Calhoun, Liberty and Holmes counties end Flock camera use

Our Take

Credit to WMBB News 13 for getting this on the record: three rural Florida counties — Calhoun, Liberty, and Holmes — are walking away from Flock Safety's camera network. That's not nothing. These are the kinds of small, under-the-radar jurisdictions where ALPR contracts usually get rubber-stamped without much public debate, because nobody's watching the county commission minutes closely. When local reporters show up and ask why taxpayer dollars are funding a surveillance system with no clear return, sometimes officials actually reconsider.

We'd love to know the real reasons behind the decision — cost, lack of results, public pushback, or just contract fatigue — but even without those details, the pattern matters. Flock's pitch to small counties is always the same: cheap, easy, 'just solves crime.' The reality is a growing national patchwork of cameras logging every car that passes, with little oversight on who gets access to that data or how long it's kept. When a handful of counties quietly opt out, it's a reminder that the expansion of this network isn't inevitable — it's a series of choices made by people who can be asked hard questions.

If you want to see whether ALPR cameras are already tracking vehicles in your area, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action resources can help you start.