Flock Safety Cameras: Surveillance or Safety? #shorts
The short version: STS Technologies' short asks the right question — surveillance or safety — but the honest answer is both, and the public deserves to know which.
Our Take
STS Technologies LLC keeps this one short and blunt: are Flock Safety's ALPR cameras keeping neighborhoods safe, or are they just quietly building a nationwide vehicle-tracking network? Credit to them for putting that framing front and center in under a minute — most people scrolling past a pole-mounted camera never stop to ask the question at all.
The honest answer is it's not either/or. These cameras can help solve crimes, and they also log the movements of every driver who passes, regardless of suspicion, stored and searchable by police departments and private networks alike. That tension is exactly why transparency matters — who has access, how long data is kept, and whether your town ever voted on any of it.
If a video like this makes you want to know what's watching your own street, check our camera map to see nearby ALPR locations, and visit take action for ways to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of STS Technologies LLC, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.