[UNEDITED] City Councillors oppose Flock Safety in San Diego

Our Take

Credit to We Renamed Andrew Jackson Post Office for posting the unedited footage rather than a heavily cut version — when it comes to city council meetings, letting people see the full exchange matters. San Diego joining the growing list of cities where elected officials are publicly questioning Flock Safety's ALPR network is a good sign. It means the pitch these companies give — "just trust us, it's only for solving crime" — isn't landing the way it used to with every council in the country.

This is exactly the kind of local friction that actually slows mass surveillance down. Flock's business model depends on quiet, uncontested rollouts: sign the contract, install the cameras, and hope nobody asks who else gets access to the data or how long it's kept. When councillors start asking those questions on the record, it changes the calculus for neighboring jurisdictions watching how the vote goes.

If you're in San Diego or anywhere else wondering whether Flock cameras are already watching your street, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and if you want to push your own council to have this same conversation, our take-action page has a starting point.