Flock cameras/Automatic License Plate Readers in Indiana
The short version: A Indiana creator's grassroots mapping of Flock ALPRs underscores why citizen-led documentation is the only real check on unregulated plate surveillance.
Our Take
The World Libertarians Want is doing exactly the kind of legwork this fight needs: pointing a camera at the cameras. Their video on Flock Safety's ALPR rollout across Indiana hits on a point we keep hammering at DeFlock — there is no official, public registry of where these devices are mounted, who's watching the feeds, or how long that data sits in a database. When the only transparency comes from residents driving around with a dashcam and some curiosity, that's not a system, that's a gap, and it's one law enforcement and Flock Safety have been happy to leave unfilled.
This matters because ALPR networks aren't just catching the occasional stolen car — they're building a searchable, retroactive map of everywhere your plate has been, shared across jurisdictions with little oversight and few guardrails on misuse. Indiana has no comprehensive statewide disclosure requirement forcing agencies to say how many cameras they've got or what they're doing with the hits, which means grassroots documentation like this video is often the only record that exists.
Credit to the channel for getting boots on the ground instead of just talking about it. If you're in Indiana or anywhere else and want to help close that information gap, check our camera map to see what's already logged near you, and if you spot something missing, our take-action page walks you through how to document and report it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The World Libertarians Want, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.