Palo Altans chant, "Move Flock, get out of the Bay, get out of the Bay" #deflock
The short version: Palo Alto residents turned out at City Hall to chant Flock Safety out of the Bay Area, showing street-level anger is catching up to the surveillance rollout.
Our Take
Credit to Matt Schlegel for capturing this one on the ground: a crowd outside Palo Alto City Hall chanting "Move Flock, get out of the Bay" isn't just noise, it's a sign that ALPR pushback has moved from city council agendas into the street. When neighbors show up in person to tell a surveillance vendor to leave, that's the kind of pressure that actually gets contracts reconsidered.
Palo Alto sits in one of the most camera-dense, tech-literate regions in the country, which makes this rally notable. If residents there are fed up with a network that logs every car's movements without a warrant, it's a preview of the same fight playing out in suburbs and small towns that don't have the same resources to organize. The chant is simple, but the demand behind it is serious: no more quiet renewals of ALPR contracts without public accountability.
If you're in the Bay Area or anywhere else wondering whether Flock cameras are already watching your street, check our camera map and see what's nearby. And if you want to turn frustration into action like Palo Alto did, our take-action page has the tools to push back at your own city hall.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Matt Schlegel, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.