Police In Indiana Are Asking The Public's Help To Identify The Person Who Cut Down 2 Flock Cameras
The short version: Indiana police want help finding whoever cut down two Flock cameras, a small act that reflects growing public anger at unaccountable ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Hard Lens Media for keeping a camera on these stories that bigger outlets won't touch. Two Flock poles in Indiana got cut down, and now local police are leaning on the public to rat out whoever did it — treating a piece of corporate rental hardware bolted onto public right-of-way like it's a protected utility. It's a telling inversion: communities rarely get a vote on whether these cameras go up, but once they're installed, the public is suddenly expected to help protect them.
We don't endorse vandalism, but we understand the frustration driving it. Flock's network has expanded into thousands of towns with little debate, contracts, and data-sharing agreements most residents never see, and transparency about retention, access, and misuse remains thin. When people feel locked out of the normal channels — city council meetings, public records requests, contract reviews — some will act outside them. That's a predictable consequence of deploying mass surveillance without real consent.
If you want a lawful way to push back, start by finding out how many of these cameras are already watching your own streets on our map, then use our take-action guide to organize, file records requests, and pressure your local officials before the next pole goes up.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Hard Lens Media, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.