Florida is being flooded with Flock cameras

Our Take

The Julian Files' clip, pulled from the Julian Dorey Podcast, puts a spotlight on something we've been tracking for a while: Florida isn't just adopting Flock Safety cameras, it's drowning in them. When a state starts getting described as 'flooded' with license plate readers, that's not hyperbole about technology creep — it's a description of a surveillance dragnet that most residents never voted on, debated at a city council meeting, or even know exists until they start asking questions.

What makes this pattern dangerous isn't any single camera. It's the network effect. Once enough jurisdictions sign on, a patchwork of local deployments turns into a de facto statewide tracking system that can follow a driver's movements across county lines, all stitched together by a private company with minimal independent oversight. Florida is a useful case study precisely because the density described in this video shows how fast 'a few cameras for stolen cars' turns into infrastructure capable of recording everyone's daily movements.

We appreciate The Julian Files for putting this in front of a wider audience — the more people who see footage and reporting like this, the harder it is for these rollouts to stay invisible. If you want to see how saturated your own area already is, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete steps for raising this with your city council before the next camera goes up.