#deflock #halloween
The short version: Heather Palmisano brings a Halloween spin to the Flock surveillance conversation, and the real horror story is how normal ALPR dragnets have become.
Our Take
Credit to creator Heather Palmisano for finding a clever, seasonal angle to get people talking about Flock Safety cameras. Halloween costumes and spooky bits are a low-stakes way to get friends, neighbors, and followers who'd otherwise scroll past a policy explainer to actually stop and think about the license plate readers bolted to poles around their town.
Because honestly, the real horror isn't a costume — it's a nationwide network of cameras logging your plate, location, and travel patterns every time you drive past one, often with zero public vote and minimal oversight. Content like this works because it lowers the barrier to entry: you don't need to read a city council packet to get the gut-check that something's off when private companies and police departments are quietly building location histories on millions of ordinary drivers.
If this clip got your attention, take the next step and see what's actually deployed near you on our camera map, then check take-action for ways to push back at the local level before the next camera goes up.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Heather Palmisano, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.