There are Flock cameras near you. Nobody sent you a notice.

Our Take

Credit to Flock Clocker for stating the obvious in a way that still lands hard: nobody mailed you a postcard before a license plate reader started logging your movements. That's by design. Flock Safety's business model depends on quiet rollouts — a quick pitch to a police chief or HOA board, a purchase order, and cameras in the ground before most residents even know a conversation happened. There's no public notice requirement in most places, no opt-out, and often no public vote at all.

This matters because consent is the whole ballgame. A surveillance network that has to ask permission is a different animal than one that just appears. When residents don't know cameras exist, they can't push back, can't ask about data retention, can't demand audits, and can't vote out the officials who approved it. The silence isn't an accident — it's the product. Transparency would slow down sales, and slowing down sales isn't in the business plan.

If you want to know whether this has already happened in your neighborhood, check our camera map — we're tracking installations across the country so people can see what their local government hasn't told them. And if you find one, don't just shrug. Head to our take-action page for how to file records requests, raise it at a council meeting, and make the quiet rollout a lot less quiet.