Safety advocate questions roadside installation of Flock cameras
The short version: A 9NEWS segment spotlights a safety advocate's concerns about where Flock cameras get bolted along roadsides, raising fresh doubts about how these devices get sited in the first place.
Our Take
Credit to Next 9NEWS for digging into a question most coverage of Flock cameras skips entirely: not just what these devices do, but where and how they physically get installed. When a safety advocate is raising red flags about roadside placement, it's a reminder that these systems get bolted up with little public input, often without residents even knowing a pole near their street now doubles as a surveillance checkpoint.
This is the pattern we keep seeing nationwide — a private company and a police department strike a deal, cameras go up, and only after the fact do neighbors, drivers, or in this case a safety-minded critic start asking basic questions. Who approved this spot? Was there any engineering review? Is the public even told these exist before they're live and logging plates? The lack of transparency isn't a bug in Flock's rollout, it's the business model.
Whether the concern here is about sightlines, road hazards, or something else entirely, the deeper issue is the same: these cameras are being deployed at scale with minimal oversight, and residents are left to notice them after the fact. If you want to see what's already watching your commute, check our camera map, and if you think your city council should be asking harder questions before more poles go up, our take-action page has tools to help you push back.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Next 9NEWS, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.