Milford residents demand city 'turn off' #Flock cameras
The short version: Milford's Board of Alderman rejected a Flock shutdown despite resident pushback, settling instead for a 'review' of the cameras and drones.
Our Take
Credit to WFSB 3 for covering this one, because the Milford story is the same script playing out in city halls across the country: residents show up, voice real concerns about a private company's cameras logging every car that passes, and the board responds with a watered-down 'review' instead of an off switch. A review isn't accountability. It's a stalling tactic that lets the contract keep running, the data keep flowing, and the vendor keep collecting a check while elected officials buy time to let the anger cool off.
What's notable here is that Milford residents aren't buying the usual sales pitch. They showed up and pushed back, and that matters because Flock's entire business model depends on nobody paying attention. Once a town understands that these aren't just 'cameras for solving crimes' but a networked system capable of tracking anyone's daily movements without a warrant, the conversation changes fast. A board voting to keep the system running after hearing that pushback is a choice, not an accident.
If you're in Milford or anywhere else wondering what's actually watching your street, check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, and if your town is debating a Flock contract or review of its own, our take-action page has tools to help you push back before the vote happens, not after.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WFSB 3, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.