120 communities threw Flock out. Flock spent $2M lobbying.
The short version: Flock U's numbers show a company spending millions to out-lobby the 120+ communities that already said no to its cameras.
Our Take
Flock U (credit where it's due, this is solid receipt-pulling from OpenSecrets and Stacker's state database work) lays out the math plainly: while more than 120 towns, cities, and agencies have canceled, suspended, or rejected Flock contracts since 2025, the company has poured over $2 million into lobbying to make sure that trend doesn't spread. Nearly $1.3 million went to Washington, another million-plus into 34 statehouses, staffed by a small army of lobbyists — most of them former government insiders who know exactly which doors to knock on.
That's the real story here. This isn't a debate happening in your city council meeting anymore, if it ever was. It's happening in back rooms in state capitals and on K Street, where the goal isn't to win your community's trust — it's to write laws before your community even gets a vote. Local pushback works, which is exactly why Flock is spending real money to make local pushback matter less.
If you want to see whether your neighborhood is one of the roughly 6,000 communities already wired up, check the map. And if you'd rather be one of the 120+ that said no, we've got resources to help you make that case at take action.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Flock U, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.