A PROVEN track record

Our Take

Patrick Carr is onto something important here: most people's reaction to Flock Safety cameras starts and ends at a vague sense of "that sounds bad," without ever learning that Flock is a specific company selling a specific product to local governments, often with little public debate. That gap in understanding is exactly how mass surveillance infrastructure gets normalized — not through informed consent, but through branding and a sales pitch that leans hard on the phrase "proven track record."

But a track record of what, exactly? Flock markets itself on recovered stolen cars and the occasional dramatic arrest, while staying quiet about the much larger pile of plate scans that have nothing to do with any crime at all — your commute, your doctor visits, your church parking lot, all logged and stored. A handful of success stories doesn't validate a system that defaults to treating every driver as a suspect. We appreciate Carr pushing back on the brand-washing and encouraging viewers to actually ask what these cameras are and what they're doing before accepting the industry's own scoreboard.

If you want to see whether this "proven track record" is quietly expanding in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a city council vote or public records request, our take-action page has concrete next steps.