Flock surveillance company implements safeguards after police misuse cases

Flock Safety, a US surveillance company, has announced new rules after police officers misused its technology to spy on people for personal reasons.

A Washington Post investigation found 46 cases where officers used Flock cameras to track individuals, including former partners. Flock operates over 120,000 cameras and works with more than 6,000 police agencies across the country.

The company will now store camera data for only 7 days instead of 30. It will also require all police clients to use a monitoring tool that detects suspicious searches by January. About one-third of agencies already use it.