1-on 1-interview with Flock Safety as debate over camera use continues

Our Take

Credit to KSTP 5 Eyewitness News for landing a direct interview with Flock Safety instead of just running the company's press release. But notice the pattern: every time local pushback gets loud enough to make the news, Flock's response is the same — a few tweaked policies, a promise of "more transparency," and zero willingness to discuss whether a private company should be building a searchable movement history of every driver in a Minnesota town in the first place.

Policy language is not a technical safeguard. Retention windows, audit logs, and "authorized use" rules are set by the same company selling the cameras, and they can be changed again just as quietly as they were changed this time. Minnesota residents pushing back aren't wrong to be skeptical — the debate isn't really about tweaking settings, it's about whether this infrastructure should exist on their streets at all, feeding a nationwide network that outlives any one city council's approval.

If you're in Minnesota or anywhere else wondering whether Flock has already moved into your neighborhood, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and if you want to push back the way these communities are, our take-action guide walks through exactly how to raise it with your local officials.