Flock Safety cuts data retention to seven days after dozens of police abuse cases

Garrett Langley, the company’s chief executive, set out the package in a post on Flock’s own blog on 13 August.

It covers six areas. Privacy, accountability, data ownership, data security, data accuracy and transparency.

Most of the Flock Safety privacy changes become mandatory for law enforcement customers on 1 January, the Associated Press reported.

What Flock announced

The retention change is the headline item. The default holding period for number plate reads drops from 30 days to seven.

Flock’s stated reason is its own usage data. Officers finish more than 90% of searches without a full plate within a week, the post says.

A feature called Evidence Mode lets detectives preserve specific data for active investigations. It rolls out in the coming weeks and is free for customers who adopt the seven-day window.

Cities can also filter what other agencies may search their cameras for. Flock’s own example runs like...

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