Fury as Trump installs Flock cameras inside national parks
The short version: Flock cameras reportedly showing up in national parks signals that surveillance creep doesn't stop at city limits — it follows you into the wilderness.
Our Take
The Mirror US is reporting that Flock Safety's ALPR cameras are turning up inside national parks under the Trump administration, with rangers reportedly none too happy about it. We haven't independently verified every detail of that rollout, but the underlying story is familiar: a surveillance vendor that started in suburban HOAs and city police departments keeps finding new government contracts to slot its cameras into, often with little public debate before the hardware goes up on a pole.
National parks are supposed to be the one place where you can drive in, disappear for a weekend, and not have your plate logged into a nationwide database. If this reporting holds up, that's no longer guaranteed — and it raises the same questions we ask about every new Flock deployment: who approved it, what's the retention policy, which agencies get query access, and is there any public oversight at all. Land managers and rangers voicing frustration is itself notable; when the people running the sites don't seem to be driving the decision, that's a red flag about how these contracts get made.
We'll keep tracking where these cameras actually end up, public lands included. If you've spotted ALPR hardware on park roads, pull-offs, or entrances, help us document it on the map, and check take action for ways to push back on unchecked camera expansion in your area.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Mirror US, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.