Troy city property vandalized with anti-Flock camera graffiti
The short version: WTEN reports that Troy city property was tagged with anti-Flock graffiti, a crude sign of just how much anger ALPR surveillance is stirring in communities that never got a real vote.
Our Take
Credit to WTEN for covering this story out of Troy, where someone apparently decided spray paint was the fastest way to register a complaint about Flock Safety cameras. We don't endorse vandalism — it's property damage, it gets people arrested, and it hands skeptics an easy excuse to dismiss the underlying concern. But it's worth asking why frustration is boiling over into graffiti instead of city council meetings. In a lot of towns, that's because residents never got a real say before these networks went up.
Flock's pitch is always the same: a quiet rollout, a police department sign-off, and minimal public debate before dozens of cameras are logging every plate that passes through town. When people feel locked out of that process, some will escalate to symbolic acts like this one. It's a messy outcome, but it's also a predictable one when transparency is treated as optional.
If you want a better outlet than a spray can, check whether your own neighborhood has these cameras on our map, and use our take-action guide to push for public hearings, retention limits, and audit trails before the next installation — not after the paint dries.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WTEN, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.