Flock Camera Scandal Grows 🚨 #Shorts
The short version: A short ClassE video flags growing concern over expanding Flock Safety ALPR use, underscoring why local oversight of these camera networks matters.
Our Take
ClassE's short clip adds to a growing drumbeat of local reporting on Flock Safety's license plate reader network — this time pointing to reports of additional camera deployments raising eyebrows among residents and officials alike. We don't have the granular details the creator is working from, but the broader pattern is unmistakable: these networks keep growing, often with little public debate before the cameras go up.
That's the real story here, regardless of the specific number of cameras in question. Flock's pitch to police departments is efficiency and crime-solving, but the tradeoff is a permanent, searchable record of where everyone drives, parked quietly on utility poles and shared across agency lines with minimal transparency. Every "scandal" video like this one is really just the public catching up to infrastructure that was already installed.
If you want to know whether this is happening in your own neighborhood, check our camera map to see documented ALPR locations near you, and if you'd rather not wait for the next viral clip to find out, head to our take-action page for ways to push back before more cameras go in.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ClassE, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.