The Surveillance Company Is Losing Its Own People 😳

Our Take

The channel 𓆩 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝕻𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖊 𓆪 is reporting on something we've long suspected: the people inside Flock Safety aren't all comfortable with what they've built. We don't know the specifics the video lays out, and we won't pretend we do, but the broader pattern checks out. Companies that sell 'public safety' by scanning every passing car tend to attract employees who signed up for crime-fighting, not a nationwide tracking grid shared with thousands of agencies and, increasingly, federal immigration enforcement.

Internal dissent matters because it's one of the few checks on a company that otherwise operates with almost no outside oversight. Flock's cameras went up in your town without a public vote in most cases, and the data they collect routinely crosses jurisdictional lines in ways most city councils never approved. When insiders start pushing back, it's a signal that even people with access to the machine see the mission creep happening in real time.

Credit to the creator for putting a spotlight on the human side of this story. If you want to see how dense this network has gotten near you, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back at a city council meeting or file records requests, our take-action page has the tools to get started.