Drive almost anywhere in Sarasota or Manatee County and there’s a good chance a Flock Safety camera photographed your license plate. The network now operates in thousands of U.S. communities, recording every passing vehicle and storing the data in a searchable database available to law enforcement. InvestigateTV+ takes a hard look at how it works and whether anyone is truly holding it accountable.
Supporters point to solved crimes and recovered stolen vehicles. Critics point to something simpler: when the system makes a mistake or someone accesses data improperly, the oversight is thin. For a region that hosts millions of seasonal visitors and year-round retirees, that’s a lot of ordinary movement captured in a database.
The same episode also covers what families should ask funeral homes about cremation, a consumer-protection issue that hits close to home in our retirement communities. Plus, segments on disc golf’s surge and a mystery artist leaving painted rocks in an Oregon park. Have you spotted a Flock camera in your neighborhood? Tell us where.
