Where are the cameras? | Flock cameras in Chandler, AZ
The short version: Chandler, AZ residents pressed city council on Flock camera locations, spotlighting a basic transparency gap that surveillance watchdogs keep running into nationwide.
Our Take
Credit to Jen's Two Cents for putting a spotlight on something that should be simple but rarely is: knowing where the cameras pointed at your license plate actually live. When residents have to stand up at a city council meeting just to ask "where are the cameras," that tells you everything about how these Flock Safety deployments tend to roll out — quietly, with minimal public mapping, and with city officials often unable or unwilling to give straight answers on the spot.
This isn't a Chandler problem, it's the standard playbook. ALPR networks get pitched to councils as a narrow crime-fighting tool, installed with little fanfare, and then residents are left to reverse-engineer their own surveillance footprint. That asymmetry — the city and Flock know exactly where every camera sits and what data it's pulling, while the public is left guessing — is exactly the kind of accountability gap that lets these systems expand unchecked.
If you're in Chandler or anywhere else wondering what's actually watching your commute, check our camera map to see what's been documented in your area, and if your city council hasn't had this conversation yet, use our take-action resources to make sure they do.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.