Flock said the cameras were off. They weren't. #Shorts
The short version: A VP.net short claims Flock told a department its cameras were deactivated after a lapsed contract — yet the hardware stayed mounted and live, raising hard questions about who's actually watching.
Our Take
Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for flagging this one, because it cuts right to the core problem with Flock Safety's business model: nobody outside the company can actually verify when a camera is "on" or "off." A police department's word that a contract lapsed means nothing if the hardware stays bolted to the pole and keeps scanning plates. That's not a bureaucratic hiccup — it's a surveillance system operating with zero independent oversight, running on trust in a company that profits from keeping as many cameras live as possible.
This is the pattern we keep seeing nationwide: vague answers, contracts nobody can audit in real time, and local officials who can't say with confidence whether the eye in the sky is actually watching or not. When a private vendor controls the on/off switch for a public surveillance network, "off" becomes whatever the company tells you it is. That's a trust problem baked into the entire ALPR industry, not a one-off glitch.
If you want to see how many of these cameras are sitting in your own town, right now, check our camera map. And if your city council hasn't asked hard questions about contract status, retention, and who can flip these cameras on or off, our take-action page has tools to help you start asking.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Verified Privacy VPN (vp.net), published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.