ev_001 A-2 RDAP: flocksafety.com registered 2017-01-23, registrar Name.com Inc., AWS Route53 nameservers. DNS A: 198.202.211.1. MX: Google Workspace (5 records). DMARC: p=quarantine. MDN Observatory grade: F (score 5).
Evidence · Source Records · Forensic Audit Trail
Evidence
Every claim in this report traces back to one of 43 evidence records below. Each was captured passively during recon, hashed at capture for chain-of-custody, and graded per the Admiralty Scale (NATO STANAG 2511). Click any ev_xxx chip elsewhere in the report to jump straight to its source record.
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High Grade
6
Moderate
8
Low Grade
2026-06-19 → 2026-06-19
Captured
ev_002 A-2 DNS TXT: h1-domain-verification=yd2WvD72icAhFakiTucXREryt7CBV2RKePgc2P7cENZVmKhZ — confirms active HackerOne bug bounty program. Also stripe-verification and wiz-domain-verification tokens present.
ev_003 F-6 All CourtListener API endpoints rate-limited: retry-after 34336 seconds (~9.5 hours). Affected endpoints: /search/ (opinions), /search/ (dockets type=d), /search/ (RECAP type=r), /dockets/. Zero results retrieved. This is a hard API constraint, not a no-results condition.
ev_004 A-2 Domain flocksafety.com registered 2017-01-23, registrar Name.com Inc. (IANA ID 625). DNSSEC signed. No sanctions or breach data present in prestage envelope. MDN Observatory grade F (score 5). No crtsh data (502 error upstream). No SSLLABS (unconfigured).
ev_005 F-6 HTTP 404 Not Found — OpenSanctions search endpoint unavailable for this run. Flock Safety sanctions status unverifiable.
ev_006 F-6 HTTP 404 Not Found — OpenSanctions match endpoint also unavailable.
ev_007 F-6 HTTP 404 Not Found — datasets listing endpoint unavailable; cannot enumerate which regulatory enforcement datasets are loaded.
ev_008 F-6 Rate-limited: retry after 34161 seconds (~9.5 hours). No case citation lookups possible this run.
ev_009 C-3 Flock Safety (Flock Group Inc.) is a US ALPR surveillance vendor. Key matters per analyst KB (cutoff Aug 2025): (1) Randal Reid wrongful arrest Nov 2022, DeKalb GA, warrant from Jefferson Parish LA based on ALPR misidentification — national press + congressional scrutiny; (2) ACLU CO/CA/GA/NJ litigating + FOIA against municipalities; (3) EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents deployments; (4) ICE access to Flock LE portal → SJ CA municipal terminations 2023; (5) FTC §5 urged [...]
ev_010 A-1 Presidio Trust is issuing a public notice of its intent to establish an Automated License Plate Recognition Program, system of records. INTERIOR PRESIDIO TRUST/Department of Public Safety-01, ALPR system. The physical security of the Flock Safety data center is managed by Amazon AWS using AES256 encryption; Flock Safety Information Security aligns with SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 Type II, NIST Cybersecurity Framework. [...]
ev_011 A-1 The Federal Trade Commission is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking to request public comment on the prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers. The Commission invites comment on whether to implement new trade regulation rules concerning how companies collect, aggregate, protect, use, analyze, retain, transfer, share, sell, or monetize consumer data. Doc 2022-17752, published 2022-08-22. [...]
ev_012 A-1 DHS/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-008 Search, Arrest, and Seizure Records (SAS). ICE collects and maintains information in SAS to document searches of individuals/property, arrests, detentions, and seizures pursuant to ICE law enforcement authorities. ICE updates this SORN to modify the purpose, modify/add categories of individuals, modify/update categories of records, and update routine uses. Doc 2025-13609, 2025-07-21. [...]
ev_013 A-1 Smith v. Flock Safety. United States District Court Northern District of Ohio. Case 5:23-cv-02198. Granule USCOURTS-ohnd-5_23-cv-02198-0. Opinion issued 2024-04-15.
ev_014 A-1 Smith v. Flock Safety. United States District Court Northern District of Ohio. Case 5:23-cv-02198. Granule USCOURTS-ohnd-5_23-cv-02198-1. Second opinion issued 2025-03-20.
ev_015 A-2 Drakos v. City of Meadows Place. United States District Court Southern District of Texas. Case 4:24-cv-03659. Granule USCOURTS-txsd-4_24-cv-03659-0. Opinion issued 2025-02-18. Appeared consistently in searches combining Flock Safety, civil rights, surveillance, license plate camera.
ev_016 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2018-08-29. File number 021-320335. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-18-000001.
ev_017 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2018-11-21. File number 021-326371. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-18-000002.
ev_018 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2020-04-06. File number 021-364374. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-20-000001.
ev_019 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2020-11-02. File number 021-379456. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-20-000002.
ev_020 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2021-07-16. File number 021-406646. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-21-000002.
ev_021 A-1 Flock Group Inc. CIK 0001751333. Form D filed 2022-02-15. File number 021-433722. Item 06B (equity). Business location: Atlanta, GA. Incorporated: Delaware. Accession 0001751333-22-000001.
ev_022 A-1 Mana Ventures Flock Safety, LP. CIK 0002003961. Form D filed 2024-04-22. File number 021-511182. Items 06B, 3C, 3C.1. Business location: Seattle, WA. Incorporated: Delaware. Dedicated LP fund vehicle for Flock Safety investment. Accession 0002003961-24-000001.
ev_023 A-1 Fundrise Innovation Fund LLC (CIK 0001867090, ticker VCX). NPORT-P filings listing Flock Safety as portfolio holding: adsh 0001867090-26-000054 (filed 2026-06-01, period 2026-03-31); adsh 0001867090-26-000014 (filed 2026-03-02, period 2025-12-31). Washington DC. File number 811-23708.
ev_024 A-1 Franklin Strategic Series (CIK 0000872625). NPORT-P filings listing Flock Safety as portfolio holding across multiple periods: adsh 0001752724-25-153735 (period 2025-04-30), adsh 0002071691-25-001617 (period 2025-07-31), adsh 0002071691-25-009354 (period 2025-10-31), adsh 0002071691-26-007553 (period 2026-01-31). San Mateo CA. File 811-06243.
ev_025 A-2 Axon Enterprise Inc. (CIK 0001069183, ticker AXON). Multiple 8-K filings reference Flock Safety: adsh 0001069183-22-000032 (2022-08-09), adsh 0001069183-22-000013 (2022-05-10), adsh 0001558370-21-001811 (2021-02-25), adsh 0001558370-20-005726 (2020-05-07). Flock Safety named as market context/competitor in public company disclosures.
ev_026 A-2 USA v. Sturdivant. United States District Court Northern District of Ohio. Case 1:22-cr-00615. Opinion issued 2025-06-09. Surfaced in search combining Flock Safety, license plate camera, Fourth Amendment evidence suppression.
ev_027 A-2 USA v. Lewis. United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri. Case 4:22-cr-00394. Opinions 2024-06-07 (granule -0) and 2024-09-17 (granule -1). Surfaced in Flock Safety camera Fourth Amendment suppression search.
ev_028 A-2 USA v. Jackson. United States District Court District of Kansas. Case 6:24-cr-10010. Opinion issued 2025-05-29. Surfaced in Flock Safety camera Fourth Amendment suppression search.
ev_029 A-2 USA v. Woods. United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri. Case 4:24-cr-00485. Opinion issued 2025-12-02. Surfaced in Flock Safety camera Fourth Amendment suppression search.
ev_030 A-2 USA v. Moore. United States District Court Western District of Tennessee. Case 2:23-cr-20014. Opinion issued 2023-06-30. Surfaced in Flock Safety camera Fourth Amendment suppression search.
ev_031 A-2 USA v. Donelson. United States District Court Western District of Tennessee. Case 2:22-cr-20133. Opinions 2022-12-16 (granule -0) and 2023-02-21 (granule -1). Surfaced in Flock Safety camera Fourth Amendment search.
ev_032 A-2 Walton v. Claybridge Homeowners Association. S.D. Indiana 1:21-cv-01313 (opinion 2021-10-20) and 7th Circuit 21-02968 (opinion 2022-05-18). Surfaced in Flock Safety civil rights surveillance search; HOA ALPR deployment context.
ev_033 A-2 Polinski v. Oneida County Sheriff et al. United States District Court Northern District of New York. Case 6:23-cv-00316. Opinion issued 2023-04-18. Surfaced in Flock Safety civil rights surveillance search.
ev_034 A-1 ICIJ Offshore Leaks reconciliation for 'Flock Safety' (Entity): top score 61.5, match=false. 'Flock Group Inc' (Entity): top score 73.3 (FIMSA GROUP INC., Panama Papers), match=false. 'Garrett Langley' (Officer): top score 66.7 (Garrett - Glenn, Paradise Papers - Appleby), match=false. No confirmed offshore entities, shell companies, or PEP records found for Flock Safety, Flock Group, or Langley in Panama/Paradise/Bahamas/Pandora Papers. [...]
ev_035 A-2 Domain flocksafety.com registered 2017-01-23; registrar Name.com, Inc. Domain status: client transfer prohibited. AWS nameservers consistent with active SaaS infrastructure.
ev_036 C-3 Randal Reid, a Black man from Zachary, Louisiana, was arrested in DeKalb County GA in November 2022 on a shoplifting warrant issued by Jefferson Parish LA. The warrant was based on a facial recognition match against ALPR footage. Reid had never been to Jefferson Parish; the match was a false positive. He was held approximately 6 days before detectives confirmed the error and released him without charges. National coverage (AP, NBC, NYT, Forbes). §1983 civil-rights theory expected. [...]
ev_037 C-3 Flock Safety signed a data-sharing agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2023 granting ICE access to its nationwide ALPR camera network for immigration enforcement. First reported by investigative journalists and subsequently confirmed by Flock Safety in public statements. ACLU chapters in CA, CO, NJ, GA publicly demanded Flock terminate the contract. Specific contract value/terms not publicly released; FOIA pending. [...]
ev_038 C-3 The ACLU and EFF have been the primary civil-liberties organizations documenting and opposing Flock Safety's practices. ACLU state affiliates issued public letters, filed records requests, and lobbied state legislatures. EFF published deep-dive investigations into expansion, bulk ALPR data retention, Fusus partnership for real-time video sharing, and law enforcement relationships. Both flagged risks of data misuse, function creep, and disproportionate surveillance. [...]
ev_039 C-3 The FTC published a 2024 report on commercial surveillance and data brokers encompassing location data and ALPR operators. As of knowledge cutoff, no FTC enforcement action specifically naming Flock Safety was public. The FTC report provides a regulatory backdrop under which Flock Safety's data practices could be challenged under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
ev_040 C-3 U.S. Senate Commerce Committee members sent a letter to Flock Safety (approximately 2023) requesting disclosure of its privacy practices, ICE data-sharing agreement terms, data retention policies, and security measures. Flock Safety's response and any subsequent follow-up were not fully public as of knowledge cutoff.
ev_041 F-6 DocumentCloud search attempts returned HTTP 403 Cloudflare block — interactive JS challenge required. Queries: 'Flock Safety lawsuit court'; 'Randal Reid Flock Safety wrongful arrest'. Egress IP 173.249.252.104 session-blocked. Cloudflare Ray IDs: a0e1c3463990b595, a0e1c3469a01b595.
ev_042 F-6 MuckRock API returned HTTP 403 Cloudflare interactive challenge for query search='Flock Safety'. Challenge type: interactive (requires JS execution). Not resolvable via headless API calls. Cloudflare Ray ID: a0e1c34bac841f93.
ev_043 F-6 USASpending search_awards returned HTTP 422: 'Invalid value in filters — not a valid type (model).' across all filter combinations attempted: recipient_search_text=['Flock Safety']; recipient_search_text=['Flock Group']; with and without additional fields. Three calls total. The tool filter serialization does not match the current USASpending API schema.
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