Public comment on Flock Safety camera contract

Our Take

Credit to KOKH - FOX 25 for putting a camera on what usually happens behind closed doors: real people standing up at a council meeting and telling their elected officials, in plain terms, that they don't want a network of license plate readers logging their every move. That's the process working exactly as it should — public comment, public pushback — and it still wasn't enough to stop the vote.

This is the pattern we see over and over across the country. Flock Safety pitches these contracts as a quiet line-item for 'public safety,' city staff sign off before most residents even know a vote is scheduled, and by the time people show up to object, the council treats approval as a formality. Oklahoma City just became the latest city where citizen objections were heard, noted, and then overridden anyway.

The bigger issue isn't just this one contract — it's that every one of these systems adds to a de facto nationwide surveillance grid, with data that can be shared across agencies and states with little oversight. If you want to see how far this network already reaches, check our camera map, and if your own city council has a Flock contract coming up for renewal or a vote, head to our take-action page before it's too late to speak up.