Flock Safety, Dunwoody, and New Jersey: The Hidden Surveillance Infrastructure No One Voted For

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Flock Safety's surveillance technology in New Jersey and its impact on privacy and community safety.

Across New Jersey, small black boxes are appearing on poles at neighborhood entrances, intersections, and commercial corridors. They’re marketed as Flock Safety cameras – a “smart” tool to deter crime, recover stolen cars, and help police respond faster. Local officials repeat the vendor’s talking points: automatic license plate readers, privacy by design, 30‑day data retention, “we own the data, not Flock.” Residents are told not to worry. But when you step away from the marketing and look at internal logs from real deployments – especially the verified Flock event logs from Dunwoody, Georgia – a very different picture emerges: “License plate readers” quietly upgraded to full live‑view cameras . Data shared with over 1,200 external agencies , contrary to public assurances. Private camera networks labeled “Do Not Share” shared anyway. Flock employees in other states logging in to view cameras aimed at pools, gyms, preschool hallways, and gymnastics rooms . Phantom accounts and system users performing privileged actions with incomplete audit trails. For New Jersey residents, lawyers, journalists, and policymakers, this is not an abstract “other state’s problem.” Flock is actively…

Topics covered

• surveillance
• privacy
• law enforcement
• data sharing
• technology
• community safety

Keywords

• Flock Safety
• surveillance cameras
• New Jersey
• Dunwoody
• data privacy
• license plate readers
• community safety
• law enforcement
• data sharing
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flock Safety, Flock, Flock Safety cameras, Flock employees, Flock event logs

Places: Dunwoody, New Jersey

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