Get flock OUT of Indiana

Our Take

Creator Orwell Day lays out a simple but often ignored principle: the burden of proof runs one direction. Government has to justify why it's watching you, not the other way around. That's the frame Indiana residents pushing back on Flock Safety deployments should keep front and center, because once a county commission or city council approves a network of ALPR cameras, the default quietly flips — suddenly it's citizens who have to explain why they object to being tracked everywhere they drive.

The video's point about hoping a mass surveillance system gets used responsibly is the part that should worry people most. Flock's pitch is always about solving today's crime, but the infrastructure doesn't expire when the case closes. Data gets retained, shared across agencies and states, and repurposed in ways no city council vote ever approved. 'Public safety' is doing a lot of work in these contracts, and freedom rarely gets equal billing at the budget hearing.

Indiana is far from alone — this is the same fight playing out county by county across the country. Check our camera map to see what's already been installed near you, and if you want to push back like the communities Orwell Day is highlighting, our take-action resources walk through how to actually get in front of your local government before the next contract gets signed.