Are there too many flock security cameras in Florida? #flockcameras #flock #dystopian #surveillance
The short version: A viral short on Florida's 10,000+ Flock cameras shows even political figures across the spectrum are starting to notice ALPR sprawl.
Our Take
Julian Dorey's short, pulled from his podcast, zeroes in on a number that should stop anyone scrolling: over 10,000 Flock Safety cameras reportedly blanketing Florida. That's not a typo, and it's not a rare outlier county — it's what happens when a single vendor sells local governments on "just a few cameras for solving crimes" and the network quietly metastasizes into one of the densest ALPR grids in the country. When even Ron DeSantis is reportedly raising eyebrows at the scale of it, that's a signal worth paying attention to, regardless of what you think of him politically.
We'd push back gently on framing this as purely a partisan talking point. Mass license plate surveillance isn't a red or blue issue — it's a question of whether unelected camera networks should be tracking every car's movement by default, with data that can be queried by thousands of agencies, shared across state lines, and retained far longer than most residents realize. Florida's buildout is a preview of where every state is headed if city councils keep approving these contracts without public debate.
Credit to Dorey for putting a concrete number in front of a mainstream audience — that's half the battle, since most people have no idea how many of these cameras exist near them. If you want to see exactly where Flock has installed hardware in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if Florida's numbers make you uneasy, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of juliandoreypodcastshorts, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.