As Central Texas cities drop flock cameras, Kyle chooses to keep them
The short version: Kyle's council voted 6-1 to keep Flock ALPRs despite a member's push to cancel, even as other Central Texas cities walk away.
Our Take
Credit to KVUE for covering the split happening across Central Texas: some cities are reading the room and canceling their Flock Safety contracts, while Kyle's council just doubled down 6-1. Councilmember Claudia Zapata raised the privacy concerns that should be obvious by now — a network of always-on cameras logging every car's movements isn't a neutral tool, it's a permanent record of where you go, who you visit, and when. One vote against isn't nothing, but six in favor shows how normalized this surveillance infrastructure has become even as neighboring towns pump the brakes.
This is exactly the pattern we track: once a city signs on, inertia and vendor sales pitches about 'solving crime' tend to beat out actual scrutiny of data retention, access logs, and who else can query the system. The fact that other Central Texas cities are dropping Flock proves it's not a done deal — elected officials can be moved, and contracts can be killed, but only when enough people show up and ask hard questions before the vote, not after.
If you're in Kyle or anywhere nearby, check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and use our take-action guide to push your own council to follow the cities walking away from Flock instead of the ones re-upping without a fight.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KVUE, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.