Paul, host of the Legally Armed America livestream, announced plans to release a web-based tool called Audit Flock that lets users file public-records requests targeting agencies that operate Flock license-plate cameras. The app, currently in beta, is designed to automate Freedom of Information Act letters and track agency response deadlines, aiming to increase transparency around the growing network of automated surveillance cameras.

Key Features

• One-click generation of state-specific FOIA letters requesting access logs for individual Flock cameras.
• Automated reminders when agencies miss statutory response deadlines.
• Commute-route scanner that checks whether a user’s license plate has been queried along a chosen path.
• Mapping layer built on publicly available camera-location data, credited to the existing Dlock project.

Pros and Cons Highlighted by Host

• Pros: Empowers citizens to audit who is searching their plates; could overwhelm agencies with paperwork and prompt reconsideration of Flock contracts; requires no attorney to file requests.
• Cons: Agencies may still redact sensitive details; some access logs lack individual officer identifiers; the service will require paid server resources once public traffic increases.

“I want to audit the people who are accessing this data using those flock cameras to see who’s looking at what because right now they don’t need a warrant,” Paul said during the drive-time broadcast. He added that the larger goal is accountability: “It’s to overwhelm these agencies that have chosen Flock… they’re going to have to start questioning their relationship with flock cameras.”