Flock Cameras Are On 100,000 Streets. Nobody Voted On It
The short version: MY TAKE's video lays out how Flock's ALPR network sprawled to 100,000+ cameras and 6,000 communities with zero public vote, fueling a growing wave of towns pulling out.
Our Take
Credit to the MY TAKE channel for laying out the numbers plainly: a surveillance network this size — spanning 40-plus states and, by DeFlock's own count, north of 120,000 cameras — was never put to a public referendum anywhere. It arrived through vendor contracts and police department procurement, not ballots. That's the part of this story that keeps getting buried under debates about crime stats and 'if you have nothing to hide' talking points.
The video's mention of over 70 towns walking back their Flock contracts is the real headline here. It proves this isn't a fringe complaint — it's local governments realizing, often after the fact, that they signed off on a plate-by-plate, timestamped tracking system covering every driver who passes through, not just suspects. Bumper stickers and car color logged alongside your location history is not a minor detail; it's a profile.
If you want to see how close this network is to your own street, check our camera map, and if your town hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has what you need to force one.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of 🇺🇸MY TAKE, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.