Legislative Oversight of Flock Safety #flock #surveillance #privacy #transparency #westvirginia
The short version: Tristan Leavitt's clip spotlights West Virginia lawmakers scrutinizing Flock Safety, a reminder that oversight only works when legislators actually ask hard questions.
Our Take
Credit to Tristan Leavitt for putting a camera in the room where this kind of accountability is supposed to happen. Legislative hearings are one of the few checks we have on ALPR sprawl, but they only matter if lawmakers push past the vendor talking points and ask who sees the data, how long it's kept, and who's auditing the searches. West Virginia joining the list of states asking those questions is a good sign, even if we don't yet know what answers lawmakers got.
This is exactly the kind of local-level scrutiny we want to see spread everywhere Flock has quietly rolled out cameras under the radar of city councils and state legislatures alike. Oversight hearings are a start, but they're not a substitute for communities knowing exactly where this surveillance infrastructure sits in their own backyard. Check our camera map to see what's already been documented near you.
If you're in a state where legislators are finally paying attention, now's the time to make noise, not just watch from the sidelines. Public records requests, testimony, and local pressure are what turn a hearing into real policy change. Our take-action page has concrete steps if you want to push your own representatives to start asking the hard questions too.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Tristan Leavitt, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.