Four Cities Just Voted to Remove Flock License Plate Cameras
The short version: Four cities dumping Flock in one stretch shows local pushback on ALPR surveillance is spreading from isolated incidents to a genuine trend.
Our Take
Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for rounding up what's becoming a real pattern: Framingham, Fort Collins, Woodburn, and Appleton all pulled the plug on their Flock Safety camera networks in short order. That's not a coincidence — it's a sign that elected officials in very different parts of the country are hearing the same complaints from constituents about warrantless tracking, data-sharing with ICE and out-of-state agencies, and vendors who oversell 'solving crime' while underselling the privacy cost.
What makes these votes notable is that they didn't happen in a vacuum. Each of these cities had residents who showed up, asked hard questions about retention policies and audit logs, and refused to accept vague assurances that the cameras were 'just for serious crimes.' That's the playbook: public records requests, city council testimony, and a refusal to let automated surveillance expand on autopilot. If you want to see whether your own city has quietly installed this network, check our camera map — chances are there's more hardware near you than you think.
Four cities isn't a national reversal, but it's proof the political cost of mass ALPR surveillance is rising. Flock's growth depends on nobody paying attention at the council level. These removals show that when people do pay attention, cameras come down. If you're ready to push back in your own community, our take-action resources walk you through exactly how these campaigns got started.
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.