Texas and Florida Start Ripping Out Flock's Cameras

Our Take

Credit to PickBits for flagging something worth sitting with: two of the most conservative statehouses in the country just took a swing at Flock Safety in the same week. Texas yanking state funding after a $30 million buildout came to light, and Florida ordering readers off state highways within a month, isn't nothing. It shows that bipartisan discomfort with a private company quietly building a national vehicle-tracking network is real and growing, not just a talking point from privacy advocates on the coasts.

But read the fine print. Neither move is a ban. The cameras bolted to state highways get pulled, sure, but the ones perched at the entrance to your subdivision, your city's main drag, or the county road your kid bikes on stay exactly where they are. Flock's business model was never really about state DOTs anyway - it's built on thousands of small local contracts with city councils and sheriff's departments who often approve these deals with little public debate. That's the layer that actually watches you every day, and it's the layer these new rules don't touch.

So treat this as a crack in the dam, not the flood. The political will to push back exists now - use it locally. Check our map to see what's already deployed near you, and if you don't like what you find, our take-action page has what you need to bring the same fight to your own city council.