Robinson Strikes Down Flock Cameras in City

Our Take

Credit to KWKT FOX44 for covering a story that deserves more attention than it usually gets: a city council actually saying no to Flock Safety. Robinson's unanimous vote to not renew its ALPR contract is exactly the kind of local accountability moment that gets buried under bigger headlines, but it matters just as much. These contracts don't get killed by accident — someone on that council, or in that community, asked hard questions about cost, effectiveness, and what happens to the data these cameras vacuum up.

What's notable here is the word "unanimous." That's not a split vote or a budget squeeze — that's a governing body collectively deciding the tradeoff wasn't worth it. Every time that happens, it chips away at the industry talking point that Flock is just an inevitable, uncontroversial upgrade to public safety infrastructure. It isn't. It's a private company building a nationwide vehicle-tracking network one city contract at a time, and those contracts can be un-signed.

If you're in a town still debating whether to renew or install Flock cameras, Robinson just handed you a template: ask why, ask who has access to the data, and ask whether the promised results have actually shown up. Check our camera map to see what's already been deployed near you, and if your city council has a Flock vote coming up, our take-action page has what you need to make your voice count before the contract gets rubber-stamped.