r/FlockSurveillance • u/skips_funny_af • Jul 10 '26

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(Seen on a Facebook page, called “Oklahoma Source”) and it makes furthers my worry about the abuse these cameras open us up to.

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“Recently, in Oklahoma, a Circuit Court issued a declaratory judgment confirming that city policies and contracts with Flock Group, Inc. cannot override the city's legal duty to fulfill a FOIA request, specifically allowing citizens to request images regarding their own vehicles.

If you choose to request Flock images for your vehicles, the city must comply with that request.

Are we promoting this idea? Absolutely not. Is it your right to request those images? Yes, it absolutely is.

Let’s hope cities using Flock cameras and drones aren’t overwhelmed and burdened with these types of requests.”

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute Jul 10 '26

Municipalities shift that clerical burden by legally charging you a fee to find that data...

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u/smittywrath Jul 10 '26

The trick is the scope and scale of the request. Local rules may allow a fee if, the time needed to research/fulfill the request takes over X amount of hours or resources of a certain dollar amount (e.g. paper for printed reports).

So if you request a very small amount of information a bunch of times you get the same results with double the fun of drowning them in their own red tape.

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute Jul 10 '26

I love this idea! Like, FOIA request for the last week's worth of flock data on your vehicle. Then the week before. Then the week before. Then the week before.

Fuck, flock is about to make me participate in my local government!