SHAKE SHACK SHOOTING BOMBSHELL — WITNESS CHANGES STORY — FLOCK CAMERAS OUT | Cincinnati & Ohio News
The short version: Eric Deters Show reports Flock cameras reportedly weren't working during a Cincinnati Shake Shack shooting investigation, exposing cracks in the 'always watching' sales pitch.
Our Take
Credit to the Eric Deters Show for digging into a story that cuts right to the heart of the Flock Safety marketing pitch: these cameras are supposed to be the silent, reliable witness that never changes its story. But according to this report out of Cincinnati, when it actually mattered — in a shooting investigation near a Shake Shack — the cameras were reportedly down, while a human witness's account shifted. That's a bad look for a surveillance network that cities are told to trust precisely because it's supposed to be more consistent than human memory.
This is the gap we keep flagging: departments buy into blanket ALPR coverage promising ironclad evidence and faster closure on violent crime, but the fine print rarely gets the same airtime as the pitch. When the tech is 'out' at the exact moment residents are told it would catch what people miss, that's not a minor glitch — it's a credibility problem for a company asking for public trust and public money, camera by camera, city by city.
If you want to see how many of these cameras are already running in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you think your city council should be asking harder questions before the next contract renewal, our take-action page has next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Eric Deters Show, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.