Videos are circulating online showing supposed cease-and-desist letters from Flock Safety. According to Flock’s chief legal officer, at least two of those letters are forged and did not come from Flock or its legal department.
The documents reportedly contain fake contact information, incorrect corporate titles, grammatical errors and at least one forged signature.
Let us be extremely clear: creating fake legal documents, placing them on a company’s letterhead and presenting them to the public as authentic is not activism. Depending on the circumstances and the creator’s intent, it could potentially result in serious criminal or civil consequences.
It is also reckless.
There are already legitimate, documented reasons for communities to question Flock Safety: privacy concerns, widespread vehicle tracking, improper data access, security failures, false alerts and innocent people being detained after incorrect information was entered or generated.
Those facts should be enough.
Fabricated documents do nothing but damage the credibility of everyone demanding accountability. They allow Flock and its supporters to label legitimate reporting, authentic public records and real civil-liberties concerns as misinformation.
APR•St Tammany will continue questioning the use of Flock technology—but we will do it with authentic documents, verifiable sources and evidence that can withstand scrutiny.
Do not create fake evidence. Do not share documents simply because they support what you already believe. Verify them first.
The truth is powerful enough without manufacturing it.