🚨 These Cameras Are Tracking Cars Across America — Backlash Grows 👀 | News in USA
The short version: News in USA's short recaps the growing revolt against Flock Safety's ALPR network, from LAPD dropping the system to Florida yanking cameras off state highways.
Our Take
Credit to News in USA for packing the big picture into a short: Flock Safety's cameras didn't just quietly spread into thousands of towns, they're now quietly getting ripped back out. LAPD walking away from Flock and Florida ordering ALPR units off state highways aren't fringe moves — they're signs that even agencies comfortable with surveillance tech are starting to see the liability, both political and legal, in a nationwide database that tracks every car's movements whether or not anyone's suspected of a crime.
The pattern the video points to is the same one we've been tracking for a while: local officials sign up for a 'crime-fighting tool,' then discover the fine print includes data sharing across jurisdictions, vague retention policies, and little independent oversight of who's actually querying the system and why. Once a few high-profile misuse stories or a botched contract renewal hit the news, city councils start asking questions nobody bothered to ask at rollout. That's not backlash for its own sake — that's democracy catching up to a surveillance rollout that outpaced it.
If you want to see whether this is happening in your own backyard, check our camera map to find Flock and other ALPR deployments near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps to push your local government toward transparency or an outright ban.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of News in USA, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.