Are Flock Cameras good?
The short version: The Secure Dad asks a simple but pointed question about Flock cameras, and it's the same one DeFlock has been raising for years: are you okay being tracked like this?
Our Take
Credit where it's due: The Secure Dad frames the Flock debate the right way, by asking viewers directly whether they're comfortable being tracked every time they drive down a public street. That's the core question that gets buried under corporate talking points about "community safety" and "stopping crime." Once a camera network can log your car's movements 24/7, the conversation isn't really about any single investigation anymore, it's about who gets to build a permanent record of where you go and why.
That framing matters because Flock and departments that deploy it rarely put the tracking question front and center. They lead with clearance rates and stolen-vehicle recoveries, not with the fact that plate reads on ordinary people, the vast majority of whom are never suspected of anything, get stored and queried by systems with a documented history of misuse, sharing, and leaks. A channel built around personal and family security asking "is this okay" is a useful signal that this isn't just a privacy-advocate talking point, it's a normal person's gut reaction to being watched.
If this video has you looking around your own town, check our camera map to see what's already been documented near you, and if you want to push back locally, our take action page has concrete steps for raising this with your city council before the next contract renewal.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Secure Dad, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.