Flock reached out to me after what we did…
The short version: Julian Dorey says Flock Safety contacted him after his reporting, and that kind of corporate pushback is itself a sign independent ALPR coverage is landing.
Our Take
When a surveillance company starts reaching out to the journalists covering it, that's usually a sign the reporting hit a nerve. Julian Dorey's follow-up video, teasing that Flock Safety contacted him after his original episode, is worth watching precisely because it shows how these companies respond when the cameras get turned on them for once.
We don't know the specifics of what Flock said to him, and we're not going to speculate beyond what's in the video. But the pattern is familiar: a company that profits from quietly blanketing American roads with license plate readers tends to get a lot less quiet when someone with a big audience starts asking hard questions. That reaction itself is newsworthy, regardless of what was said behind the scenes.
Credit to Julian Dorey for following up publicly instead of letting a private conversation stay private. This is exactly the kind of scrutiny Flock and departments deploying its tech should expect as a matter of course. If you want to see whether this dragnet has reached your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Julian Dorey, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.