Horizon City PD Flock camera use continues amid controversy

Our Take

KTSM 9 News flags something we hear in town after town: a police department presses forward with Flock Safety cameras even as residents and local voices raise concerns. The report doesn't need to spell out every detail for the pattern to be familiar — a department adopts the tech quietly, controversy surfaces after the fact, and then officials simply keep the cameras running while public questions go largely unanswered.

That sequence matters because ALPR networks aren't neutral traffic tools. They build a rolling log of where every passing vehicle has been, available to whoever has access to the database — and once a network like this is installed, it rarely gets rolled back. 'Controversy continues' often just means the agency is waiting out the news cycle rather than addressing the substance of the objections, whether that's data retention, sharing agreements with other agencies, or basic transparency about who can query the system.

Credit to KTSM 9 News for keeping this story in front of Horizon City residents instead of letting it fade. If you want to see whether a Flock camera is watching your own street, check our camera map, and if you'd rather push back than just watch, our take-action page has concrete steps for raising this with your local council or department.