Flock Off Protest Lenoir City TN August 22 2026 GTFOH

Our Take

Credit to GTFOH Loudon County for amplifying what's becoming a familiar story across the country: a police department quietly signs a contract with Flock Safety, cameras go up, and the public finds out after the fact. In Lenoir City, Tennessee, that's eight confirmed ALPR cameras feeding into a nationwide network that other agencies can query without a warrant — and residents say there's no public vote, no notice, and no transparency portal to even see how their movements are being logged and shared.

This is the pattern we track every day. ALPR vendors sell these systems to local councils and police chiefs as a quiet line item, not a policy decision that deserves a public hearing. But once a camera is networked into Flock's system, it's not just a local tool — it's a node that can be searched by agencies hundreds of miles away, often with zero oversight on how that data gets used, shared, or retained. The Southern Resistance Coalition's 'Flock Off' protest on August 22 is exactly the kind of grassroots pressure that's forced transparency portals and policy reviews in other towns.

If you want to see whether cameras like these are sitting near you, check our map, and if you're ready to push back on a contract your city signed without asking you, our take-action page has the tools to get started.