Two Flock Safety license plate reader cameras in the region have been damaged.
The short version: A local news report from Lee Stone flags two Flock Safety ALPR cameras damaged in the region, underscoring growing public friction with license plate surveillance.
Our Take
When local news is covering damaged Flock Safety cameras, that's a signal worth paying attention to. Lee Stone's report doesn't need to spell out who's responsible or why — the fact that these incidents are happening at all speaks to a broader unease with a surveillance network that expanded into thousands of communities with little public debate and even less accountability.
We don't endorse property destruction, but we understand the frustration driving it. Flock's pitch to city councils rarely mentions the fine print: data retention policies that shift without notice, sharing agreements with federal agencies, and a business model that treats every plate scan as a monetizable data point. When residents feel like the only lever they have left is a wrench, that's a failure of the consent process, not just a vandalism problem.
If you want to know whether these cameras are watching your street, check our camera map, and if you'd rather fight this the legal way, our take-action page has the tools to push back at your next council meeting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Lee Stone, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.