Jevon Martinez Takes Down 10 Flock Cameras After Sheriff Ends Contract

Our Take

Credit to Saqib Opinions for surfacing this one: if the reporting holds up, a Bernalillo County, New Mexico resident named Jevon Martinez removed ten Flock Safety camera units after the local sheriff's office ended its contract with the company. Whatever your feelings on vigilante teardown versus official decommissioning, the underlying story is the same — these camera networks are not permanent fixtures of American life. They're vendor contracts, renewed or killed at the discretion of local officials, and apparently sometimes acted on by residents faster than the bureaucracy can finish paperwork.

That's the real lesson here. Flock's pitch to county commissions and sheriffs is that ALPR coverage is indispensable for public safety, but contracts get cancelled all the time once elected officials actually weigh cost, efficacy, and constituent pushback against the marketing. When a contract ends, the hardware doesn't always vanish overnight, and that gap between 'the deal is off' and 'the camera is gone' is exactly where community pressure — and apparently some direct action — fills in.

We don't endorse property destruction, but we do encourage knowing what's watching you and organizing to end these contracts the legal way: public comment, open records requests, and sustained pressure on county boards. Check our camera map to see what's logged near you, and visit take action for steps to push your own sheriff or city council to follow Bernalillo County's lead.