A bad plate read can hurt an innocent person
News investigations have documented innocent people being stopped, jailed, or confronted at gunpoint after ALPR mistakes or alerts that were not properly checked.
Why KLEVR says no to Flock
Protect your property without mass tracking.
KLEVR does not sell, install, or use Flock ALPR cameras. We support police, useful evidence, emergencies, and valid legal process. We just do not believe everyone should be tracked by default.
Where KLEVR draws the line
There should be a reason to investigate before people are tracked.
KLEVR cameras are meant to protect a specific home or business. Flock-style ALPR networks collect vehicle-location data across many places and make it searchable later. We believe those are very different kinds of security.
Our rule is simple. Customers can share useful footage. Police can use valid legal process. Emergencies still matter. But ordinary people should not be tracked by default just because the technology exists.
Why we take this position
Why KLEVR says no to Flock.
We are not saying every Flock camera is illegal. These cases show what can go wrong when a large tracking network exists before there is a reason to suspect someone.
A local search can reach far beyond one city
Members of Congress questioned a Texas investigation that used Flock data across state lines. Their letter said the search appeared to reach more than 83,000 ALPR cameras.
People can misuse powerful search tools
Reporting has described alleged improper or personal searches by officers using Flock systems. Flock says audit logs can help catch misuse. KLEVR's concern is simpler: when the data exists at a huge scale, one bad search can reach very far.
The Fourth Amendment issue is still being decided
Courts have not agreed that every ALPR search violates the Fourth Amendment. In Commonwealth v. Church and Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, courts rejected constitutional challenges on the facts before them. That is why KLEVR states this as our company policy and privacy position—not as a claim that every ALPR use is already illegal.
Choose security that protects your property and respects your privacy.
We support
Real investigations, customer-approved sharing, emergency response, warrants, and other valid legal process.
We oppose
Mass location tracking, open-ended searches without a real reason, and treating every passing vehicle like investigative data.
This page states KLEVR's policy and viewpoint; it is not legal advice and does not claim that Flock Safety or every use of ALPR technology is unlawful. Flock states that its default LPR retention is 30 days, customers control access and sharing, and the system maintains audit logs. KLEVR has chosen a different product philosophy: property-focused security under customer control.