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Sandy Boyce: Flock Safety Cameras in Sedona, Arizona | Hot Mic Moment

Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast · 1 year ago

The short version: A Sedona resident's grassroots push got the city to shut off its Flock Safety cameras, proving local organizing can beat mass surveillance.

Our Take

Credit where it's due: Jen's Two Cents sat down with Sandy Boyce, the Sedona resident who helped convince her city council to pull the plug on its Flock Safety ALPR network. That's not a small thing. Most towns that install these cameras never look back, and officials love to frame removal as impossible once the contract is signed. Boyce's story is proof that it isn't.

What makes this interview worth your time is the "how." It wasn't a lawsuit or a federal mandate that got Sedona's cameras switched off — it was a resident who showed up, asked hard questions, and refused to accept vague answers about data retention, sharing agreements, and who actually has access to the footage of everyone's daily movements. That's the same playbook we keep pointing readers toward: local meetings are where these fights are actually won or lost.

Boyce is now channeling that momentum into Live Free AZ, organizing other Arizonans to push back on surveillance creep in their own communities. If you want to know whether Flock is already watching your street, check our camera map, and if you're ready to do something about it, our take-action page has the tools to get started.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.