No action taken on Flock cameras in South Windsor as town council meets amid various concerns
The short version: South Windsor's town council punted on Flock ALPR cameras after public pushback, leaving the real decision for a Sept. 21 vote.
Our Take
This is the pattern we see over and over: a town quietly moves to install Flock Safety ALPR cameras, residents show up once they find out, and suddenly the council needs "more time." No action taken isn't a win — it's a pause button. South Windsor's leaders now have weeks to let the controversy cool off before trying again on Sept. 21, and that delay is exactly when public pressure matters most.
Credit to FOX 61 for covering a local government story that a lot of outlets skip entirely. ALPR debates rarely get this kind of airtime, even though these systems quietly log the movements of every driver who passes through town, Flock's data gets shared across a sprawling, poorly audited network, and once the cameras go up they almost never come down. "Concerns" raised at a council meeting are easy for officials to wait out unless residents keep showing up.
If you're in South Windsor or anywhere else fighting a Flock rollout, don't wait for the next meeting to speak up — check our camera map to see what's already been deployed near you, and use our take-action guide to push back before the council finds a quiet night to approve it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of FOX 61, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.