Ep 12: Flock Around and Find Out - Why is There a Camera Pointed at My Community Swimming Pool?

Podcast: True Crime in Real Estate™ · Sandi Lyn

Opublikowano: 2026-11-01

In this episode Sandi Lyn examines automated license plate reader systems like Flock Safety, and the ways the technology can be misused by law enforcement, private organizations, and homeowners associations. It opens with the case of former police chief Michael Steffman, who allegedly searched the license plates of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter roughly 600 times over a year. The episode explains how Flock has expanded into a nationwide network of more than 120,000 cameras, while selling access not only to police departments but also to HOAs, apartment complexes, commercial landlords, and developers. Reported cases include officers using the system to...