Florida and Texas Block Flock Cameras Over Privacy Issues
The short version: Florida and Texas reportedly cutting ties with Flock Safety signals that even red-state lawmakers are waking up to ALPR overreach, per Knewdex News.
Our Take
If Knewdex News has this right, Florida and Texas stepping back from Flock partnerships is a notable crack in the bipartisan embrace of automated license plate readers. These are not states known for reflexive skepticism of policing tools, so pushback at that level suggests the privacy concerns around Flock's camera networks are becoming impossible to wave away as fringe worry.
We'd caution readers to wait for the specifics — which agencies, which contracts, and whether this is a full severance or a pause pending audits — before treating this as a done deal. Flock has weathered plenty of local controversy while quietly expanding elsewhere, and state-level statements don't always translate into cameras actually coming down. Still, the fact that lawmakers are willing to publicly frame this as a privacy issue, not just a budget line, is a shift worth watching.
This is exactly the kind of momentum that depends on people knowing where the cameras already are and pushing their own city councils and state legislators before contracts renew. Check our map to see what's tracked near you, and use our take-action page if you want to push your own state toward the same reconsideration.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Knewdex News, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.