Republicans and Democrats finally agree on something: Flock cameras.
The short version: A creator spotlights rare left-right agreement that Flock Safety's ALPR network is a surveillance overreach worth fighting together.
Our Take
Credit to JulidaforMN for naming something we see constantly in public meetings: Flock cameras are one of the few issues that actually unites people across the political spectrum. Privacy-minded conservatives worried about government overreach and civil-liberties-focused progressives worried about policing abuses end up saying the same thing at the podium — nobody asked for a permanent, searchable record of where everyone drives, parked outside churches, clinics, and neighborhoods.
That bipartisan instinct is correct, and it's exactly why this fight is winnable. Flock's pitch to city councils is always framed as narrow and crime-specific, but the infrastructure itself doesn't care about ideology — it logs every passing plate, feeds a nationwide database, and sits largely outside the kind of judicial oversight we'd demand for any other mass tracking tool. When left and right agree a system is dangerous, that's usually a sign the danger is real, not partisan.
If a video like this gets you asking where these cameras actually are in your area, check our camera map to see what's already deployed nearby, and if you want to push back at a city council meeting or public records request, our take-action guide has concrete steps to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of JulidaforMN, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.