More Americans Are Opposing Flock Cameras
The short version: CiVL Dispatch highlights growing public opposition to Flock ALPR cameras, a shift we've seen building for a while and welcome wholeheartedly.
Our Take
CiVL Dispatch is tracking something we've watched building for months: ordinary Americans, across the political spectrum, are souring on Flock Safety's camera networks. That's not an accident. It's what happens when people find out these devices are quietly logging every car that passes, building searchable travel histories on folks who've never been suspected of anything, and doing it all with little to no public vote or oversight.
The shift in public opinion matters because it's the only real check on a system that was rolled out city by city, contract by contract, usually with minimal debate at council meetings and almost no input from the people actually being tracked. Law enforcement agencies love to frame ALPRs as a neutral tool for solving crimes, but a camera that reads and stores the plate of every car, every day, isn't neutral — it's a surveillance dragnet that treats the entire public as potential suspects.
Credit to CiVL Dispatch for putting a spotlight on this growing pushback. If you want to see exactly where these cameras are watching in your own neighborhood, check out our camera map, and if you're ready to do something about it, our take-action page has concrete steps for pressuring local officials to pull the plug.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of CiVL Dispatch, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.