ABC10 DEFLOCK INTERVIEW 2: responding to software updates
The short version: A Grass Valley resident goes back on ABC10 Sacramento to push back on Flock Safety's software changes, keeping local pressure on ALPR surveillance in the news.
Our Take
Creator BaptainsCupboard is back at it, sitting down with ABC10 Sacramento for round two on Flock Safety — this time reacting to the company's latest software updates. We don't have the full segment to fact-check claim by claim, but the fact that local news keeps circling back to this story says something: these camera networks aren't a one-and-done rollout, they're an evolving system that keeps changing the rules after the cameras are already bolted to the pole.
That's the core problem with ALPR infrastructure in general. Communities get sold on a narrow pitch — stolen cars, AMBER alerts — and then the vendor quietly ships new features, new data-sharing capabilities, or new retention policies without ever going back to voters or city councils for a real conversation. A resident having to go on TV twice just to keep local officials honest about what's actually running in their town is exactly the kind of grassroots watchdogging this fight needs more of.
Credit to BaptainsCupboard for staying on this and forcing it back into the local news cycle instead of letting it fade. If you want to see whether Flock or similar ALPR cameras are already watching your own streets, check our map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of BaptainsCupboard, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.