Elk Grove City Council - September 23, 2026
The short version: Metro Cable 14's archived Elk Grove City Council session is exactly the kind of unglamorous public record where ALPR contracts and expansions get decided.
Our Take
Credit to Metro Cable 14 for doing the unsexy but essential work of keeping full council meetings on the public record. We don't have a transcript to comb through here, but sessions like this one are routinely where local governments quietly approve, renew, or expand Flock Safety contracts — often with a single agenda line item and minimal public pushback because almost nobody tunes in to municipal access channels.
That's the real story behind ALPR expansion in America: it's not happening in some shadowy federal program, it's happening city council meeting by city council meeting, in rooms like Elk Grove's, where a handful of residents showing up (or not) can decide whether a few dozen more cameras start logging every car that passes through town. If you live in or near Elk Grove, this is worth watching in full, checking the agenda packet for any Flock-related items, and showing up to public comment if you see one.
Check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, and if you want to push back on a vote like this in your own city, our take-action page has a template for exactly that.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Metro Cable 14, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.