Flock Safety CONFRONTS Creator Over Critical Coverage

Our Take

Credit to Better Neighbors Network for surfacing this one. When a surveillance company starts making personal outreach to people connected to a journalist who's been asking hard questions, that's worth paying attention to — regardless of how the contact was framed or intended. Companies are free to respond to criticism, but the optics of going through a creator's personal network rather than engaging the reporting directly tend to raise more questions than they answer.

This is the kind of story that matters because Flock Safety isn't just another tech vendor — it's a company whose entire business model depends on being trusted with license plate data flowing from thousands of cameras into police databases across the country. When a company that profits from surveillance infrastructure appears sensitive to criticism in ways that feel personal rather than substantive, it's fair to ask what that says about its broader relationship with transparency and accountability.

We don't know the full context here, and neither should you assume the worst without watching Dorey and Better Neighbors Network lay it out themselves. But it's a reminder that the people documenting ALPR expansion — whether journalists, researchers, or everyday residents — are doing work that deserves scrutiny-free space to operate. If you want to see where these cameras are showing up in your own community, check out our map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page is a good place to start.