The Government Is Monitoring People Who Oppose Flock Cameras
The short version: A video from RickieBobbieNO26 highlights 404 Media's reporting that fusion centers are monitoring social media accounts critical of Flock Safety ALPRs, treating activism like a threat.
Our Take
Let that sink in: the same networked cameras marketed as neutral public-safety tools are apparently paired with intelligence bulletins that name and track the people who criticize them. As RickieBobbieNO26 lays out, 404 Media's reporting shows fusion centers flagging a 'National Week of Action Against Automated License Plate Readers' and nudging police to watch specific accounts more closely. That's not public safety — that's surveillance of dissent, dressed up in bureaucratic language that blurs peaceful activism with sabotage.
This is exactly the feedback loop we've warned about. Once a surveillance network exists, it doesn't stay confined to catching stolen cars or Amber Alerts — it becomes a tool for monitoring whoever makes the agencies running it uncomfortable. If talking about ALPRs publicly gets your name into a fusion center report, the chilling effect writes itself: fewer people speak up, fewer communities push back, and the cameras multiply unchecked.
Credit to RickieBobbieNO26 for surfacing this story and keeping attention on how these documents work in practice, not just in press releases. If you want to see what's already watching your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of RickieBobbieNO26, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.