{"id":387125,"date":"2026-09-01T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387125\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:02:33","slug":"have-you-been-flocked-this-website-may-show-whether-police-have-searched-your-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/387125\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you been Flocked? This website may show whether police have searched your plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Flock cameras have been a controversial issue in many parts of the country, including Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Law enforcement agencies have credited the license plate readers with helping them nab criminals and find missing people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">However, critics argue that the cameras instead constitute an invasion of privacy, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/04\/down-with-the-flock-florida-man-uses-simple-trick-to-combat-flock-cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/04\/down-with-the-flock-florida-man-uses-simple-trick-to-combat-flock-cameras\/\">some people even taking direct action to interfere with them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">[RELATED: Florida man uses simple trick to combat Flock cameras]<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">While the debate continues, a database has been set up that apparently shows users whether their license plate information has been tracked in Flock\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">To do so, users simply have to visit the website \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/\">Have I Been Flocked?<\/a> \u2014 and type in their license plate number. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">However, even if no searches are found, that doesn\u2019t mean that the license plate hasn\u2019t been searched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the database, its dataset relies on audit logs obtained via public records requests \u2014 meaning it\u2019s not fully complete. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">[RELATED: Central Florida sheriff suspends Flock cameras after scandal involving detective]<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">As such, users can verify whether their plate has been searched by reaching out to local law enforcement agencies and asking for Flock audit logs. Furthermore, these logs can be contributed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/about\/submit-audit-logs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/about\/submit-audit-logs\">website\u2019s database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">For more information on the project, head to the \u201cHave I Been Flocked?\u201d website by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/haveibeenflocked.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Flock cameras have been a controversial issue in many parts of the country, including Central&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[46978,28,139,141,140,729],"class_list":["post-387125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-flock-cameras","tag-florida","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}