👀 Have you noticed the Flock cameras around Leon County? #themeekslawfirm

Our Take

When a personal injury and criminal defense lawyer starts making content about license plate readers, that's a signal the issue has moved beyond privacy Twitter and into the daily business of local courts. Brandon Meeks' video on the Flock cameras popping up around Leon County is less about mass surveillance theory and more about what happens when this data shows up in a case file — who pulls it, who can challenge it, and how little the average driver understands about what's being logged every time they pass an intersection.

That's exactly the gap DeFlock The USA exists to close. Most residents have no idea how many of these cameras ring their neighborhood, school, or workplace, let alone who has access to the logs or how long they're kept. A local attorney walking through the basics for his community is a small but useful crack in that opacity, even if the video stops short of the bigger fight over retention policies, data sharing between agencies, and vendor transparency.

If you're in Leon County or anywhere else, don't wait for a lawsuit to find out how exposed your daily routes already are. Check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and visit our take-action page for concrete steps — public records requests, city council talking points, and more — to push back on unchecked ALPR expansion.