Twin falls moves forward with Flock
The short version: Twin Falls' city council rubber-stamped another year of Flock Safety cameras during a budget hearing, proving these contracts survive mostly on bureaucratic momentum, not public debate.
Our Take
Credit to KTVB for catching this one, because it's exactly the kind of local governance moment that usually slides by unnoticed: a license plate surveillance contract getting renewed not through a dedicated public hearing on policing or privacy, but tucked into an FY27 budget discussion. "Contract revisions" sounds like due diligence, but without knowing what those revisions actually change, it's worth asking whether Twin Falls residents got real input or just a rubber stamp dressed up as oversight.
This is the pattern we see over and over with Flock Safety: once a city signs on, the cameras become a line item, not a civil liberties question. Budget season is where surveillance infrastructure quietly entrenches itself, year after year, while the actual debate about who can access this data, how long it's retained, and whether it's ever misused rarely gets its own spotlight. Idaho isn't a Flock stronghold the way some states are, which makes every new foothold worth watching closely.
If you're in Twin Falls or anywhere else wondering whether ALPR cameras have already landed in your neighborhood, check our camera map to see what's been documented nearby, and visit our take-action page if you want to push back before the next budget cycle makes renewal feel inevitable.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KTVB, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.