😳 What’s your take on the Flock camera scandal? 🤔 #Surveillance #Drama

Our Take

Mid Bay News dropped a quick hit piece on what they're calling a Flock camera "scandal," and honestly, we're not surprised there's drama. Every time a city council quietly approves a Flock Safety contract, it's usually a matter of weeks before residents start asking harder questions: who's watching the footage, how long is it kept, and why did nobody get a real public vote before cameras went up on their street.

We don't have the full transcript, so we're not going to speculate on the specifics of whatever went down in this creator's coverage area. But the pattern is familiar. These systems get pitched as "just for solving property crime," then the access logs or data-sharing agreements surface, and suddenly a scandal is exactly what it is. That's the whole business model — sell convenience, obscure the surveillance infrastructure underneath it.

If you want to see whether your own neighborhood has one of these cameras already logged, check our map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to start. Credit to Mid Bay News for putting a spotlight on this — the more local reporters dig into Flock deployments, the harder it gets for these programs to expand without scrutiny.