Bipartisan Push for Investigation into Flock Safety Cameras Amid Misuse Claims
The short version: A bipartisan push for investigation into Flock Safety signals that ALPR surveillance concerns are finally breaking through partisan gridlock in statehouses and Congress.
Our Take
When CBS 6 reports that lawmakers from both parties are calling for an investigation into Flock Safety, that's worth pausing on. This isn't a fringe issue anymore. Misuse claims piling up around a company that has quietly wired thousands of American communities into a searchable, retroactive surveillance network are getting hard for anyone in office to ignore, regardless of which side of the aisle they sit on.
We've said it before: the problem was never just one bad actor running a query they shouldn't have. It's the architecture itself. Flock's system invites misuse because it hands any officer, in any participating department, access to a rolling log of where your car has been. When bipartisan lawmakers start asking questions, it's a sign that the public pressure campaign against unchecked ALPR networks is actually working.
Credit to WTVR CBS 6 for keeping this story in front of viewers. If you want to see how dense this surveillance grid is where you live, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action resources can help you bring this fight to your own city council.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WTVR CBS 6, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.