Fort Mitchell ends use of Flock cameras, terminates contract #Shorts

Our Take

Credit to BAAZ AI for flagging this one: Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is walking away from its Flock Safety contract, shutting down five cameras that had been quietly logging every plate, timestamp, and location on local roads. No warrant, no notice to drivers, just a rolling log of who went where and when — until now.

This is the story we want to see more of. Flock's pitch to small towns is always the same: a handful of cameras, a modest monthly fee, and a promise it'll only be used to catch the bad guys. What rarely gets mentioned upfront is that every plate scan becomes part of a searchable, shareable database that outlives whatever case it was supposedly collected for. When a city council actually weighs that tradeoff against the surveillance creep, cameras come down. That's accountability working the way it's supposed to.

Fort Mitchell is a reminder that these contracts aren't permanent fixtures — they're decisions, and decisions can be reversed when residents show up and ask hard questions. Check our map to see what's logging your plates right now, and if your town hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has what you need to start it.