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The short version: Creator jaydinb spotlights Flock ALPR cameras popping up around Cincinnati, Ohio, adding another city to the growing list of residents noticing the gear in their own neighborhoods.
Our Take
Another day, another short-form video catching Flock Safety hardware on a street corner — this time in Cincinnati. Credit to jaydinb for doing what too few outlets bother to do: pointing a camera at the cameras and asking questions out loud. These quick, low-production clips matter more than people realize. They're often the first public record that a city council approved ALPR deployment without much fanfare, or that a private HOA or business strip quietly opted in.
Cincinnati joins a long list of Ohio communities where Flock's network has expanded with little public debate about retention policies, data sharing agreements, or who gets access to the plate-read history being built on ordinary commutes. The pattern is consistent nationwide: install first, explain later if anyone asks. That's exactly why independent documentation — whether it's a viral video or a pin on a map — is doing work that local reporting often isn't.
If you've spotted a Flock camera on your own street, don't just scroll past it — add it to our map so neighbors searching for answers can find it, and check out our take-action resources if you want to push back on surveillance creep in your city.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of jaydinb, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.