07/08/2026
Oklahoma City, Ok — Many Oklahomans face a new challenge as Flock cameras take over police duties - suspended licenses.
When a flock camera tickets you, you may not be aware it happened. Multiple Oklahoma residents traveling through Oklahoma City areas have been ticketed by Flock cameras- but never notified by the city.
When you fail to appear or fail to pay, your license is suspended in Oklahoma. However, residents say they had no idea a ticket was issued.
A Tuttle-area woman, working in Oklahoma City just learned her license has been suspended. The problem began when her insurance company did not make renewal instructions clear. She was under the impression that making the insurance payments renewed the insurance- but this company required an extra step- a yearly renewal process.
Although she paid for her insurance, it technically lapsed, and she drove by a Flock camera that issued a ticket.
This is easy enough to explain to a judge- if you are aware you have a court date. Oklahoma City uses automated systems to mail those notifications, but did not send her information on the ticket or court date. When she failed to appear, they issued a warrant for her arrest.
This is not the first time an Oklahoman has not received notification of a ticket issued by Flock.
A man in Edmond was late getting his tag updated, he says it slipped his mind when he did not receive a notification on the due date. A Flock camera ticketed him just five days outside the deadline.
A court date was scheduled but, again, there was no notification of a ticket or court date, resulting in a drivers license suspension.
Other residents claim they have experienced the same situation and Oklahoma City employees have simply said “Pay it, or go to jail.”
The unfair dismissal of the human equation in these scenarios may be more efficient for OKC Police, but it creates undue harm to those it impacts without warning.
A sudden loss in driving privileges can be costly, create challenges with employment, and raise insurance rates.
Had a human police officer issued the tickets, these otherwise law-abiding citizens would have known there were tickets and court dates to attend.
A human police officer may have simply given a warning, asked the woman talk to her insurance on the spot to correct it, or sent the man directly to a tag agency.
As we’ve reported previously, Flock doesn’t always get the tag number correct. How many Oklahomans have tickets, court dates, suspensions, and bench warrants unknowingly?
Flock takes the humanity out of “serving the public” while issuing strict demands of humans who make common mistakes.
Is this who we want to be?
