Flock network audit logs show San Bernardino sheriff’s department ran 371,306 searches last year, for an average of 1017 searches per day. The vast majority of those (226,837) had no reason provided, and many had a generic reason like ‘investigation’ or ‘surveillance’. Flock still continues to deny that this is a surveillance tool!
None of these searches required a warrant, case number, or even probable cause. With vague reasons like this, it’s impossible to audit whether the system is being used appropriately and hold anyone accountable.
This data is available for further analysis at http://haveibeenflocked.com/.
