Gun Owners Found Flock Cameras watching them-- Then THIS Happened
The short version: A Wisconsin gun range discovery of nearby Flock cameras shows how ALPR networks can quietly log lawful activity like exercising Second Amendment rights.
Our Take
Credit to Hegshot87 for catching something a lot of gun owners don't expect: Flock Safety cameras positioned to log every vehicle rolling in and out of a Wisconsin gun range or shop. Whatever your politics, the pattern here is the same one we track everywhere — a private company's camera network quietly building a timestamped list of who visits a specific place, with zero public input before install.
This case is a good reminder that ALPR surveillance isn't an abstract "criminal justice" tool — it's a blunt instrument that captures everyone, including people doing something completely legal like buying ammo or taking a class at a range. Once that plate data sits in a searchable database, it's available to whoever has access, for whatever reason they decide to search it, with little independent oversight on how long it's kept or who's looking. Gun owners, just like protesters, clergy, journalists, or anyone else visiting a sensitive location, have reason to ask why their comings and goings are being logged at all.
If you want to see whether there's a camera doing the same thing near you, check our camera map, and if you'd rather push back than just watch, our take-action page has concrete steps for raising this with your local council or sheriff.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Hegshot87, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.