A Georgia small-business owner, Tyler Murkerson, has sued Flock and the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, alleging that automated license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras enabled warrantless tracking and retaliatory surveillance after he sued deputies for excessive force. Murkerson says his plate was repeatedly searched in Flock’s system while his 2024 civil-rights suit was pending, and that deputies followed him to and from home. The complaint highlights how Flock’s platform accepted free-form justifications, documenting searches with meaningless entries - examples cited include “investigation,” “hehehe,” “info,” and “37” - rather than verifiable case numbers, which Murkerson’s lawyers say allowed officers to conduct Fourth Amendment-implicating searches without proper cause.
The suit notes that Flock announced in August 2026 it will require case codes for law-enforcement searches by year’s end and that the sheriff’s office launched an audit during which three employees resigned. The dispute comes amid wider backlash: hundreds of agencies have dropped Flock amid concerns about overbroad surveillance. Flock defends its technology as critical for solving crimes and says it will vigorously contest the claims. Murkerson’s lawyers argue the practices violated Georgia law and constitutional protections and seek remedies for the alleged illegal monitoring.
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