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The short version: A Prescott creator's quick clip flags local Flock ALPR cameras, underscoring how ordinary residents are now the ones doing the surveillance mapping work.
Our Take
Credit to the folks at Hell Yeah!!! Barroom Banter for doing exactly what more Americans should be doing: looking up, noticing the camera, and asking questions. This clip is short and casual, but it captures something real — Flock Safety's ALPR network has spread so quietly into towns like Prescott that most residents have no idea their daily commute is being logged, timestamped, and stored in a database they can't access or audit.
We don't have independent confirmation of every camera or claim made in the video, so we're not going to pretend otherwise. What we can say is that this is the pattern everywhere Flock installs: no public vote, no real transparency about retention or sharing agreements, and no easy way for a citizen to find out who's pulling their plate data and why. A bar-stool video calling out a pole camera is a small thing, but it's also civic journalism — the kind local newspapers used to do before they stopped covering city council tech purchases altogether.
If you want to see what's been documented in your own zip code, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back at a council meeting or public records request, our take-action page has templates to get you started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Hell Yeah!!! BARROOM BANTER, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.