A new website called HaveIBeenFlocked now lets drivers type in a license plate and see whether agencies using Flock cameras searched it in audit logs pulled through Freedom of Information Act requests. The site does not tell users whether a car passed any camera or what the devices captured; it shows only search activity tied to that plate.
That matters because the tool turns a patchwork of public records into something a driver can actually query. HaveIBeenFlocked tracks the reasons given for those searches, and the most common one appears to be drugs, with motor vehicle theft close behind. The site was created in 2025, as Flock readers spread across the country and became a routine part of law enforcement work.
The search bar also comes with a promise that the plate numbers entered are not saved, a small assurance in a debate that has only grown louder as more people learn how often these cameras are queried. Concerns have also risen over whether immigration enforcement can access the systems, and multiple reports have described officers using them for personal searches. In North Carolina, one officer was arrested for using the Flock system to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife more than 30 times.
That is the friction now hanging over the company’s next move. Garrett Langley said changes are coming to the system by Jan. 1, including a tool to flag abnormal search behavior. The American Civil Liberties Union called that a step in the right direction, but also said that although Flock may not technically be the one unlocking the door to months of people’s private location data, it is responsible for building the door and handing out the keys.
So the site and the software are moving in opposite directions: one makes Flock search activity easier for ordinary drivers to inspect, while the other is meant to catch misuse after the fact. What remains unclear is how many agencies’ logs are actually available through the site, but the larger picture is already plain enough. A system built for constant scanning is now being watched almost as closely as it watches the roads.
