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The short version: The Ascension Hour Podcast asks a simple but overdue question — what's actually up with Flock Safety — and we're glad more independent voices are asking it.
Our Take
We don't have the full transcript here, but credit to The Ascension Hour Podcast for putting Flock Safety in front of an audience that might not otherwise be thinking about license plate readers. That's half the battle. Most people have driven past a Flock camera a hundred times without knowing what it is, who owns the data, or how long it sits in a database waiting to be queried.
The "whats up with Flock" framing is exactly the right instinct. This isn't a company that installs a camera and walks away — it's building a nationwide, cross-jurisdictional network of plate reads, shared searches, and now partnerships with companies like Axon that blur the line between local policing tools and a de facto national surveillance grid. The average driver has no vote in whether their city council signs a Flock contract, and often no idea it happened until a camera shows up on their street.
If this video has you wondering whether there's one of these cameras near you, check our map to see what's been reported in your area. And if you want to do more than wonder, our take-action page has practical steps for pushing back at the local level, where these contracts actually get decided.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Ascension Hour Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.