Deflock Mesa County protests use of Flock cameras

Our Take

Credit to KKCO 11 News for covering what's happening in Mesa County, where local residents organized under the DeFlock banner to push back against Flock Safety's camera network. This matters because it shows the resistance to automated license plate readers isn't confined to coastal cities or tech-savvy enclaves — it's happening in Colorado's Western Slope, in communities that often get overlooked by national press.

What's notable here is the grassroots nature of it. These aren't lobbyists or policy wonks — they're neighbors who looked at a camera bolted to a pole and asked the right question: who's watching, who's storing it, and who's accountable when it goes wrong. That's the same question we ask every time a new Flock deployment pops up on our camera map, and it's the right question for every county weighing whether to let this technology in.

Local protests like this one are how change actually starts — not with a sweeping federal law, but with residents showing up at county meetings and making noise until officials have to answer for the cameras they approved. If you want to do the same in your community, our take action page has the tools to get started.