Second Flock Camera Down in Volusia, Florida #flock #deflock
The short version: A second Flock Safety ALPR in Volusia County, Florida has reportedly gone dark, per James Madison Media — a sign local frustration with blanket plate surveillance keeps growing.
Our Take
James Madison Media is back with another dispatch from Volusia County, Florida, documenting what the channel says is the second Flock Safety camera in the area to go out of service. We can't independently verify the cause, and we're not in the business of cheerleading property destruction — but the pattern itself is the story. When the same county starts racking up multiple downed ALPR units, it's a pretty loud signal that residents didn't consent to being logged every time they drive to the grocery store.
Flock's pitch is always the same: these cameras are for finding stolen cars and wanted suspects. What gets left out is that every plate, not just the ones police are looking for, gets time-stamped, geo-tagged, and stored, often shared across a nationwide network most city councils never fully vetted. Volusia isn't unique. Communities all over the country are discovering ALPR installations after the fact, with little public input and even less oversight of how long the data sits around or who else can query it.
If you want to see whether your own neighborhood has been wired up without a real public conversation, check our camera map. And if you'd rather push back through council meetings, records requests, and local organizing than wait for cameras to mysteriously stop working, our take-action page has a starting point.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of James Madison Media, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.