Destroying Flock Cameras is Something EVERYONE is Getting Behind!
The short version: Vee Dries' video captures the public mood swinging hard against Flock Safety as communities cheer camera takedowns and cities keep saying no.
Our Take
Credit to Vee Dries for putting a number on something we've felt anecdotally for a while: the public is not on Flock's side. A $1,000 reward for finding a vandal, met with tens of thousands of comments essentially rooting for the vandal, isn't a fringe reaction — it's a signal. When people are willing to cheer on property destruction rather than defend a surveillance camera, that tells you the social license for this tech is cracking.
The 130+ city rejections matter more than any single torn-down pole. Vigilante takedowns make headlines, but they're a symptom, not a strategy — they don't stop the next camera from going up two blocks over, and they can backfire legally on the person holding the wrench. The real leverage is public comment periods, council votes, and procurement contracts, the boring paperwork that actually decides whether your plate gets logged every time you drive to church, the pharmacy, or a protest.
Axon circling in as Flock takes heat is worth watching too — this fight isn't about one brand, it's about an entire industry normalizing mass ALPR tracking regardless of logo. If you want to know what's watching your street, check our camera map, and if you'd rather fight this in city hall than in the dark, our take-action page has the tools.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Vee Dries, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.