July 23, 2026
The short version: Flock Safety's CEO reportedly branded transparency nonprofit DeFlock.org 'terrorists' for mapping ALPR cameras — a telling overreaction from a company that profits off surveillance.
Our Take
If the reporting in this DeFlock America video holds up, Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley didn't just dodge questions about his company's camera network — he reached for the word "terrorists" to describe a volunteer-run transparency project. That's not a rebuttal, that's a tell. When a surveillance vendor starts using language usually reserved for actual violent threats to describe people simply documenting where cameras are installed, it tells you which side of the transparency line the company has chosen to stand on.
Mapping public infrastructure isn't sabotage, and it isn't terrorism — it's the most basic form of accountability journalism a community can do for itself. Flock's business model depends on most people never knowing how dense, how networked, and how far-reaching these ALPR systems have become. Name-calling is a lot easier than answering questions about retention policies, data sharing agreements, or who gets access to a driver's movement history months after the fact.
Credit to the DeFlock America channel for putting this exchange in front of more eyes. If you want to see how far this camera network actually reaches in your own area, check out our map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of DeFlock America, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.