Flock vs Guns | More Important? Trustee & Cops Weigh In
The short version: A local trustee and police weigh Flock cameras against gun policy in Delhi Township, Ohio — a reminder that surveillance expansion often gets less scrutiny than it deserves.
Our Take
Credit to R2R Righteous to Radical Rights 4 Peaceful Change for getting a trustee and local officers on record talking about Flock Safety cameras in Delhi Township, Ohio. These are exactly the kinds of local meetings where ALPR expansion gets rubber-stamped without real public debate — so it's worth watching elected officials and police actually wrestle with the tradeoffs, even if the framing of 'Flock vs. guns' feels like a false choice designed to make surveillance look like the safer, less controversial option.
That framing matters. Departments love to pit cameras against hot-button issues because it lets them dodge the actual question: what data is being collected, who can access it, how long is it kept, and what happens when it's shared with federal agencies or out-of-state police. Those questions rarely get asked in a trustee meeting, and this video is no exception — it's a local snapshot, not an audit. But it's useful as a window into how these conversations actually unfold at the township level, where most ALPR decisions get made with minimal scrutiny.
If you want to know whether a Flock camera is already watching your street, check our map. And if Delhi Township or your own town is rolling out this tech, our take-action page has steps for pushing back before the contract is signed, not after.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of R2R Righeous to Radical Rights 4 Peaceful Change, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.