DeFlock Easton, Maryland | Spreading the word at The Amish Country Farmers Market - 09-26-2026
The short version: A grassroots DeFlock Easton volunteer films a farmers market outreach day, showing that fighting ALPR surveillance often starts with simple face-to-face conversations in your own town.
Our Take
Credit to GetTheFlockOuttaHere for documenting something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: the unglamorous, folding-table work of actually talking to neighbors about surveillance creeping into their community. No slick drone footage, no viral gotcha moment — just someone at the Amish Country Farmers Market in Easton, Maryland, explaining to passersby why a license plate reader on their road matters. That's how local pushback against Flock Safety actually starts, one conversation at a time, not one petition click.
It's easy to dismiss this kind of outreach as small potatoes compared to lawsuits or council votes, but city councils don't approve or reject these contracts in a vacuum. They respond to constituents who show up and ask hard questions, and people only show up once they understand what's actually being installed down the street from them. Grassroots chapters like DeFlock Easton are doing the translation work: turning an abstract 'public safety technology' pitch into a plain conversation about who's tracking your car, how long they keep the data, and who else gets access to it.
If this inspires you to find out what's already watching your own neighborhood, check our camera map to see documented ALPR locations near you, and visit our take-action page for ways to organize a conversation of your own.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of GetTheFlockOuttaHere - DeFlock Easton, MD, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.