Verona Bagged Its Own Flock Cameras. Here's Why.

Our Take

Credit to Verified Privacy VPN (vp.net) for digging into a story that should worry anyone who thinks a signed contract means a city is actually in control of its own streets. Verona's council said no more Flock, and the cameras apparently didn't get the memo. That gap between a legal cancellation and a company's willingness to actually pull the plug is exactly the kind of leverage problem we keep flagging here.

This isn't just a billing dispute. When a private vendor can keep license-plate cameras running after a municipality formally says 'we're done,' it tells you who really holds the keys to the surveillance infrastructure sitting on your corner. Contracts are supposed to be the public's safeguard against indefinite, unaccountable data collection — if Flock can slow-walk removal or object to a city's own decision, that safeguard is mostly theoretical.

Verona's fight is a preview of what every town considering or already hosting these cameras should expect: easy to install, harder to uninstall. Check our map to see if Flock has a foothold near you, and if your city is debating a contract — or trying to get out of one — our take-action page has steps for pushing back before the cameras go up, not just after.