Flock camera damage in Central Texas
The short version: KCEN News reports Central Texas police lament that vandalized Flock cameras take time to fix, but the real story is how reliant investigations have become on private surveillance cameras.
Our Take
KCEN News out of Central Texas covers a familiar complaint from local law enforcement: Flock Safety cameras getting damaged, and the hassle that creates while cops wait for repairs. Watch how the framing centers entirely on police inconvenience, not on the fact that communities now have automated eyes logging every car that passes, 24/7, often without a public vote or meaningful oversight.
When a camera goes dark and it's treated as a crisis for "investigations," that tells you just how dependent departments have become on a private company's hardware instead of old-fashioned police work. It's worth asking why a broken camera is newsworthy at all — and why so few stories ask who approved these networks, what data they retain, and who can access it.
Credit to KCEN News for flagging that these cameras exist and get damaged in the first place; most communities don't even know Flock is watching. Check our camera map to see what's tracking you in Central Texas, and visit take action if you want to push back.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KCENNews, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.