Flock CEO speaks after nationwide petitions to end contracts with local law enforcement
The short version: Flock's CEO brushed off nationwide petitions with a feel-good soundbite, dodging the real question of consent and local control over ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
NEWS CENTER Maine caught Flock Safety's CEO responding to the wave of local petitions demanding cities cut ties with the company, and his answer boils down to a line nobody could disagree with: everyone wants to be safer. That's the trick. Nobody is arguing against safety. The argument is about who gets to install a camera network that logs every car's movements, who can access that data, and whether residents ever actually consented to living inside it. A talking point about universal desire for safety conveniently skips all three questions.
What this clip really shows is a company on the defensive, because the pushback isn't coming from a handful of activists anymore — it's spreading city by city, petition by petition, as more people learn their town quietly signed a contract for a surveillance system with little public debate. That's exactly the pattern we track here: Flock cameras going up with minimal oversight, broad law enforcement sharing agreements, and almost no mechanism for residents to say no once the deal is done.
Credit to NEWS CENTER Maine for putting the CEO on record. If you want to see whether this is already happening in your neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not wait for a petition to catch up to your city, our take-action guide has concrete steps to push back now.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of NEWS CENTER Maine, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.