Town kills Flock cameras, councilman wants internet banned
The short version: A small town of 900 voted down Flock ALPRs, and a councilman's reported response — floating a ban on the internet — shows how far some officials will go rather than accept 'no' on surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for surfacing this one: a town of roughly 900 people did what a lot of bigger cities haven't managed — they pushed back on Flock Safety's automated license plate readers and won. That's a real victory, and it's proof that organized residents, not just city council votes, can stop a surveillance rollout before it becomes permanent infrastructure.
What makes this clip worth watching isn't just the win, it's the reaction. A councilman allegedly responding to a rejected ALPR program by proposing to ban the internet is the kind of overcorrection that tells you something about the mindset behind these systems: if residents won't accept constant tracking through cameras, maybe just cut off their connectivity instead. That's not a serious policy position, it's a tell. It suggests some officials view surveillance infrastructure as inevitable and see pushback as an inconvenience to route around, not a legitimate democratic outcome to respect.
This is exactly why local fights matter so much in the Flock debate — these cameras get installed town by town, often with little public notice, and reversing course takes sustained pressure. If you want to see whether ALPRs have already landed near you, check our camera map, and if you'd rather get ahead of a vote like this one, our take-action page has tools for making your voice heard before the cameras go up, not after.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Verified Privacy VPN (vp.net), published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.