NEW JERSEY— Drivers can now check whether law enforcement agencies have searched their license plates through a public database built from records requests involving Flock Safety camera systems.
The website, Have I Been Flocked, compiles Flock audit logs obtained through public-records requests. The records show when someone searched for a particular license plate in the Flock system and the stated reason for the search.
A search does not necessarily mean a police officer was investigating the driver.
The database also does not show whether or when a vehicle passed a Flock camera.
If a license plate appears in the database, an operator searched for that plate through Flock's application or website, according to the site's organizers.
Those operators are not necessarily police officers. Other authorized law enforcement personnel can access Flock systems.
The stated reason for each search also appears in the audit records when that information is available.
The database draws on public-records requests sent to 6,586 agencies nationwide.
But the records do not provide a complete picture of every Flock search.
"The dataset is incomplete; few governments provide easy access to these logs, and the records we obtain are often redacted," the website reads.
Flock Safety operates more than 120,000 AI-powered cameras nationwide, according to the company.
In New Jersey, the DeFlock project's map lists 1,539 reported license-plate-reader cameras, including Flock and other manufacturers, as of August 2026. The figure comes from a volunteer-maintained database.
Flock cameras use artificial intelligence to capture vehicle information from public spaces, including license plates, vehicle characteristics and other identifying details. Police departments and local governments can use the systems to search vehicle data.
The company provides the technology to police departments and local governments, which can use the systems to search vehicle data.
Supporters view the cameras as a law enforcement tool that can help investigators identify vehicles connected to crimes.
Critics have raised concerns about how the systems collect, retain and share information about people's movements.
New Jersey has also seen Flock cameras targeted.
In Brick Township, someone cut through the metal pole supporting a Flock license-plate reader overnight July 8, causing the roughly 15-foot pole to topple. The camera itself remained intact, according to Brick police.
A Milford man accused of targeting Flock license plate reader cameras told police he came up with the idea, according to his arrest warrant.
According to the warrant, Eyad Rahim told investigators he damaged the cameras because he believed they were unconstitutional and violated people's privacy.
Police allege Rahim and a juvenile took down the cameras, cut wires and spray-painted the lenses.
Investigators say four city-owned Flock cameras were damaged.
The cost to repair or replace each camera is estimated at $3,000 to $4,000, according to police.
Rahim is expected to appear in court in September.
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