Your HOA Could Be Tracking Your Car With Flock Cameras
The short version: WKMG News 6 reports that your own HOA can deploy Flock ALPR cameras on neighborhood streets, no police involvement required.
Our Take
This WKMG News 6 segment pulls back the curtain on something a lot of homeowners don't realize: you don't need a police department to get blanketed in license plate surveillance anymore. Plenty of HOAs are signing their own contracts with Flock Safety, mounting cameras at every entrance and exit of a subdivision, and logging the comings and goings of every resident, guest, delivery driver, and contractor who rolls through. No warrant, no public hearing, no city council vote — just a board decision and a monthly fee.
That matters because it shows how mass surveillance infrastructure spreads outside the usual channels of police oversight and public records law. When a city police department buys ALPRs, there's at least a paper trail, a budget line, sometimes a community debate. When a private HOA board does it, that accountability mostly evaporates, even though the data often ends up accessible to law enforcement anyway through Flock's network. Your neighbors' camera becomes part of a nationwide lookup system, and you likely had zero say in it.
If you live in a gated community or HOA-run neighborhood, it's worth asking your board point blank whether they've installed or are considering Flock cameras, who can access the footage, and whether it's shared with police. Check our camera map to see what's already been documented near you, and visit our take-action page for tools to push back at the HOA or city level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.