Rise In Flock Cancellations
The short version: A YouTube creator flags a growing wave of Flock Safety contract cancellations, a sign that local pushback on ALPR surveillance is gaining real traction.
Our Take
The Cyber Security Admin is tracking something we've been watching too: towns and counties that signed up for Flock Safety's license plate reader network are starting to walk it back. Cancellations don't happen in a vacuum — they usually follow public records requests, open meetings where residents actually show up, or a local reporter asking why a private company has a running log of everyone's movements. Credit to the creator for putting a spotlight on the trend rather than just the sales pitch.
This matters because Flock's business model depends on inertia. Once a department signs a multi-year contract and cameras go up on poles, the assumption is nobody will bother to ask hard questions later. A rise in cancellations suggests that assumption is cracking, and that's only possible when communities know what's installed in their own backyard and organize around it.
If you want to see whether your area is already wired up, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push your city council to reconsider a contract, our take-action page has the starting points.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Cyber Security Admin, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.