Chandler confirms 5 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras removed from one neighborhood
The short version: Chandler quietly pulled five Flock cameras from one neighborhood after residents pushed back, even as the city delays a full policy vote until July.
Our Take
Credit to ABC15 Arizona for tracking what Chandler officials would rather you not notice: five Flock Safety cameras vanished from the Galveston neighborhood after a contentious council meeting, yet the city still won't hold a public vote on the program's future until July. That gap between quiet removal and stalled accountability is exactly the pattern we see in city after city — install first under the banner of "gunshot detection" or "stopping crime," then slow-walk any real oversight once residents start asking hard questions.
Notice too that the gunshot detection piece has already quietly ended, while the license plate readers keep running. That's the bait-and-switch built into these pilot programs: the flashy justification fades, but the everyday tracking of every car that drives through a neighborhood sticks around. Residents in Galveston pushed back hard enough to get five cameras pulled — proof that public pressure works, but also a reminder that five cameras removed from one neighborhood is not the same as a city rethinking mass surveillance.
If you live in Chandler or anywhere near a Flock deployment, don't wait for a July meeting to find out what's already watching your street. Check our camera map to see what's nearby, and use our take-action guide to show up before the next quiet install — or removal — happens without a real public debate.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ABC15 Arizona, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.