Louisiana, MO residents are questioning the city's new flock cameras
The short version: KHQA reports Louisiana, Missouri residents pushing back on new Flock cameras as police tout them as routine investigative tools.
Our Take
Credit to KHQA for giving airtime to the people actually living under these cameras, not just the police department's talking points. "Investigative tool" is the line every department reaches for, but it glosses over the part where every plate, every driver, every trip to church or the pharmacy gets logged whether you're a suspect or not. That's not investigation, that's a permanent record of a town's movements built before anyone's done anything wrong.
What's happening in Louisiana, MO is the same script we've watched play out in small cities across the country: a handful of council votes, a vendor demo promising stolen cars and missing persons, and suddenly there's a dragnet where there used to be just a road. Residents asking questions now are doing the job their city council should have done before signing the contract.
If you want to see whether your own neighborhood has quietly joined the network, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not wait for a KHQA crew to show up at your city hall, our take-action guide walks through how to actually push back.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of KHQA, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.