GET THE FLOCK OUT

Our Take

Credit to Alliance San Diego for naming the thing plainly: when a person tracks your every move, it's stalking, and when a network of AI-powered cameras does it, it's called 'public safety.' Their new video zeroes in on how Flock Safety and Flock Nova aren't just reading plates anymore — they're building movement histories, linking vehicles to people, and quietly feeding that data into systems far beyond the police department that installed the camera on your corner.

That's the part that should worry every San Diego driver, and every driver anywhere these systems operate. Once ALPR data exists, it doesn't stay put. It gets shared across agencies, sometimes across state lines, sometimes with federal partners like ICE — often with little public notice and even less accountability. Given San Diego's active organizing against ICE collaboration, it's no surprise local advocates are connecting the dots between 'neutral' license plate cameras and the machinery of immigration enforcement and mass surveillance more broadly.

The video's warning is a good one: we get used to surveillance fast, and familiarity makes us stop asking who's watching and why. If you want to see how far this network reaches in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has next steps.