Flock Exposed - Insiders Who Walked Away
Flock has not publicly fired anyone for leaking internal information. Instead, the most damaging insider stories of the past two years come from people who quit on their own, walked away from real money on the table, and went public anyway - and from anonymous sources who handed reporters leaked audio, Slack messages, and internal documents.
Jonathan Paz: The Salesman Who Quit and Ran for Congress
Jonathan Paz worked on Flock Safety's government affairs team from 2024 to mid-2025. His job, in his own words, was to represent the product as best as possible, traveling to communities and persuading local officials to authorize Flock's growing surveillance network.
Source: American Community Media, "The Flock Backlash and Growing Revolt Against License Plate Surveillance"; SGT Report, citing 404 Media's original interview
Paz said his faith in the company began to collapse once he realized his real role was not simply informing elected officials, but neutralizing public opposition before it could affect a vote - making sure that resistance from residents did not become a vote reflected in the council.
Source: SGT Report, citing 404 Media's original interview with Jonathan Paz
He asked internally, repeatedly, whether Flock worked with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and was always told no. Then the reporting started landing: 404 Media found local police running Flock searches on ICE's behalf, Denver's 9NEWS uncovered that Customs and Border Protection had direct system access, and Flock denied it before ultimately confirming a CBP pilot program. ICE, the Secret Service, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service all had access as well, according to 404 Media.
Source: Gadget Review, "Why a Flock Safety Insider Quit: He Says They Lied," citing 404 Media reporting
Paz quit in July 2025, turning down equity and severance worth tens of thousands of dollars rather than stay quiet, and pivoted to immigrant defense work and a run for Congress from Waltham, Massachusetts.
Source: Yahoo News, "Why a Flock Safety Insider Quit: He Says They Lied"; American Community Media, "The Flock Backlash and Growing Revolt Against License Plate Surveillance"
Anonymous Sources Behind the Bigger Leaks
Separate from Paz's on-the-record account, 404 Media has built much of its Flock reporting on leaked audio, internal Slack messages, and internal documents provided by sources inside or close to the company who have not been publicly named or identified as fired.
Source: 404 Media, "License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows"; 404 Media, "Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search Tool"
Leaked meeting audio obtained by 404 Media captured a Flock employee reacting to the company's use of hacked personal data in its Nova search tool, saying he was pretty horrified to hear the company was using it.
Source: 404 Media, "Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search Tool"
A separate leak gave 404 Media an internal guide Flock uses to coach police departments on how to promote its technology and manage public pushback, titled internally around the idea of owning the narrative.
Source: 404 Media, "'Own the Narrative': Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech"
What This Pattern Suggests
No employee has been publicly reported as fired for leaking. The people closest to Flock's internal operations have instead chosen to leave voluntarily, anonymously hand over documents, or walk away from significant financial packages rather than continue defending the company's public statements. That pattern - people with the most knowledge choosing to exit rather than stay - is its own kind of evidence about what it is like to work inside the company.
Source: Compiled analysis based on the reporting cited above
Questions to Ask Your Town
Has our town's police department or council ever been the target of a Flock representative's strategy to manage or neutralize public opposition, rather than simply inform us?
Would our town be told if internal Flock communications ever contradicted what its sales representatives told our council?
Does our contract or agreement with Flock include any protection for town employees or officials who raise concerns about the technology internally?
This page will be updated as more factual sources become available.