Has your vehicle been searched by Flock cameras? Here’s how to check

(Gray News) - A website is allowing drivers to see if Flock surveillance cameras have searched for their vehicle.

HaveIBeenFlocked allows users to type their license plate number into a search bar to run through a series of “audit logs” within the Flock system, according to the website.

The data from the cameras is made available through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Those sources are made publicly available.

The results do not show if a vehicle passed by any of the Flock cameras, or what the devices may have returned, but rather what searches of a license plate were performed by agencies that use Flock cameras.

HaveIBeenFlocked also tracks reasons for Flock searches, still based on public records. The most common reason appeared to be related to drugs, closely followed by motor vehicle theft.

According to the website, license plate numbers entered in are not saved.

A growing controversy

The website was created in 2025 as Flock readers grow in popularity throughout the country, often used by law enforcement – and not without controversy.

According to the Associated Press, concerns have arisen about whether immigration enforcement can access the cameras.

Meanwhile, multiple reports of law enforcement officers misusing the cameras for personal searches have come to light. In North Carolina, for example, an officer was arrested for using the Flock system to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife more than 30 times.

She has since been fired.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley announced changes would be coming to the system, to be implemented by Jan. 1. Those changes include a tool to flag “abnormal search behavior,” AP reported.

The American Civil Liberties Union called it a “step in the right direction” in a blog post about the announcement, 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.”