New 'Inside Edition' highlights Flock cameras
The short version: A national newsmagazine turning its cameras on Flock's cameras is a sign that ALPR surveillance has officially broken into mainstream consciousness.
Our Take
Credit to 13 On Your Side for flagging that Inside Edition — a show more known for celebrity gossip than civil liberties reporting — is putting Flock Safety's license plate readers in front of a national audience tonight. When a syndicated newsmagazine with millions of viewers decides a local police technology story is worth a segment, it usually means the backlash has grown too loud to ignore. That's a win for every local reporter, city council skeptic, and privacy advocate who's been asking uncomfortable questions about these cameras for years.
We don't have the segment's details yet, so we're not going to guess what Inside Edition found. But the pattern nationally is consistent: these networks quietly log your plate, your location, and your travel patterns, feed it into a searchable database, and share it across agencies and jurisdictions with little public oversight. The pitch is always 'solving crime.' The reality is a permanent, retroactive surveillance record on every driver, guilty or not.
If tonight's episode makes you wonder whether a Flock camera is already watching your street, stop wondering — check our map and see for yourself. And if you want to do something about it, our take-action page has the tools to push back at your next city council meeting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of 13 ON YOUR SIDE, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.