DeFlock Monterey Park Community Teach In
The short version: A local DeFlock chapter brings ALPR surveillance education to Monterey Park, proving the fight against Flock starts with neighbors talking to neighbors.
Our Take
Credit to DeFlock Monterey Park for doing the unglamorous work that actually moves the needle: getting people in a room together to talk about what automated license plate readers mean for their community. Teach-ins like this one are how this movement grows — not through viral outrage, but through neighbors learning from experts and each other, then deciding together whether they want Flock's cameras logging every car that passes through their city.
This is exactly the model other towns should be copying. Flock Safety's pitch to city councils is slick and well-funded, but it rarely includes an honest conversation about data retention, who gets access to that information, or how these networks enable location tracking at a scale no single police department could manage on its own. A community teach-in flips that script, putting real information in front of the people who'll actually live under the cameras before the contracts get signed, not after.
If you're in a city considering Flock, or already living with it, don't wait for an invite to a teach-in — organize one. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and head to our take-action page for tools to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of DeFlock Monterey Park, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.