Page County, Virginia Sheriff Chad Cubbage Addresses Local Flock & ICE Controversy

Our Take

Credit to Shen-Valley Times for getting Page County Sheriff Chad Cubbage on record. Sheriffs rarely have to answer for these systems in public, and when they do, it's usually a press release, not a Q&A. The fact that this is happening at all tells you the local controversy over Flock and possible ICE access has real legs in Page County.

Here's the thing about these defenses: they almost always boil down to "we follow policy" and "it's for solving crimes," while the actual audit logs, data-sharing agreements, and retention practices stay behind closed doors. A sheriff's word that ICE isn't pulling plate data is not the same as a public, auditable record proving it. Flock's own network design means data can hop across county and state lines fast, often outside the control — or even knowledge — of the local agency that installed the camera.

If you're in Page County or anywhere nearby, don't just take a press conference at face value. Check our camera map to see what's actually watching your roads, and use our take-action page to push your county supervisors for real transparency on who gets access to this data and why.