Executive Summary:
Flock Safety’s system of public and private cameras, microphones, and drones is being used by Flock sales employees to spy on us and our children in children’s gymnastics centers, fitness studios, libraries, schools, playgrounds, and private pools.
These cameras record people and children in real time 24/7, and a private vendor stores the data. This vendor has unfettered access to that data, and Flock employees are removing multifactor authentication requirements and audit trails. The system is not being misused - it is being used exactly as intended.
If you just want to see Flock employees looking at our children - skip to Section 5.
Contents:
1. Overview
2. Public Data Being Shared
3. Private Data Being Shared
4. Unfettered Flock Access
5. Flock Employees Questionable Searches
6. Next Steps
1. Overview
This is a small analysis of the Flock event log ‘event-logs_010125_031926’ provided through Open Records Request D048397-031926 in Dunwoody Georgia. It combines this info with information received through other Open Records Requests.
This write-up will focus on public data being shared, private data being shared, and unfettered access and searching of this data by Flock employees. Like the ‘security assessment’ completed by the City, these logs leave more questions than answers.
Dunwoody residents and this private business’s members/guests deserve to know how this happened, and what measures will be taken to keep the public safe. Flock Safety continues to lie to the public and the council. It is my opinion that the risks of this tool: lack of accountability, auditability, oversight, guardrails, and security far outweigh the benefits.
The city should immediately cancel the contract and conduct a thorough independent audit to assess the damage.
I initially brought these concerns to the city council on 1/12/26 because of the possibility of harm to the citizens of Dunwoody. Based on my findings below I believe I was too late.
Only performative action has been taken by the city staff, and the City refuses to answer any questions in writing about how the system is used, what contracts authorize its AI capabilities, and how our data is being used by a private company.
I will not be releasing the logs cited here publicly, since the city did not redact quite a bit of personally identifiable information. The information here has been sent to Dunwoody City Council on 4/7/25.
These logs represent the changes that have allegedly been made to the Dunwoody Flock network since the start of 2025. Although, as you will read later, I am skeptical that their logs capture all network activities.
I have modified the logs to EST for viewing/sorting, but everything here can and should be independently verified. The analysis, interpretations, and conclusions contained in this document represent the personal opinions of the author based on publicly available information and records obtained through Open Records Requests. Nothing herein constitutes legal advice. The author makes no representations as to the completeness or accuracy of any third-party information referenced. All factual claims are based on records obtained through official channels and are available for independent verification.
2. Public Data Being Shared
At the 3/23 city council meeting, Lt. Fecht told the public and the city council that only two external agencies (Brookhaven and Chamblee) can view our liveview cameras and that ‘anything liveview is definitely strictly reviewed and on a case by case’ basis’.
The city’s own audit logs prove otherwise. From the data in this file, just since the start of 2025, 1,271 external agencies have been granted permission to view live streams. 358 external agencies have been granted access to record these streams.
The logs look like this:
The networks that had live view access granted were: Brook Run Park Owls, Dunwoody GA PD, Dunwoody GA PD (Condor), Dunwoody GA PD - Atlanta [Private Business] Avigilon (Do Not Share), Dunwoody GA PD - Car Crash Pilot, Dunwoody GA PD - DFR, Dunwoody GA PD - Raven (PCID), Dunwoody GA PD - Solar Video, Dunwoody GA PD - Wireless Video Cameras, Dunwoody GA PD DFR ,Dunwoody GA PD Flex, Dunwoody GA PD Raven, Dunwoody GA PD Trailer - Flock Demo, Dunwoody GA PD Trailer 1, Dunwoody GA PD Wing Live, Dunwoody GA Parks, Dunwoody PD Wing Gateway Demo V2.
It is important to know that there is no such this as a Flock ‘LPR’ camera in Dunwoody. They have all been updated to liveview cameras with no public vote, or contract. These are just video cameras that also can also read license plates. (If the link breaks Flock deleted it)
No access by any of these 1,271 external agencies to any live view camera has been captured in the network audit logs. Either it never happened (which Lt. Fecht stated at least Chamblee and Brookhaven view), or it is simply that the event log audits don’t capture them. This is a serious concern about auditability and accountability.
Additionally, on 3/24 shared network logs were produced by the city that show Condor (pan, tilt, and zoom) AI cameras being shared with approximately 25 external agencies, including agencies in Alabama and Illinois.
On 1/28, I brought up to the Chief that Dunwoody’s data is literally being shared with organizations labeled ‘Do Not Use’ and ‘Delete’.
As for the 3/24 logs (the most recent ones I have) Dunwoody PD is still sharing its citizens’ data with these organizations. I do not know what is more concerning - the fact that Dunwoody PD has not fixed this, or the fact that organizations like this can even exist in Flock’s network without them knowing and fixing it.
3. Private Data Access
On 6/4/25 feedview of private business’s private video camera network ‘Dunwoody GA PD - Atlanta Avigilon (Do Not Share)’ was shared with three external agencies by the Dunwoody PD. The permissions ‘canViewLiveStream, canViewRecordedStream, canDownloadRecordedStream‘ were given to the Lawrenceville GA PD on the same date. You will see that below:
On 1/25/26 I found this network being shared with these external agencies through ORR [D047156-010626] and subsequent file ‘SharedNetworks_2026_January_21.csv’ of Dunwoody’s network sharing settings.
Upon discovering this, I disclosed it to the Dunwoody PD Chief. It appears that it was removed the next day, although I am unsure who John Watson is. John Watson does not appear in the user export ‘Users_March_26_2026.csv’ for Flock that contains both inactive and active users and should capture all historical users of the system. This user export is a result of my ORR[D048465-032526] in the Appendix. This brings concerns about audit trails and transparency.
4. Unfettered Flock Access
As I have brought before the council before Flock has owner level access in the system. These employees range from Onboarding Specialists to VPs of Strategy. There is even a user in the system called ‘Invalided user uuid’ who has performed 26 tasks updating roles on the Dunwoody network as recently as March 9th of this year. Once again, it is clear that no one is auditing who has access to this system in Dunwoody.
This brings up the point that we have no idea or oversight into any of the other 1000+ external agencies we are sharing our data with, and thus we can’t see if their auditing practices are as robust, thorough, and effective as ours.
In addition to viewing us and watching recordings of us, Flock employees complete a vast array of tasks in our system. This includes creating APIs to 3rd party companies Dunwoody doesn’t have any contracts with, disabling multifactor authentication for users, and disabling users’ searches showing up in audits.
They also have created users in Dunwoody’s network that do not show up in the user logs. Neither of these gentlemen appear in the user export I received from the City, yet they were created in the system. Once again, the system does not have robust audit trails and is compromised.
If this doesn’t concern you enough, the user ‘Auto-approved’ conducted 1,931 auto approved shares of our data with no human review.
5. Flock Employees Questionable Searches
Flock’s FAQ page is explicit about access to the data - their own logs say otherwise.
From Flock’s FAQ Page: https://www.flocksafety.com/faq (this link might not be accurate as they could change it, and Flock has opted out of internet archiving)
Flocks ‘audits’ only show when a person initiated a liveview camera. They do not show the duration of the liveview, or when it ended. This is a fundamental issue with the auditing of the system, and thus we do not know when someone stops looking at a camera. All of the claims below come with that caveat.
The audit logs look like such:
Although there are many trends of Dunwoody PD officers and staff monitoring the live view cameras on the business’s fitness studios, gyms, and pools, this section will focus on the Flock employees accessing the system with unfettered access.
Flock employees, mostly members of their sales team, are regularly looking at both live and recorded footage of us.
This includes the city council chambers, our playground and libraries, as well as private networks, such as the fitness studios, a pool, and gymnastics areas at the private business.
One Flock employee, Randy Gluck, who lives in Raleigh and is a business development manager for their 911 products, was granted live-view access to our cameras. He looked at 54 cameras, with very strange patterns such as clicking through 5 traffic cameras on July 21st last year before settling on the Dunwoody Library camera. The Flock data does not tell us when he stopped watching that footage, but he didn’t look at anything else for two hours.
Live View Camera Searches:
7/21/25 (Monday) - Randy Gluck (Flock - Manager, BD — 911/Emergency)
2025-07-21 13:39:22 EST - #05 608 ADR-PCE
2025-07-21 13:39:35 EST - C#046 Ravina Pkwy @ Ashford Dunwoody Rd
2025-07-21 13:40:15 EST - #07 608 ADR - Hammond
2025-07-21 13:40:28 EST - #14 707 PCP-State Farm-Mariott - Wing
2025-07-21 13:40:41 EST - #34 200 CDR at Vermack - Wing
2025-07-21 13:41:05 EST - Dunwoody Library Main #003
— No further activity for 2 hours
Two days later, Randy clicked through 3 private cameras at the private business before he settled on camera ‘Main Pool Right’. It was over 3 hours later before his next view on traffic cameras. Randy is still an active user in our system. I think this deserves an explanation.
Live View Camera Searches:
7/23/25 (Wednesday) - Randy Gluck (Flock - Manager, BD — 911/Emergency)
2025-07-23 11:46:44 EST - Baseball Feild 5
2025-07-23 11:46:55 EST - Clock Tower
2025-07-23 11:47:10 EST - [Gym Camera] - 1
2025-07-23 11:47:38 EST - Main Pool Right
— No further activity for 210 min
This brings me to Bob Carter - Vice President of Strategic Relations and Business Development for Flock. Bob spends a lot of time looking through both our live footage and recorded footage. Just since the beginning of last year, he has done this 185 times.
Bob also has some interesting searches. On September 30th, 2025 - Bob looked at just one camera. This camera is in the gymnastics room of the business. I personally am curious about why a sales employee from Flock would be viewing the gymnastics room. I think this also deserves an explanation.
Live View Camera Searches:
9/30/25 (Tuesday) - Bob Carter (Flock Safety — VP, Strategic Relations & Business Development)
2025-09-30 13:20:36 EST - Gymnastics
One singular viewing that day - no further activity for 7.3 days (next: 2025-10-07 19:40:22 EST - Skate Park #014)
More searches can be seen below, including by members of the Dunwoody PD and Dunwoody Public Safety employees.
The public deserves to know why Flock employees are using Dunwoody’s Flock system to look at live videos of people and children in the pool, gymnastic facilities, and fitness studios.
6. Next Steps:
I believe the only way to protect the citizens is to immediately cancel the Flock contract and shut off their devices. Flock has continued to show it continues to act in bad faith and nowhere in their business model do the citizen’s benefit.
If you have concerns I would recommend that you bring them directly to your city council member and the mayor, you can find their contact information here: https://www.dunwoodyga.gov/government/city-council-mayor
Additionally, if you can, please attend the city council meeting on Monday April 13th at Dunwoody City Hall where the city council will be voting to put more of your data into this system. You can give 3 minutes of public comment at the beginning or end - it’s easy - I had never done it before this.
If you are in an HOA or private area that has these cameras, I would recommend that you immediately cancel your contract.
I have many more concerns that I have raised publicly but are not detailed here. These range from the fact that our data is being shipped overseas to gig workers to train Flock’s AI model, or that Flock is so confident in their ability to not be breached that they removed gross negligence from the latest round of their contract terms.
I have a list of questions that the city has yet to answer in public: https://drive.proton.me/urls/QJVMHTP6CR#yvrtmzal2Y3f
People have been harassing the private business that these cameras were in. DO NOT DO THIS. They are doing nothing wrong. For that reason I have removed all of the camera lists as of 7/21/26.
FOIA D048465-032526
Dear Public Records Officer,
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., I request the following records:
Records Requested:
A complete export of all current and historical user accounts associated with the Dunwoody Police Department’s Flock Safety system, including all sub-platforms currently in use. This export is available directly from the Flock Safety administrative dashboard and should include all fields contained in the export, including but not limited to:
∙ First name and last name
∙ Email address
∙ Role and permission level (e.g., Owner, Admin, User)
∙ Status (Active, Inactive, Deactivated)
∙ Identity provider
∙ Individual permission flags (User Management, Search, Camera Management, Hotlist Tool, etc.)
∙ Last login date and time
∙ Date account was created
∙ Organization or agency affiliation
Please provide a separate export for each Flock sub-platform in use by Dunwoody PD, including but not limited to:
∙ ALPR / LPR system
∙ Drone / Aerodome system
∙ Condor video camera system
∙ Flock Nova
∙ Flock OS 911
∙ Raven gunshot detection
Please provide records in native electronic format (CSV or Excel). If any fields are withheld or redacted, please cite the specific exemption relied upon under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 and identify the specific fields being withheld.
Please provide an itemized fee estimate before processing if costs are expected to exceed $25.00.
The company isn't shy about any of the products they offer. From integration of your existing security cameras into the flock system to the tag readers that anyone can have installed in their yard or neighborhood which will also be connected to the system. You can find the information on their web page. IT doesn't matter for the most part what video security system you use, they can integrate it into the flock system. Here, where i live, most of the major department stores are all wired into the system along with a lot of small businesses as well as local schools. Now it has started making it's way into the HOA neighborhoods….it's mind blowing how so many people are ok with it… and will adamantly defend it's use to anyone who doesn't like it.
Jason, I would highly recommend to go back and fix typos and grammatical errors in this article since it is likely to be read by journalists looking to cover this. Also, please consider writing a shorter piece with the key points that is more comprehensible to a layperson.
I still see comments with people defending or at least giving benefit of the doubt to the employees viewing these cameras. I still don't understand the methodology of how one selects/lands on a particular camera from a particular venue that have these third party cameras installed. Are they doing word searches? How are they even finding the MJCCA in this third party system? And WHAT BRAND of camera is this that Flock has backend access to????