What The Flock Is Going On With Fresno Streets | Fresno Wants Third Term & New Tax | Unfiltered #307
The short version: GV Wire's Unfiltered digs into Fresno's looming Flock contract renewal, with a National Motorists Association policy voice questioning whether ALPRs serve safety or revenue.
Our Take
Credit to GV Wire and host Darius Assemi for putting Fresno's Flock contract on the table before the city council quietly rubber-stamps another renewal. Getting Jay Beeber from the National Motorists Association into the conversation matters — he's one of the few voices nationally pressing the actual policy question nobody wants to answer: are these cameras about traffic safety, revenue, or building a searchable database of everywhere you drive?
Fresno isn't an outlier here. City after city signs these contracts assuming Flock's pitch about stolen cars and Amber Alerts, then later finds out their plate scans got pooled into a nationwide network that other agencies — including ones with no local accountability — can search without anyone in Fresno ever approving it. That's the pattern that's pushed several California cities to drop Flock entirely, and it's exactly the kind of contract fine print a city council vote can gloss over in five minutes on a Tuesday night.
If you're in Fresno, this is the moment to show up to that council meeting, not after the contract renews. Check our camera map to see what's already been deployed near you, and use our take-action page for talking points before the vote happens.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of GV Wire, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.