Protesters gather outside Huntington City Council over Flock Safety
The short version: Huntington residents showed up outside city hall to push back on Flock Safety ALPRs, proving local pressure on surveillance contracts still works.
Our Take
Credit to The Herald-Dispatch for getting cameras on the ground at Huntington City Hall, because this is exactly the kind of local accountability moment that rarely makes it past the city council minutes. When residents crowd a street corner to protest a surveillance contract, it's a reminder that these Flock deals are often approved with little public input until someone notices the cameras going up on their own block.
Huntington is just the latest city where officials are learning that constituents don't love discovering a network of license plate readers logging their daily movements without a real public debate first. These systems create a permanent record of where you drive, who you visit, and when — all stored and searchable by police and, increasingly, shared across jurisdictions nobody voted to involve. That's not a minor policy tweak, it's a fundamental shift in what privacy looks like in a mid-size American city.
If you want to see whether Flock or similar ALPR cameras have already landed in your neighborhood, check our map, and if you're ready to push back the way Huntington residents did, our take-action guide has the steps to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Herald-Dispatch, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.