“No Flock Zone” Spray Painted Next to Flock Cameras. #Flock #Surveillance #Jars #Michigan #News
The short version: A Michigan creator documents 'No Flock Zone' graffiti near Flock cameras, a blunt sign that communities are pushing back against ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Kacee Allen for catching this one on camera: spray paint reading "No Flock Zone" showing up right next to an actual Flock Safety camera in Michigan. You can read it as vandalism, sure, but you can also read it as a message. When people feel like the normal channels for objecting to a surveillance network installed in their neighborhood aren't working, they start writing on the pole itself.
That's the real story here. Flock cameras tend to go up quietly, approved in a council meeting most residents never hear about, justified with a pitch about stolen cars and Amber Alerts, and then bolted to a pole with zero public input on how long the data sits in a database or who else gets to query it. Graffiti isn't a policy solution, but it's a pretty honest barometer of public sentiment when the formal process never asked.
If you'd rather make your objection count instead of reaching for a spray can, start by finding out what's actually watching your street on our camera map, then use our take-action guide to push back at the next council meeting before the next camera goes up.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Kacee Allen, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.