And that’s just what’s been pinned…There could be many more.
The short version: The Minutemen Report flags how many Flock cameras are already mapped — and warns that's likely the tip of the iceberg.
Our Take
The Minutemen Report's framing is simple and correct: what's "pinned" is only what's been found so far. Flock Safety doesn't publish a public inventory of its own cameras, so every dot on a crowdsourced map represents someone who actually drove the road, looked up, and logged it. That means the real count of ALPRs quietly logging plates in any given county is almost certainly higher than what shows up on any tracker today.
This is exactly why the "go find them" call to action matters more than another round of outrage. Mapping isn't busywork — it's the only way communities get an honest picture of how dense this surveillance net has become, since neither the police department nor the vendor is going to volunteer that information. Every camera added to our map chips away at the information asymmetry that lets these networks expand unchecked.
Credit to The Minutemen Report for pushing viewers past passive viewing into actual documentation and pressure on local officials. If you want to help close the gap between what's pinned and what's actually out there, start by checking your own town against the map, then use our take-action guide to push for the kind of oversight and retention limits that should have existed before these cameras went up in the first place.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Minutemen Report, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.