People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and thinking of quitting

Our Take

Credit to DistroTester for surfacing something we don't talk about enough: the people inside the surveillance machine. It's easy to picture Flock Safety as a faceless corporate entity, but it's staffed by engineers, salespeople, and support reps who presumably joined thinking they were selling "public safety," not building the backbone of a nationwide tracking network. If morale is cracking because the public finally understands what these cameras actually do, that's not a PR problem for Flock to manage away — it's a signal that the gap between their marketing and reality has gotten too wide to paper over.

We've said it before: this industry has thrived on being invisible. Quiet contracts with local police departments, little public debate, cameras bolted to poles before most residents even notice. The moment that invisibility cloak slips — whether through journalists, lawsuits, data-misuse stories, or now apparently internal discontent — the business model gets shakier. Employees uncomfortable with what they're building is a healthy sign that the social license for mass ALPR surveillance is eroding, not strengthening, no matter how many city council presentations get made.

If you want to see whether this discomfort has a local address, check our camera map to find Flock devices near you, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for pressuring your city council or police department on these contracts.