Time-lapse #FlockMap from 2024 to now is crazy!! Time to #DeFlock the USA!#Flock #FlockOff #FlockOut
The short version: SarahSpeaksCali's time-lapse of Flock camera expansion from 2024 to now visualizes just how fast this surveillance net is spreading.
Our Take
Credit to SarahSpeaksCali for doing what a lot of us feel in our gut but rarely see laid out visually: watching the Flock footprint bloom across the country in fast-forward. A map that fills in dot by dot over months hits different than a press release claiming 'rapid growth.' It's one thing to read that Flock has thousands of law enforcement customers; it's another to watch a single county go from zero cameras to a dozen in the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee.
This is exactly why timing matters in this fight. Most of these camera installs happen with zero public hearing, zero press coverage, and zero meaningful debate about retention periods, data sharing, or who gets access to your travel history. By the time a community notices the cameras on every arterial road into town, the system's already built, the data-sharing agreements are already signed, and reversing course is a much heavier lift than stopping it in the first place.
If this time-lapse made your stomach drop, don't just scroll past the feeling. Check our camera map to see what's already live near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps to raise this at your next city council meeting before the dots multiply any further.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of SarahSpeaksCali, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.