Police Chief addresses Flock Safety cameras in Grove City, Ohio
The short version: A Grove City, Ohio police chief pitches Flock Safety cameras to city council in a slideshow that plays more like a sales deck than independent oversight.
Our Take
Credit to YouTuber Anon Amuss for pulling this clip from the Grove City Council meeting and putting it in front of more eyes. When a police chief stands up with a slide deck to explain why the department needs ALPRs, it's worth asking who wrote those slides — because more often than not, it's boilerplate lifted straight from Flock Safety's own marketing, complete with cherry-picked "solved crimes" stats that nobody outside the department gets to verify.
This is the playbook we've seen in city after city: present the cameras as a low-cost, high-reward tool, skip the part about data retention, third-party access, and how easily a network built to catch stolen cars becomes a tool for tracking anyone who drives through town. Council members rarely push back with technical questions, and the public comment period usually closes before residents fully grasp what's being approved. Self-reported success metrics from the department that runs the program are not the same as independent oversight.
If Grove City moves forward, it joins a rapidly expanding patchwork of ALPR surveillance with little consistent regulation nationwide. Check our camera map to see what's already tracking drivers near you, and if you want to push back on a rollout in your own town, our take-action page has the tools to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Anon Amuss, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.