Kendall County votes 5-0 to end Flock Safety contract
The short version: Kendall County, Texas commissioners voted 5-0 to drop Flock Safety after more than 1,000 residents signed a petition, proving organized pushback works.
Our Take
Credit to KENS 5 in San Antonio for covering what should be a bigger story: a county government actually listening to its constituents and walking away from a Flock Safety ALPR contract. A unanimous 5-0 vote isn't a fluke — it's what happens when over a thousand people take the time to sign a petition and show up. That's the kind of local pressure that moves elected officials faster than any op-ed ever will.
This matters because the Flock sales pitch relies on quiet renewals and nobody asking hard questions about where the data goes, who can query it, and how long license plate scans of ordinary commuters sit in a database. Kendall County residents asked those questions anyway, and the commissioners didn't have a good enough answer to keep the cameras running. That's a template other counties should be paying attention to.
If you want to see whether Flock or similar ALPR systems are already watching your own commute, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not wait for a petition to get a thousand signatures before your county council acts, our take-action page has the tools to get started now.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KENS 5: Your San Antonio News Source, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.