Flock Safety Cameras, a city wants them Gone
The short version: A RedLightNews short spotlights Surprise, Arizona, where local pushback is putting Flock Safety's ALPR network on the chopping block.
Our Take
Credit to RedLightNews for putting a spotlight on Surprise, Arizona, where residents and officials are apparently souring on Flock Safety's camera network. We don't have the full transcript of every claim in the short, but the headline alone tells you something important: even in cities that quietly said yes to these cameras, buyer's remorse is setting in fast.
This is the pattern we keep seeing nationwide. A police department or city council approves Flock cameras with little public debate, framing it as a simple crime-fighting tool. Then residents start asking basic questions — who has access to the data, how long is it stored, what happens when it's shared with other agencies or federal databases — and the answers don't hold up. A car that drives past an ALPR camera isn't suspected of anything, yet its location, time, and travel patterns get logged anyway. That's mass surveillance, full stop, whether or not a single crime is ever solved because of it.
If Surprise is reconsidering, that's a sign that public pressure works. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your own streets, and hit up take action for tools to push your city council toward the exit too.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of RedLightNews, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.