Inside Delhi Twp PD’s Flock Safety Portal
The short version: A citizen reviewer walks through Delhi Township, Ohio's Flock Safety transparency portal, spotlighting how little these 'public' dashboards actually reveal about local ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to R2R - Righteous to Radical Rights 4 Peaceful Change for actually sitting down and clicking through Delhi Township PD's Flock Safety transparency portal instead of just taking the department's word for it. These portals are Flock's answer to growing public pressure, but as the video shows, 'transparency' here mostly means a sanitized dashboard that tells residents a system exists, not how it's actually being used, audited, or abused.
That gap matters. A portal can show you camera counts and generic search-reason categories while giving zero insight into who's pulling plate data, how long it's retained, whether it's shared with ICE or out-of-state agencies, or how often officers go fishing without a case number. Delhi Township is one node in a national network of thousands of these cameras quietly logging every car that passes, and a glossy dashboard isn't oversight — it's PR.
If you want to see whether a Flock camera is watching your own commute, check our camera map, and if you think your local council should be asking harder questions than a portal answers, our take-action resources can help you push for real accountability instead of a self-graded report card.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of R2R Righeous to Radical Rights 4 Peaceful Change, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.