Michigan Against Flock cameras
The short version: A Digital ID/Mass Surveillance channel video spotlights Michigan residents organizing against Flock Safety ALPRs, and we think that grassroots pushback is exactly how this fight gets won.
Our Take
Credit to the creator behind Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency for putting a spotlight on Michigan residents who are pushing back against Flock Safety's camera network. This is the pattern we've seen play out in town after town: a police department or city council quietly signs a contract for 'public safety,' and only later do residents learn their daily movements are being logged, stored, and shared across a nationwide database they never voted for.
What makes Michigan's story worth watching is the same thing that makes every local fight worth watching — these systems get installed one jurisdiction at a time, and that means they can be challenged one jurisdiction at a time too. City councils control the purse strings and the contracts. Public comment periods, FOIA requests, and organized neighbors showing up to meetings have already forced reconsideration or outright removal of Flock cameras in other communities. Michigan isn't an isolated case; it's part of a growing pattern of pushback that mainstream coverage rarely connects into a bigger picture.
If you want to know whether your own neighborhood already has these cameras watching, check our map before assuming you're not affected. And if Michigan's organizing has you wondering what you can actually do locally, our take-action resources walk through the concrete steps — records requests, council meetings, model ordinances — that have worked elsewhere.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.