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Banning Flock Won't Be Enough Without Police Reform

It was Flock that led cops to the wrong woman. It was police who ignored the other evidence and jailed her.

Autumn Billings | 9.25.2026 10:34 AM

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In a bipartisan Senate hearing on Wednesday, Lindsey Isaacs described her harrowing legal battle stemming from the increasingly unpopular Flock Safety's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance network. But without proper police accountability and oversight, law enforcement mistakes like the ones experienced by Isaacs are bound to repeat. 

After a normal day of cooking and errands on October 4, 2025, Isaacs testified that she franticly woke up at approximately 4:45 a.m. The police were outside. Her practically brand-new black Dodge Durango was being taken. The officers explained there had been a fatal crash, and three people had died. 

Isaacs, 23 years old at the time, told the officers she hadn't been in any crash. "I gave the troopers my receipt and information showing where I had been," she said, but the officers insisted there........

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