Central Texas communities plan technology restrictions after ditching Flock cameras
The short version: Central Texas cities are dropping Flock contracts and moving to write actual restrictions into policy, proof that public pressure on ALPR surveillance works.
Our Take
Credit to KXAN for tracking what happens after the cameras come down. It's one thing for a city council to quietly let a Flock contract lapse; it's another for local officials to start drafting real technology restrictions so the next vendor, or the next renewal vote, doesn't just slide the same surveillance back in under a different name. That's the part worth watching here.
This is the pattern we keep seeing nationwide: a community gets uncomfortable with a few thousand license plates being logged, time-stamped, and stored on every resident regardless of suspicion, public records requests surface how loosely that data gets shared, and elected officials finally ask why they signed up for it in the first place. Central Texas pulling back doesn't mean the fight is over, it means the fight is working, and other towns nearby are going to be watching whether these restrictions actually have teeth or just sound good in a press release.
If you're in the area, check our camera map to see what's still deployed nearby, and if your own city hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has what you need to start it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KXAN, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.