Two police cameras just started exploding on the same road
The short version: Two Flock Safety ALPR cameras on the same Albany, Georgia road caught fire the same day, and ShadowVerse's new video digs into what investigators know so far.
Our Take
Credit to ShadowVerse for tracking this one closely, because a same-day, same-road double burn is not the kind of coincidence that keeps quiet. Whether this turns out to be targeted sabotage, a coordinated statement, or something more mundane, the fact that it's even a live question tells you how normalized ALPR backlash has become. These cameras were installed to watch every driver on that road — now the road is watching them right back.
We've seen this pattern spread across the country: communities that never got a real vote on whether Flock cameras belong on their streets are starting to push back in louder and louder ways, from public records fights to outright vandalism. That's not something we're cheering for, but it's a predictable outcome when police departments quietly lease surveillance infrastructure with little public debate and even less transparency about who gets access to the data.
If you want to know whether there's a Flock camera watching your own commute, check our map before you find out the hard way. And if you'd rather fight this with a public comment than a lighter, our take-action page has real steps that don't end in an arson investigation.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ShadowVerse, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.