Hoodline reported that Megan Deterling, a former major accounts manager at Flock Safety, sued the company in federal court in Austin on Monday. She says Flock fired her in July 2025 after she complained about how she was treated.
Everything in the suit is a claim. No court has ruled on any of it.
What is the lawsuit alleging?
According to the complaint, as Hoodline summarizes it from Law360 and the Austin American-Statesman, Deterling says:
- She received fewer and lower-quality accounts than her male peers.
- Managers ridiculed her during team meetings.
- She was reassigned to accounts outside her home state, which required heavy travel.
- She began raising internal complaints in January 2025.
- Flock closed an investigation into her formal HR complaint within weeks, finding no harassment or discrimination.
Deterling is suing for retaliation and discrimination. She is asking for lost wages and benefits, front pay or reinstatement, and compensatory and punitive damages.
A Flock spokesperson told the Statesman that the company is confident in its position and intends to vigorously defend against the allegations.
What changes for drivers?
The lawsuit is about employment. Nothing in the reporting says it turns off, removes or changes any camera.
Hoodline's piece does describe Texas cities that have moved away from Flock. Bandera's council voted 3-2 in May to end its contract and remove its equipment. That decision covers Bandera's own cameras, not this case.
The cameras that stay in place are the ones a local agency, county, state, business or HOA still runs. To see what is mapped near you, check the camera map. For published transparency records from local agencies, see agency records.
What happens next?
Hoodline's report gives no hearing date and no court schedule, so the next filing or hearing in the case is not known from the reporting. Readers who want to know whether their own council is weighing a Flock contract can start with how plate readers work and the questions to ask at a council meeting.