How Americans are fighting back against  flock cameras #flocksafety

Our Take

Surveillance State of America is tracking something we've been saying for a while now: the backlash against Flock Safety cameras isn't coming from Washington, it's coming from front porches, city council meetings, and neighborhood group chats. When a resident notices a camera bolted to a pole at the end of their street with no public vote, no signage, and no clear answer about who's watching the footage, that's when the questions start — and apparently, that's exactly what this video captures.

This matters because ALPR networks don't ask permission. They log your plate, your location, and your travel patterns whether you're a suspect in anything or not, and that data often sits in systems with murky retention rules and even murkier oversight. The people pushing back in videos like this aren't anti-safety cranks, they're residents asking the same question any citizen should: who approved this, and what happens to the data once it's collected? That's a fair question in any town, red or blue.

Credit to the creator for putting faces and local fights on screen instead of just talking policy in the abstract — that's how this issue actually moves. If you want to see whether Flock cameras have already landed in your zip code, check our camera map, and if you're ready to do something about it, our take-action page has steps that have already worked in other towns.