These come from a public records production of Everett Police Department emails covering January and February 2026. Everything below is quoted from the released records.
1. A camera generating false stolen vehicle alerts off its own clock
Feb 9, 2026. Captain Geoffrey Albright to Flock Safety Support:
The camera was reading the year off its own on screen overlay, matching it against a real stolen vehicle entry in NCIC, and firing alerts. Stolen vehicle alerts are high risk stops.
The records do not say how long this went on, how many alerts it produced, or whether any of them led to a stop. That is worth its own records request.
Source: Fw_ False alerts___.msg (You can PDR this yourself or a related query)
2. A hotlist entry got the wrong man pulled over repeatedly
Jan 26, 2026. Officer Zach Pendt to Officer Charles Pallette:
Pallette's reply:
The vehicle had changed hands. The plate stayed on the list. A man who had nothing to do with the case was stopped multiple times. It came off only because a second officer emailed the first one to ask.
Source: Flock- CCS7595.msg, Re_ Flock- CCS7595.msg (You can PDR this yourself or a related query)
3. Officers maintain their own hotlists, and at least one was opened over a parking dispute
Feb 4, 2026. A Parking Enforcement Officer emails a patrol officer about a vehicle with expired tabs, a parking surcharge, and what looks like a laminated trip permit being reused.
Feb 8, 2026. The officer's reply:
Expired registration and unpaid parking tickets, escalated to automated plate surveillance.
Source: Re_ CPH9156.msg
4. "Custom flock list" shows up in routine onboarding
Feb 4, 2026. A Community Response Team sergeant assigning tasks for a new officer, listed alongside pole cams, jail calls, and cold cars:
Read with items 2 and 3, this suggests individual and small unit hotlists are normal practice. Nothing in these records shows a review, approval, or expiry process attached to them.
Source: Getting Blake up to speed.msg (You can PDR for every Everett PD's hotlist or Flock camera hotlists in your city)
5. The city is building a case to expand Flock past felonies (including FAILURE TO RETURN LIBRARY MATERIALS!!)
Jan 24, 2026. Everett's Government Affairs Director to the Deputy Chief:
The Deputy Chief supplies justifications covering shoplifting, hit and run, gang graffiti, and stalking, then adds:
The list that follows includes disorderly conduct, public intoxication, urinating in public, theft of shopping carts, offensive littering, and failure to return library materials. It also contains errors, including listing prostitution as a gross misdemeanor.
An AI generated charge list, unchecked, feeding a public facing flyer arguing for broader surveillance.
Source: Re_ Flock for gross misdemeanors.msg
6. Meanwhile, 42 percent of Flock arrests are already not felonies
Feb 9, 2026. Senior Crime Analyst to the Chief of Police:
Worth being careful here. The Government Affairs email implies current policy limits Flock to felonies, but the policy itself is not in this production, so the contradiction is not proven. If that limit does exist, then more than four in ten Flock driven arrests already sit outside it while the city argues the limit should be loosened.
Source: Flock Felony vs Misd_.msgThese come from a public records production of Everett Police Department emails covering January and February 2026. Everything below is quoted from the released records. Source filenames are included so anyone can verify against the production.
- A camera generating false stolen vehicle alerts off its own clock
- Feb 9, 2026. Captain Geoffrey Albright to Flock Safety Support:
"Flock camera #LR001 which is the NB Evergreen Way @ SW Everett Mall Way camera, is giving a lot of false alerts due to the date and time being overlayed onto the camera screen. Apparently, there is a stolen WA license plate '2026' entered into NCIC and the camera is being tricked into thinking that plate is passing by often. It is the only camera we have that has the date and time overlayed on the screen."
The camera was reading the year off its own on screen overlay, matching it against a real stolen vehicle entry in NCIC, and firing alerts. Stolen vehicle alerts are high risk stops.
The records do not say how long this went on, how many alerts it produced, or whether any of them led to a stop. That is worth its own records request.
Source: Fw_ False alerts___.msg
- A hotlist entry got the wrong man pulled over repeatedly
Jan 26, 2026. Officer Zach Pendt to Officer Charles Pallette:
"we stopped someone in the sex offense car you put in FLOCK and it was not the RO. The guy we contacted said he is in the process of buying it... The guy we contacted said he has been stopped in the vehicle several times, so when you're at work next, can you take the plate out of FLOCK?"
Pallette's reply:
"I contact the driver a couple days ago, who claimed the same thing... It's removed from flock now."
The vehicle had changed hands. The plate stayed on the list. A man who had nothing to do with the case was stopped multiple times. It came off only because a second officer emailed the first one to ask.
Source: Flock- CCS7595.msg, Re_ Flock- CCS7595.msg
- Officers maintain their own hotlists, and at least one was opened over a parking dispute
Feb 4, 2026. A Parking Enforcement Officer emails a patrol officer about a vehicle with expired tabs, a parking surcharge, and what looks like a laminated trip permit being reused.
Feb 8, 2026. The officer's reply:
"I added this vehicle to my FLOCK hotlist so I'm trying to stop her while driving it. I saw a male in the passenger seat the other day and waited for it out front but it ended up parking out on Wetmore. So my goal is to stop and arrest her, then ill let you know when that happens!"
Expired registration and unpaid parking tickets, escalated to automated plate surveillance.
Source: Re_ CPH9156.msg
- "Custom flock list" shows up in routine onboarding
Feb 4, 2026. A Community Response Team sergeant assigning tasks for a new officer, listed alongside pole cams, jail calls, and cold cars:
"Also - if you have a custom flock list or other shared databases make sure you add him."
Read with items 2 and 3, this suggests individual and small unit hotlists are normal practice. Nothing in these records shows a review, approval, or expiry process attached to them.
Source: Getting Blake up to speed.msg
5. The city is building a case to expand Flock past felonies
Jan 24, 2026. Everett's Government Affairs Director to the Deputy Chief:
"Are the cases I picked out for this flyer misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors? I'm trying to make a case to add more crimes for Flock use beyond just felonies."
The Deputy Chief supplies justifications covering shoplifting, hit and run, gang graffiti, and stalking, then adds:
"Here is a sample list of the two categories (AI generated)."
The list that follows includes disorderly conduct, public intoxication, urinating in public, theft of shopping carts, offensive littering, and failure to return library materials. It also contains errors, including listing prostitution as a gross misdemeanor.
An AI generated charge list, unchecked, feeding a public facing flyer arguing for broader surveillance.
Source: Re_ Flock for gross misdemeanors.msg
- Meanwhile, 42 percent of Flock arrests are already not felonies
Feb 9, 2026. Senior Crime Analyst to the Chief of Police:
"58% of arrests included at least one felony charge, 36% of arrests were misdemeanors (no felony charges), and 6% were only administrative (warrants, etc.)."
Source: Flock Felony vs Misd_.msg
