Flock PR Rep at City Council Meeting
The short version: A citizen's firsthand account of a Flock rep's city council pitch shows how the company's polished sales talk glosses over surveillance harms.
Our Take
Credit to the creator behind The Adventures of Zeke And Faith for sitting through what most of us dread: a Flock Safety representative working a city council crowd. These pitches follow a predictable script — crime statistics without context, vague promises about data privacy, and a pivot away from any tough questions about retention periods or who else gets access to your plate scans. When a company sends a paid rep to charm elected officials, it's worth asking why they didn't just let the product speak for itself.
This is exactly how ALPR networks get rubber-stamped in town after town: not through public debate, but through a smooth presentation to a handful of council members who may not have the time or expertise to push back. The sales pitch rarely mentions that these cameras log every passing vehicle regardless of suspicion, that the data can be shared across jurisdictions and agencies, or that abuse and breaches have already happened elsewhere. Residents often find out their city signed a contract only after the poles go up.
If you want to know whether this is already happening near you, check our camera map, and if your council has a Flock pitch on the agenda, our take-action resources can help you show up with better questions than the ones they're hoping nobody asks.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Adventures of Zeke And Faith, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.