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The short version: A West Fargo creator flags new Flock Safety cameras popping up around town, another sign ALPR surveillance keeps spreading into smaller Midwest cities.
Our Take
Credit to Captain Hans von Gutenberg for doing what local reporters increasingly don't: pointing a camera at the cameras. The clip is short on specifics, but the message is clear — Flock Safety's license plate readers have landed in West Fargo, North Dakota, joining the thousands of similar installations quietly spreading across small and mid-sized American towns.
This is the pattern we track constantly at DeFlock: these systems rarely arrive with public debate. A city council approves a contract, a few poles go up at intersections, and suddenly every car entering or leaving town is logged, timestamped, and stored in a database that police departments nationwide can query. No warrant, no notice, no opt-out. West Fargo residents deserve to know this is happening before it's normalized as just part of the furniture.
If you live in or near West Fargo, check our camera map to see what's already been documented in your area, and add any cameras you spot that aren't listed yet. If you want to push back on a city contract or demand transparency from local officials, our take-action page has steps that have worked elsewhere.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Captain Hans von Gutenberg, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.