Z107.7 Local News for Friday 06/12/26 - Flock Safety primer, fugitive extradited, Repti-Palooza!
The short version: A hi-desert news roundup slips a Flock Safety 'primer' between a fugitive extradition and a reptile festival, showing how ALPR coverage is becoming routine local news.
Our Take
Credit to Robert Haydon and the Z107.7 team for giving Flock Safety its own segment instead of burying it in a crime blotter. That's exactly how these systems spread in small and mid-size communities: a local outlet runs a quick 'primer' explaining what the cameras do, often echoing the vendor's own talking points about catching bad guys, and most viewers move on to the next story without ever hearing about retention policies, data sharing with other agencies, or what happens when the system gets something wrong.
Pairing an ALPR explainer with a fugitive-extradition story is a classic framing move, even if unintentional. It reinforces the idea that network surveillance is purely about catching fugitives, not about the thousands of innocent drivers whose plates get logged, timestamped, and stored every single day just for passing through a high desert town. That's the trade-off local news segments rarely spell out.
If Flock cameras are showing up in your area's news cycle, there's a good chance they're already on your streets. Check our camera map to see what's nearby, and visit take action for ways to push your city council for transparency before the next 'primer' becomes old news.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Robert Haydon, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.