People in California are pushing politicians to get rid of Flock cameras, they don't want ICE access
The short version: California residents are organizing against Flock ALPR networks after learning local camera data can flow to ICE, and the Millionaire Morning Show covered the backlash.
Our Take
Credit to the Millionaire Morning Show for putting a spotlight on something we've been tracking for a while: once a city council votes yes on Flock cameras, the data doesn't stay local. California residents pushing back aren't being paranoid — they're reading the fine print on data-sharing agreements that let federal agencies, including ICE, query networks that were sold to them as a tool for catching car thieves.
This is the pattern we keep seeing nationwide. A police department says the cameras are for solving property crime, the council approves it with minimal debate, and months later residents discover their plate reads are sitting in a searchable database that outside agencies can tap into with little oversight. California's pushback matters because it shows ordinary people can force a public reckoning on surveillance infrastructure that usually gets installed without one. If your city hasn't had this conversation yet, it should before the cameras go up, not after.
Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and if you want to push back like the folks in this video, our take-action page has the tools to start that fight locally.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Millionaire Morning Show, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.