TONIGHT AT 11pm PST @ABC10: DEFLOCK INTERVIEW p2
The short version: A DeFlock community member goes on ABC10 news to talk Flock Safety surveillance, pushing the pushback against automated license plate readers into the mainstream.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: BaptainsCupboard is doing the unglamorous work of taking this fight out of niche forums and onto local broadcast news. When a regional ABC affiliate gives airtime to someone explaining what Flock Safety cameras actually do — log every plate, build location histories, feed databases that outlive any single investigation — that's a crack in the 'nothing to hide' narrative that city councils love to lean on when they approve these contracts without debate.
Local TV still reaches people who've never heard the term ALPR, let alone understand how many agencies are quietly sharing this data across state lines. A five-minute segment can do more to spark a city council question or a public records request than a hundred tweets. That's the real value of these interviews — not going viral, but reaching the city council meeting attendee who didn't know their intersection had a camera logging their commute.
If this story has you wondering what's watching your own neighborhood, check our camera map and see what's already been documented near you, then head to our take-action page for ways to push back before the next contract renewal sails through unopposed.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of BaptainsCupboard, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.