Flock cameras are being cancelled by some cities
The short version: A roundup from the channel Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency highlights cities walking back Flock contracts, underscoring that local pushback on ALPR surveillance is real and growing.
Our Take
Credit to the creator behind Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency for keeping a spotlight on stories that bigger outlets tend to skip. The video's core point lines up with what we've been tracking for a while: Flock Safety's sales pitch of 'just a camera that reads plates' is running into real friction once city councils and residents start asking who actually controls the data, how long it's kept, and which agencies outside the original contract can tap into it.
Cancellations and non-renewals don't happen because these systems are harmless. They happen because someone on a council did the homework, found vague retention policies, murky data-sharing agreements, or a lack of any measurable crime-reduction evidence, and decided the tradeoff wasn't worth normalizing a network that tracks every car's movement by default. That's the same pattern we document city by city: enthusiasm during the sales demo, followed by harder questions once the cameras are already up and the invoices start recurring.
If you want to see whether this is happening near you, check our camera map to find local installations, and if your city is debating a Flock contract or renewal, our take-action resources walk through what to ask for before anyone signs anything.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.