Fort Thomas, KY residents are pushing back hard against Flock Cameras. #Flock #FortThomas #News
The short version: Kacee Allen's video spotlights Fort Thomas, Kentucky residents organizing against Flock license plate readers, a fight playing out in towns nationwide.
Our Take
Credit to Kacee Allen for pointing a camera at the pushback instead of just the cameras doing the watching. Fort Thomas is a small city, but the dynamic on display here is the same one we see from suburbs to small towns across the country: a city council or police department quietly signs a contract with Flock Safety, and residents only find out after the poles are already in the ground. When people finally get a say, a lot of them say no thanks.
What makes these local fights matter is that ALPR rollouts rarely get a real public debate. Vendors pitch it to councils as a quiet line item, not a surveillance network that logs every car's movements, who you visit, what church or clinic you go to, indefinitely retained in a database that can be queried by other agencies with zero warrant. Fort Thomas residents pushing back are doing the work that should happen before cameras go up, not after.
If your town has Flock cameras or is considering them, don't wait for a viral video to find out. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and use our take-action guide to push your local officials for transparency before the next contract gets signed.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Kacee Allen, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.