{"id":93666,"date":"2026-09-26T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/misuse-of-flocks-cameras-is-sending-innocent-people-to-jail-dispatch\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:44:26","slug":"misuse-of-flocks-cameras-is-sending-innocent-people-to-jail-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/misuse-of-flocks-cameras-is-sending-innocent-people-to-jail-dispatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Misuse Of Flock&#8217;s Cameras Is Sending Innocent People To Jail | Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flock Safety cameras are marketed as a tool to help police solve crimes, but Business Insider found that errors and <!--more--> failures to verify its alerts have put innocent people in harm&#8217;s way. We examined the records of one California city where in two years, 71% of 1,427 felony and stolen-vehicle alerts were misreads. Elsewhere, we identified drivers who&#8217;d been stopped, injured, or jailed after Flock leads went wrong. Flock says its alerts are investigative leads, not definitive proof.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n01:15 &#8211; How Flock Cameras Work<br \/>\n02:44 &#8211; Roseville, California<br \/>\n05:12 &#8211; Toledo, Ohio<br \/>\n07:19 &#8211; Maurice Walters&#8217; Arrest<br \/>\n11:56 &#8211; Suwanee PD and Flock&#8217;s Response<br \/>\n13:11 &#8211; Reaction in Roseville<br \/>\n15:09 &#8211; Credits<\/p>\n<p>Read &#8220;In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police&#8221;: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4yZj5X2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4yZj5X2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n#flockcameras #flocksafety #aisecurity #surveillancecameras #dispatch <\/p>\n<p>WATCH MORE FROM &#8220;DISPATCH&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>We Followed A Drone 1,800 Miles From UK Factory To Ukraine Frontline<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Oz6qDi5W1zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Oz6qDi5W1zQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On The Ground Inside Ukraine&#8217;s Secret Uncrewed Weapons Revolution<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vgA0CE7XP2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/vgA0CE7XP2k<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What Happens If You Go To Epstein Island Now?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsdAyQP_EYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsdAyQP_EYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Business Insider is a global newsroom covering business, technology, innovation, and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?utm_source=youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?utm_source=youtube<\/a><br \/>\nSign up for our newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/subscription\/newsletter?utm_source=youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/subscription\/newsletter?utm_source=youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find Business Insider on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessinsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessinsider<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/businessinsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/businessinsider<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; on X:  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BusinessInsider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/BusinessInsider<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; on TikTok: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/<\/a>@businessinsider<\/p>\n<p>Misuse Of Flock&#8217;s Cameras Is Sending Innocent People To Jail | Dispatch | Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flock Safety cameras are marketed as a tool to help police solve crimes, but Business Insider found that errors and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}