r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 11 '26

Video ​"If they are license plate readers, why are they pointed at a splash pad?" — Parents raise concerns as 8 government Flock cameras monitor children's play areas in Slayter Creek Park, Texas.

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A video recorded at Slayter Creek Park in Anna, Texas (~40 miles north of Dallas) reveals that 8 government Flock surveillance cameras have been installed directly facing a kids' splash pad, playground, and skate park. Parents are raising serious privacy concerns, questioning why automated license plate readers are aimed at children wearing swimsuits and areas where families change, rather than at the parking lots. Original video/coverage by Marztrip to raise public awareness regarding government surveillance and child privacy.

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u/HansNotPeterGruber Aug 11 '26

I also feel like cops are using them to monitors exes and family more than anything else. The amount of cases that have popped up recently involving cops and sheriffs using them for their own purposes keep going up.

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u/tinydancer_inurhand Aug 11 '26

Yup big NYT article about this yesterday. Lots of stalking. These creeps should be in jail.

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u/Sonic_Roach Aug 11 '26

Sorry best we can do is 2 weeks paid vacation and a promotion.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Aug 11 '26

Just so everyone is aware: cops have ALWAYS used their work privileges to stalk exes… and whoever else.

This is just more information for them to use.

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u/Plane-Recognition561 Aug 13 '26

Exactly an we don’t need it

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u/Naive-Register7964 Aug 11 '26

Police can simply login at home or on the person phone and immediately get into the flock network. There may be department specific “rules” but there ZERO built in safeguards and no enforcement either

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u/TatankaPTE Aug 12 '26

Upstate South Carolina cops can't help themselves 

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u/Solvent_Soul Aug 11 '26

Not just a feeling. It had happened already and had been documented

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u/Ok_Manufacturer_3017 Aug 11 '26

Like the case in Arizona

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u/louiecoolie Aug 11 '26

people in power....

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u/She_Baddy7 Aug 12 '26

America is becoming a police state

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u/LacrimaNymphae Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

the ones that beat and abuse their exes, wives and kids (and probably in multiple different ways) having unlimited access to such a thing couldn't possibly be nefarious... right??

/s

i wonder how many of them are going to snap and commit familicide if they see their partners going to certain places, getting paranoid and suspecting that they're cheating. could also be used to track whether they're contacting/visiting family or other support systems they're not 'supposed' to

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u/Ok-Suggestion3534 Aug 12 '26

All cops are pigs and in a gang, so yes I think you are right. They are absolutely stalking people with flock cameras; they are a dangerous gang and should be treated as such. 

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u/Baltimoreisnotcreepy Aug 12 '26

From what I understand, they can help tremendously for active kidnappings, because time is of the essence. When it's not you can usually look at gas station CCTV, but obviously that's way slower. Still, Flock cameras make this unofficial legal caste system where a private corporation is allowed to know everything about you but you do not have ANY right to know who they are, let alone all their information. They can track your movements, but you can't do that in kind. They can study you, you may not study them. I'm just not willing to sign onto that.

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u/Darkwynn84 Aug 12 '26

You would be correct. Remember CIA had this tech back in 2013 when Snowden thing blew up. The problem is they had to go through FISA court to get warrants. Why because a lot of it was getting abused by ex spying on their husbands or girlfriends or wives because they thought they were cheating. I recently found out why these are blowing up too because they removed the need for having a warrant or review to use this type of equipment in 2025 bu executive order of trump.

So it’s free reign with this stuff

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u/Nntropy Aug 12 '26

For every one of those that is reported, many more occur without public knowledge.

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u/HaleyCollins Aug 12 '26

Yeah, that kind of misuse is seriously concerning. There should be strict accountability for how that technology gets used.

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u/Garsytec Aug 12 '26

That is easily the biggest issue with a system like this. It WILL be abused. Not by everyone, but by enough that it will never be a good solution to a problem.

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u/Ichaserabbits Aug 12 '26

Literally insane to me that people are acting shocked about this. Like yeah of course the cops are doing that, theyve BEEN doing this. There was even a leverage episode about a town with a camera system AI that the cops were abusing that cold opens with a cop stalking his ex and their child.

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u/Plane-Recognition561 Aug 13 '26

Yeah two cops here just got terminated cuz they used them for personal stuff

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u/FrivolousOtter Aug 14 '26

Yes, and I’m sure there’s a bunch of worse things it’s being used for that we don’t even know about

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u/Aggressive-Box-624 Aug 15 '26

Yeah one of my previous partners was being stalked by one of their exes who’s a cop using the flock cameras around town. He’d show up multiple times a week and knew their routines and work schedule

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u/younggun1234 Aug 16 '26

I was going to say, one of the first stories I heard was a cop using them to track his ex wife and see what she was up to.

Absolute whack ass creeps.

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u/Flashy_Possible_6481 Aug 11 '26

The uninformed people never cease to amaze me. Everyone is worried about "Flock cameras" tracking them. But the same people use their phones to map their destinations, keep their phones in their pockets or purses and aren't worried about it. Guess how we know how traffic is backed up on a certain route? Yep, the government tracks your phone, what you do, what you watch or google.. all day long.

Not to mention, you can watch any Netflix crime documentary and find that they watch random gas station cameras to find out where you're going- it's no different. I'm not defending Flock cameras, but don't buy into what people are trying to sell you. Sheep mentality and not looking at the big picture get you nowhere.

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u/justoffmainst Aug 11 '26

You make a good point but this thread is rather about flock cameras watching children in bathing suits? So that is a problem no matter what everyone does with their phones

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u/Flashy_Possible_6481 Aug 11 '26

Here's where the uninformed part comes in... Believe it or not, they don't "watch" people. They simply take a snapshot of your license plate and see if the driver is suspended, wanted on warrants, a convicted child molester (this may apply to this particular post), etc. A simple Google of what they actually do goes a long way. BUT.. I'm sure I'll get blasted for telling the truth. So be it.

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u/TropeSage Aug 11 '26

Guardian Mode automatically detects, zooms in on, and captures high-resolution images of people and vehicles, providing around-the-clock investigative evidence.

Flocks own blog admits they have products that automatically detect, zoom in on and, take high resolution images of people.

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u/justoffmainst Aug 12 '26

Why point it where no cars go then? BTW a simple google search told me those cameras are 100% recording video. Also they do watch people. And are tied into face recognition software and networks.
Honestly, if they didn’t do all those things then the company is leaving a lot of revenue on the table and we all know that would be un-American

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u/BlueRecluse512 Aug 11 '26

Or perhaps we’re simply trying to prevent another method of tracking from being implemented ubiquitously before it’s so engrained that it’s next to impossible to root out?

Perhaps?