Orlando man accused of spray painting Flock cameras in two counties

Our Take

Credit to YouTuber RickieBobbieNO26 for surfacing this local news story out of Orange County, Florida, where 43-year-old Christopher Iglesias is accused of using a long pole to blot out Flock Safety camera lenses mounted roughly 12 feet in the air. We don't endorse vandalism — it's illegal, it puts the vandal at legal risk, and it does nothing to change the policies that put these cameras up in the first place. But we also understand why people are angry.

Flock cameras are installed quietly, often without public hearings, and they log the movements of every car that passes, innocent or not, into databases that can be queried by police departments far outside the jurisdiction that installed them. When residents feel like the only way to push back is to grab a pole and some spray paint, that's a sign the normal channels — city council meetings, public records requests, local oversight — aren't doing their job of giving people a real say over surveillance infrastructure in their own neighborhoods.

If you want to know whether Flock or similar ALPR systems are already watching your streets, check our camera map. And if you'd rather fight this legally than risk a vandalism charge, our take-action page has tools for contacting local officials and demanding transparency before the next camera goes up.