Flock guardrails: addressing LPR privacy concerns and police transparency
Flock Safety · Garrett Langley · August 13, 2026 · United States
Company announcement of the August 2026 changes: default retention cut from 30 days to 7, offense-type sharing filters, required case numbers, automatic misuse audits, and customer control over cross-agency search. CEO Langley frames the tools as shining a light on police abuse rather than creating it.
Why it is in the file
Primary company source. Cite it when quoting Flock's position so you are not only using critics. Retention 'default' is still a setting agencies can change.
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