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The short version: Creator John Constantine flags how HOAs, private security, and commercial firms are deploying Flock ALPRs, expanding plate surveillance far beyond police oversight.
Our Take
John Constantine's video points at something we've been tracking for a while: Flock's camera network isn't just a police tool anymore. Homeowners associations, private security outfits, and commercial properties are buying into the same system, which means your plate can get logged and stored by an entity with zero public accountability, no warrant requirement, and no duty to answer records requests.
That matters because the entire 'it's just for public safety' pitch assumes some kind of democratic oversight — a police chief who answers to a city council, a department with use policies on paper. Strip that away and you've got a gated community or a strip mall security firm building a location history on anyone who drives past, with data that can still end up shared into Flock's broader network or pulled by law enforcement without a warrant. Private deployment doesn't mean private use.
We don't know the exact scale of this shift yet, and Constantine's video is a good gut-check that it's worth watching closely. Check our map to see what's already been documented near you, and if you find a camera that's not listed, use our take-action page to help us track it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of John Constantine, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.