This Cop’s DISRESPECT for Citizens Over Flock Cameras Is INSANE
The short version: Maj Toure highlights a Chetek, WI police chief who installed Flock cameras quietly and floated background checks on residents who criticized the program at a public meeting.
Our Take
If you needed a case study in why these systems breed contempt for the public, Chetek, Wisconsin just handed you one. Maj Toure's video shows Police Chief Ron Ambrozaitis defending a Flock Safety rollout that happened with minimal public notice, then suggesting residents who dared to question it during public comment might deserve a background check. That's not law enforcement responding to oversight — that's a badge treating accountability like a threat.
This is the pattern critics keep flagging: departments deploy ALPR networks first and explain themselves later, if at all, and any pushback gets framed as suspicious rather than as citizens doing exactly what they're supposed to do at a council meeting. Wisconsin isn't hypothetical ground for this fight either — Oshkosh, Appleton, and Kaukauna have all pulled Flock contracts after transparency failures and data misuse surfaced. Small towns don't get a pass just because the cameras are quieter and the meetings are smaller.
Credit to Maj Toure for putting this footage in front of a bigger audience. If your town has Flock gear you didn't know about, check our camera map and use our take-action resources to start asking your council the same questions Chetek residents just got mocked for asking.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Maj Toure, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.