Community members share concerns about Flock cameras
The short version: Norfolk residents organized by DeFlock Norfolk are pressing local leaders to rein in Flock Safety ALPRs, and 13News Now covered the pushback.
Our Take
This is exactly how accountability starts: not with a lawsuit or a press release, but with neighbors in a room asking their city council why a private company's cameras are logging their movements block by block. Credit to 13News Now for showing up to a community meeting most outlets would skip, and to the organizers at DeFlock Norfolk for turning quiet unease into an actual agenda item for local leaders.
What makes these gatherings matter is that Flock's network depends almost entirely on local buy-in — a police department signs a contract, a city council rubber-stamps a budget line, and suddenly every plate in town is logged and shared across a system residents never voted on. When people start asking pointed questions about retention, access logs, and who else can query that data, that's the leverage point. It's slower than a courtroom fight, but it's how dozens of towns have forced audits or outright cancellations.
If you're in Norfolk or anywhere else wondering whether your own streets are wired up, check our camera map to see what's nearby, and use our take-action guide to bring the same kind of pressure to your own city council.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of 13News Now, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.