Flock cameras damaged in El Paso County, week of action against ALPR cameras ahead
The short version: KRDO13 reports Flock ALPR cameras damaged in El Paso County, Colorado, as organizers plan a coordinated week of action against the surveillance network.
Our Take
KRDO13 Colorado Springs is reporting that Flock Safety cameras in El Paso County have turned up damaged, right as a week of action against ALPR surveillance gets underway. We don't condone vandalism, but we're not surprised people are frustrated — these cameras get bolted onto public roads with zero community vote, zero public hearing, and almost no accountability once the data starts flowing to police departments and federal agencies.
What's notable here isn't the property damage itself, it's the timing. A coordinated push against these networks suggests communities are waking up to how normalized mass license plate tracking has become, often without residents ever being asked. That's the real story: not broken hardware, but a growing public reckoning with a surveillance system that was installed quietly and is now being challenged loudly.
Credit to KRDO13 for covering this on the ground. If you want to see how many of these cameras are already watching your own routes, check our camera map, and if you'd rather push back through your city council than a pair of wire cutters, our take-action page has the tools to do it the right way.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KRDO13 Colorado Springs, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.