Flock cameras: The evidence they prevent crime is nonexistent. Cities with cameras saw the same redu
The short version: A YouTube creator breaks down how crime dropped similarly in cities with and without Flock cameras, exposing the 'correlation, not causation' sales pitch.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: the channel Yes! did the homework Flock Safety's marketing department hopes you never do. By comparing crime trends in cities that installed ALPR networks against cities that didn't, the video lands on a simple but devastating point — the reductions look the same either way. That's not evidence of crime prevention. That's noise dressed up as a success story.
This matters because every Flock sales pitch to a city council leans on the same unverified claim: cameras stop crime. Once you strip that away, what's left is a permanent, privatized surveillance net logging the movements of everyone who drives through town, solving nothing that wasn't already trending downward on its own. Departments get a flashy dashboard and a vendor contract. Residents get tracked.
If your town is being sold this same story, don't take it on faith — check whether Flock or similar readers are already watching your streets on our camera map, and find out how to push back at take action.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Yes!, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.