Mayor of Milford announces plan to pause using Flock cameras | NBC Connecticut
The short version: Milford's mayor is hitting pause on Flock ALPR cameras after public pushback, a small but telling sign that scrutiny of the surveillance vendor is spreading to Connecticut.
Our Take
Credit to NBC Connecticut for catching this one: a mayor actually pumping the brakes on Flock Safety cameras instead of rubber-stamping another contract. Pauses like this don't happen in a vacuum — they happen because residents start asking who's watching the watchers, who has access to the data, and why a private company is running license-plate dragnets on public roads with little independent oversight.
Milford is a small city, but the pattern is familiar: a police department or town council quietly signs up for Flock, cameras go up, and only after the fact do people learn how much footage is being collected, how long it's kept, and how easily it can be shared with other agencies — including ICE and out-of-state police in places with no local accountability. A 'pause' is not a repeal, and it's worth watching closely whether Milford uses this time to actually answer those questions or just waits for the news cycle to pass before flipping the cameras back on.
If you live in or near Milford, check our camera map to see what's already been deployed nearby, and head to our take-action page for tools to push your own town council for real transparency before — not after — the contracts get signed.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of NBC Connecticut, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.