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Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of vast camera network

The Washington Post · Drew Harwell, Douglas MacMillan and Aaron Schaffer · last updated

The license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens of officers had misused its cameras to spy on their exes and romantic interests.

The country’s most prominent seller of automated license-plate readers said Thursday it will enact major changes in hopes of more proactively preventing abuse by police officers.

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