Public Comment at Sedona City Council Meeting Regarding Flock Safety Cameras | August 13, 2025
The short version: A Sedona resident's public comment, captured by Jen's Two Cents, shows local pushback against Flock Safety cameras spreading even to small tourist towns.
Our Take
Credit to Jen's Two Cents (Jen & Friends Podcast) for getting a camera into a city council chamber where these decisions actually get made. Public comment sessions like this one in Sedona are where the rubber meets the road on ALPR surveillance — not in press releases from Flock Safety, but in three-minute windows where an ordinary resident tells their elected officials exactly what they think about being tracked every time they drive through town.
Sedona is a small city, but it's exactly the kind of place where Flock's sales pitch — 'it's just for solving crimes' — tends to slip through without much scrutiny. Tourist towns want to look safe and modern, and council members often don't ask hard questions about data retention, who can access the footage, or whether outside agencies (including federal ones) get a backdoor into the system. That's precisely why public comment matters: it forces the conversation into the open, on the record.
If you're in Sedona or anywhere else wondering whether your city already has these cameras installed, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you. And if your council hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has tools to help you make sure they do — before the contract is signed, not after.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.