Documented Incident
Senate subcommittee hears testimony from Florida woman jailed 13 days after Flock ALPR misidentification
Event: October 5, 2025 · First reported: September 23, 2026 · 15 sources
At a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing, Palm Coast, Florida resident Lindsey Isaacs testified that an image captured by a Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera helped lead to her arrest on three counts of vehicular homicide for a fatal crash she said she had no involvement in. Isaacs said she spent 13 days in jail, including time in solitary confinement and a maximum-security unit, before her attorney presented photos showing her vehicle was undamaged; the state declined to prosecute in May 2026. Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Ross Teeple also testified, saying his agency ended its Flock contract over what he described as dishonesty and disinformation from the company. Subcommittee Chairman Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he had invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola Solutions and Verkada, none of whom appeared.
The hearing is among the first congressional examinations of privately operated ALPR networks used by public agencies, and it puts on the record both a claimed wrongful-arrest case and a sheriff's account of why one department walked away from its contract.
Key facts
- Isaacs said troopers seized her car around 1:45 a.m. on Oct. 5, 2025; a warrant for her arrest was issued April 17, 2026, and the state declined to prosecute in May 2026.
- She testified that witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a different color than hers and that her car showed no crash damage.
- Flock Safety is described as operating roughly 120,000 cameras across 49 states, storing over 20 billion images monthly in a searchable database; about 50% of its customers are law enforcement agencies, per figures cited by a Flock representative in July.
- Hawley said Flock CEO Garret Langley confirmed in a letter that users can search for images of people; Flock says it does not currently use facial recognition, though it has applied for a related patent.
- No CEO from Flock, Axon, Motorola Solutions or Verkada attended; The Center Square said it received no response to requests for comment.
Timeline
- September 23, 2026'Treated like a criminal:' Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras
- September 26, 2026WESH 2 hears from Lindsey Isaacs, who testified before US Senate after Flock cameras led to wrongful arrest
- September 25, 2026Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car
Sources
This summary was written from the published reporting below and links to it; BlockFlockNow does not reproduce article text.
- 'Treated like a criminal:' Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras (The Center Square, September 23, 2026)
- Treated like a criminal : Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras (homenewshere.com, September 24, 2026)
- Senate Hearing Examines Flock Safety Surveillance Network And Privacy Concerns (Dallas Express, September 25, 2026)
- Senate Hearing Examines Flock Camera Security Failures and Surveillance Concerns (Texas Scorecard, September 24, 2026)
- Treated like a criminal : Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras (kpcnews.com, September 24, 2026)
- Woman tells Senate how Flock photo helped spark her wrongful arrest (Daytona Beach News-journal Online, September 24, 2026)
- Treated like a criminal : Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras (thedigitalcourier.com, September 24, 2026)
- WESH 2 hears from Lindsey Isaacs, who testified before US Senate after Flock cameras led to wrongful arrest (WESH, September 26, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (KXAN Austin, September 25, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (ABC27, September 24, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (NewsNation, September 24, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (FOX40, September 24, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (fox2now.com, September 24, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (KARK, September 24, 2026)
- Woman spends 13 days in jail after Flock camera misidentifies her car (FOX40, September 24, 2026)
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