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Cities Rebell Against Mass Surveillance As 20+ Communities Cut Flock Camera Contracts! 🚨

The Flyover · 2 months ago

The short version: The Flyover reports 20+ towns dumped Flock contracts in a month, proof that left-right anger over 20 billion monthly plate scans is turning into real policy wins.

Our Take

The Flyover's roundup is a good gut-check for anyone who assumes Flock Safety's spread is unstoppable. Twenty-plus communities pulling contracts in a single month isn't noise β€” it's a pattern, and it's happening because people on very different ends of the political spectrum looked at the same thing and reached the same conclusion: a private company running a 20-billion-scan-a-month tracking grid on public roads, with no warrant required, is a problem no matter who's in charge of it.

What makes this moment matter is the coalition, not just the count. Privacy hawks, civil libertarians, and small-government conservatives don't agree on much, but 'don't log every car in town by default' is turning into common ground. That's exactly the kind of pressure that gets city councils to actually read the fine print on these vendor contracts instead of rubber-stamping them at budget season.

If your town hasn't had that conversation yet, it's worth starting one. Check our map to see if Flock or similar ALPR systems are already running near you, and use our take-action guide to push your local council toward the same kind of scrutiny that's driving these cancellations elsewhere. Credit to The Flyover for keeping a running tally β€” that kind of tracking is exactly what keeps this fight from fading into the background.

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