A small-business owner in Georgia has sued Flock and the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office over alleged retaliation using license plate cameras. In September 2024, Murkerson sued the department, accusing them of excessive force. The case was only recently settled.
While that lawsuit was pending, Murkerson says his car’s license plate was searched multiple times in the Flock system. Additionally, he alleges that deputies followed or monitored him as he drove to and from his home. His attorneys claim that, when searching for Murkerson’s vehicle, sheriff’s deputies entered nonsense rationales.
This has been a widely reported weakness of the Flock system. Murkerson’s vehicle were ‘info’ and ‘37.’ Neither corresponds to any investigation, case, incident, or call for service. A search recorded that way documents no investigation.
It documents only that someone typed something. Flock has since conceded, by its own conduct, that its platform should have required a verifiable law enforcement justification before executing a search.”
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