DEFLOCK GRASS VALLEY (full ABC10 clips)
The short version: A Grass Valley resident's ABC10 compilation shows a local pushing back hard on Flock Safety cameras and pressing Mayor Hilary Hodge for answers.
Our Take
Credit to BaptainsCupboard for stitching together these ABC10 clips into one place — local news segments on ALPR rollouts tend to get buried fast, and having them archived with a resident's own commentary is useful for anyone trying to track how Flock Safety cameras are landing in small California towns like Grass Valley. The creator's frustration comes through loud and clear, and it's the kind of public pressure that actually moves city councils.
This is a pattern we see over and over: a police department or city manager quietly signs a Flock contract, cameras go up on main corridors, and residents only find out after the fact — usually through a local news story or a neighbor who noticed a pole with a camera and a solar panel. Grass Valley is small, but the surveillance infrastructure being installed there works the same way it does in bigger cities: constant logging of plates, timestamps, and location data, shared across a network most drivers never agreed to be part of. Calling the mayor's office isn't just venting — it's one of the few points of leverage residents actually have before contracts get renewed.
If you want to see whether your own town has Flock or similar ALPR hardware already up, check the map, and if you're ready to push back the way this Grass Valley resident did, our take-action page has scripts and steps for contacting local officials.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of BaptainsCupboard, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.