Flock camera installer calls 911 on investigatetv reporter, expecting privacy in public 🤣
The short version: A Flock installer called 911 on a reporter filming in public — the irony of demanding privacy from the same surveillance network he builds isn't lost on Louis Rossmann or us.
Our Take
Louis Rossmann's latest dives into a scene that practically writes its own punchline: a Flock Safety camera installer, caught on camera by an InvestigateTV reporter doing basic public-interest journalism, calls the cops because he doesn't want to be filmed. In public. While installing a device whose entire job is to film everyone who drives by, forever, without consent or a warrant. You can't make this up.
The hypocrisy here isn't just funny — it's revealing. The people building and deploying this infrastructure clearly understand, on some gut level, that being watched without your permission is uncomfortable and unwanted. They just don't think that discomfort should apply to the millions of drivers whose plates, locations, and movement patterns get hoovered up daily by the cameras they're bolting to utility poles. Privacy for me, dragnet for thee.
Credit to Rossmann and the InvestigateTV reporter for pushing back and putting the reaction on record — this is exactly the kind of accountability journalism that keeps these installations from happening in total silence. If you want to see whether one of these cameras has gone up near you, check our map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to do it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Louis Rossmann, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.