Prescott Police Department | Flock ALPRs | January 27 2026
The short version: A police chief's pitch to Prescott's council is a reminder that ALPR expansion often runs through quiet budget briefings, not public debate.
Our Take
Credit to Jen's Two Cents for sitting through a city council meeting most residents never will. Chief Amy Bonney's presentation to the Prescott Council is a textbook example of how Flock Safety gets rolled out across the country: a polished slideshow about "solving crime" and "officer efficiency," delivered to a handful of council members who rarely push back on the surveillance tradeoffs baked into the pitch.
These briefings matter because they're usually the only public record of a decision that will quietly track every car that drives through town, 24/7, with data shared well beyond city limits. Councils rarely ask the hard questions — who else gets access to this data, how long is it kept, what happens when it's wrong or abused — because the presentation is designed to sound like a formality, not a civil liberties debate.
If Prescott joins the list of towns wiring up Flock cameras, it'll be one more node in a nationwide tracking network most residents never voted on. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your own streets, and visit our take-action page if you want to push your local council to ask better questions before they do.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.