Lago Vista Rejects Flock Camera Contract After TCRP Civil Rights Lawyer's Testimony
The short version: Lago Vista's city council scrapped its Flock ALPR contract after TCRP attorney Travis Fife's public testimony, proving local pushback can actually win.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: the Texas Civil Rights Project keeps showing up to city council meetings and doing the unglamorous work that actually moves votes. Attorney Travis Fife's testimony to the Lago Vista City Council laid out the same concerns we keep hammering on here — these aren't just "cameras," they're a searchable database of everywhere your car has been, run by a private company, with minimal guardrails on who gets access or how long it sticks around.
What makes this one worth noting is the outcome. Most of these contracts sail through on autopilot, sold to councils as a simple crime-fighting tool with no real debate. Lago Vista actually voted no after hearing the civil rights case laid out plainly. That's the model: public comment, a clear-eyed lawyer, and a council willing to ask what they're actually signing up for before renewing a deal that normalizes mass tracking of every driver in town.
If you want to see whether your own city has quietly installed this kind of system, check our camera map, and if a contract or renewal is coming up near you, our take-action page has the tools to show up and do what Lago Vista just did.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Texas Civil Rights Project, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.