STAFF Presents Flock Out
The short version: A Binghamton grassroots group, STAFF, uses 'Professor B' to break down how Flock Safety's ALPR network threatens privacy and dissent in their community.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Binghamton Solidarity for Palestine and the Southern Tier Alliance Fighting Flock (STAFF) are doing the unglamorous work of local organizing against ALPR surveillance. Using a recurring 'Professor B' segment to explain the mechanics of Flock Safety cameras is a smart move — this technology spreads because most city councils and residents don't understand what it actually does until it's already bolted to a pole.
This matters because Flock's pitch is always local — 'stop car thefts,' 'find the missing kid' — while the backend is anything but. Plate reads get pooled into a searchable, nationwide network that outlives any single police chief's promises about narrow use, and groups organizing around causes like Palestine solidarity have real reason to worry about who else can query that data and why. A community group translating that risk into plain language for neighbors is exactly the kind of grassroots pressure that's forced transparency fights in other towns.
If you want to see whether your own neighborhood already has this hardware installed, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete steps for showing up at council meetings like STAFF is doing.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Binghamton Solidarity for Palestine, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.