Inside Colorado's Secret Surveillance Network - Flock Cameras Explained
The short version: ProgressNow Colorado spotlights how Flock ALPR cameras have quietly blanketed the state with little public debate or oversight.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: ProgressNow Colorado is doing the unglamorous work of pointing a camera at the cameras. Their explainer digs into how Flock Safety's license plate readers have spread across Colorado communities, often without the kind of public hearing or transparency that a permanent surveillance network watching every car on the road probably deserves.
This is the pattern we see everywhere Flock operates: a city council approves a "pilot" or a police chief signs a vendor contract, and suddenly a private company's cameras are logging the movements of every driver in town, feeding into a database that can be queried by agencies far outside the community that installed them. "Secret" isn't hyperbole — most residents genuinely have no idea how many of these poles exist near their homes, schools, or places of worship, or who can access the data trail they generate just by driving to work.
That's exactly why we built our camera map — so Coloradans and everyone else can see what local officials often won't volunteer. If this video makes you want to know what's watching your street, or push back on a system deployed without your consent, our take-action guide is the place to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ProgressNow Colorado, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.