activities.
Privacy advocates have expressed concern that such surveillance capabilities could have a chilling effect on protected speech and assembly rights.