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The short version: Valleytech Custom Solutions flags Flock Safety's reported move into drones, a signal that the company's surveillance ambitions are expanding well past the fixed ALPR camera.
Our Take
Credit to Valleytech Custom Solutions for putting a spotlight on something we've been watching warily: Flock Safety's push beyond stationary plate cameras and into the airspace above your neighborhood. The details in this clip are thin, which is honestly on brand for how Flock rolls out new capabilities — quietly, through police department pilot programs, with little public debate before the hardware is already airborne.
This matters because drones solve the one limitation that fixed ALPRs have: they can follow you. A pole-mounted camera only sees what passes under it, but a 'drone as first responder' program can track a vehicle or person in real time, stitching together a mobile surveillance picture that plate readers alone can't provide. Pair that with Flock's existing network of cameras feeding a shared law enforcement database, and you get a surveillance apparatus that watches where you've been and follows where you're going — all without a warrant requirement in most states.
We'll keep digging into what's actually being deployed and where. In the meantime, check our camera map to see what Flock infrastructure already exists near you, and visit take action for ways to push back before drones become the next rubber stamp on mass surveillance.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Valleytech Custom Solutions, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.