Communities are tearing down Flock cameras — cities and the company are retreating
The short version: Daily Stocks Digest surveys the growing backlash against Flock Safety, from LAPD's contract lapse to activists physically removing cameras and mapping thousands nationwide.
Our Take
Daily Stocks Digest pulls together a story we've been tracking piece by piece: the Flock backlash isn't isolated anymore, it's a pattern. LAPD walking away from its contract, cameras getting cut down or stolen in the field, a CEO forced into an apology after calling citizen mappers "terroristic" — these aren't unrelated headlines. They're what happens when a company scales a surveillance network faster than the public consents to it.
The video is right to note that PR damage control isn't the same as accountability. An apology doesn't delete a data retention policy, and a lapsed contract in one city doesn't stop the cameras still running in the next county over. Real change means removal, hard limits on data sharing, and transparency about who's pulling plate data and why — not just a softer tone from the company's leadership.
That's exactly why mapping matters. Every camera logged is a camera your neighbors can see coming. Check our map to see what's watching near you, and hit take action if you want to push your city council toward the exit Flock's PR team clearly hoped no one would notice.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Daily Stocks Digest, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.