Elk Grove Has 90 ALPR Cameras—Who Controls the Data?
The short version: ElkGroveNews counts 90 ALPRs in one city and asks the question every city council dodges: who actually controls the data?
Our Take
Credit to ElkGroveNews for doing the legwork most local outlets won't: actually counting the cameras. Ninety ALPRs in a single city isn't a "public safety tool," it's a dragnet. One camera snaps a plate. Ninety cameras, networked together, reconstruct where you live, work, worship, and who you visit — no warrant required, no crime necessary.
The question in the title is the right one, and it's the one Flock Safety and its police customers almost never answer with specifics. Data retention policies, audit logs, who can query the system, whether it's shared with ICE or out-of-state agencies — that's usually buried in a vendor contract nobody in the public ever votes on. Elk Grove residents deserve those answers in plain language, not PR boilerplate about "solving crime."
If you want to see how your own neighborhood stacks up, check our camera map — odds are you're driving past more of these than you think. And if Elk Grove's 90 cameras make your stomach turn, our take-action page has the tools to push your city council for real answers instead of a shrug.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ElkGroveNews, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.