95 Cities Have Said No To Flock. One Made It A Ban #Shorts
The short version: Flock U's short highlights 95 U.S. jurisdictions that have rejected or pulled ALPR programs, with Ypsilanti, Michigan standing alone as an outright ban.
Our Take
Credit to Flock U for crunching the numbers: 47 cancelled contracts, 25 rejected proposals, 22 deactivations, and one actual ban. That's not a fringe movement — that's 95 separate city councils, in 95 separate communities, deciding that a network of cameras logging every car that passes isn't worth the tradeoff. Ypsilanti's outright ban is the outlier for now, but outliers have a way of becoming templates once other councils see it's actually possible to say no and survive politically.
What this video gets right is the mechanism: none of these reversals happened because a vendor had a change of heart. They happened because someone read a council agenda, showed up to a meeting, and made the case in public. ALPR contracts get renewed quietly by default — reversing one takes friction, and friction requires people paying attention before the vote, not after the cameras are bolted to the pole.
If you want to see what's already installed near you, check our camera map, and if your town hasn't had this fight yet, here's where to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Flock U, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.