Manor Police Department ends relationship with Flock Safety over community trust

Our Take

Manor joins a growing list of Texas agencies walking back their Flock Safety contracts, and the stated reason matters: community trust. That's not a technical glitch or a budget line item — it's an admission that residents pushed back hard enough on being tracked block by block that a police department decided the political cost outweighed the convenience of a camera network it didn't even have to maintain.

Credit to CBS Austin for covering this as the local accountability story it is. What's happening in Manor is part of a pattern we've tracked across Central Texas: cities quietly flip the switch on, discover how little oversight and transparency came with the deal, and then face residents who ask the obvious questions — who sees this data, how long is it kept, and what stops it from being shared with ICE or out-of-state agencies chasing abortion or immigration cases. When departments can't answer clearly, trust erodes fast, and apparently fast enough to end a contract.

This is exactly why visibility matters. Most people have no idea how many of these cameras are already bolted to poles in their own neighborhood until someone maps it out. Check our camera map to see what's nearby, and if your city is still weighing a Flock contract — or needs to be reminded it can cancel one — head to our take-action page for tools to make your voice heard at the next council meeting.