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FLOCK SAFETY EXPOSED! #shorts #flocksafety #viral

Jorkinitdry · 3 weeks ago

The short version: A short from creator Jorkinitdry adds to the growing pile of viral clips questioning Flock Safety, underscoring how mainstream distrust of ALPR networks has become.

Our Take

We don't have a transcript or description to go on here, just a punchy #shorts title from creator Jorkinitdry promising to "expose" Flock Safety. We're not going to pretend we know the specific claims made in the clip, but the fact that this kind of content is racking up views on YouTube says something on its own: everyday people are noticing these cameras on their streets and asking questions nobody in their local government bothered to answer first.

That's the real story behind every one of these viral shorts. Flock Safety's pitch to city councils is usually quiet, framed as a minor budget line item for "public safety technology," while the actual footprint — plate reads, location history, data sharing across agencies — gets rolled out with almost no public debate. When a random short-form video does more to inform residents than their own police department's press release, that's a transparency failure, not a win for Flock.

Whatever specific claims Jorkinitdry makes, the underlying prompt for viewers should be the same: go look for yourself. Check our camera map to see if Flock or similar ALPR systems are already logging your plate, and if you don't like what you find, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back at the local level.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jorkinitdry, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.