Flock Cameras are Filled With Gold.

Our Take

Credit to SirLinksalot for finding the most absurd entry point yet into the Flock Safety conversation: a Google AI Overview apparently hallucinating that these surveillance cameras are stuffed with precious metal. It's a joke, but it's a joke that lands because it pokes at something real — the public's growing appetite for taking matters into their own hands when it comes to unaccountable camera networks popping up on their streets.

The "sudden wave of disappearances" bit is the real punchline. Whether or not anyone is actually cracking open ALPR units looking for gold, the underlying truth is that Flock cameras keep vanishing, getting vandalized, or quietly disappearing from poles across the country — and local police departments rarely explain why. Communities are left guessing whether a camera was removed by the vendor, by the city, or by someone fed up with being tracked every time they drive to the pharmacy. AI slop just adds a new layer of absurdity on top of an already opaque system.

If you want real information instead of AI-generated nonsense, check our camera map to see what's actually deployed near you, and visit take action for legitimate ways to push back on your local government — no gold mining required.