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Our Take

FIGHTFLOCK's roundup of Flock camera vandalism incidents is less a how-to and more a temperature check: people are fed up. When residents start quietly disabling or destroying hardware instead of writing to their city council, that's a sign the normal channels for accountability have failed them. We don't endorse property destruction, but we understand why it's happening — Flock has spent years installing cameras first and asking permission later, often with zero public hearings and vague "public safety" promises that don't survive scrutiny.

The real story here isn't the vandalism itself, it's what's driving it: a growing recognition that these networks track everyone, not just suspects, and that the data trail rarely stays local. Vigilante tampering won't fix that. What will is public pressure — FOIA requests, city council testimony, and simply knowing where these cameras already are in your neighborhood.

That's exactly why we built our camera map, so you can see the scope of the problem instead of guessing. And if you'd rather channel frustration into something that actually changes policy, our take-action page has concrete steps that don't involve a crowbar.