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Florida’s surveillance problem keeps getting harder to explain. Oviedo: fake Flock cameras were installed without the mayor knowing. Pasco: a commissioner admitted she hadn’t read the license-plate-reader contract, then defended it against concerns about warrantless mass surveillance. Manatee County: the sheriff said there’s “a lot of misinformation” surrounding Flock... show more

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A Massachusetts town said it has cut ties with Flock Safety and removed Flock automated license plate readers. This comes after a Louisiana police department fired an officer in a separate case in which officers allegedly used the surveillance cameras to get information on people they know. Flock Safety, a tech surveillance firm that makes AI-enabled cameras that scans and collects license plate information, announced new guardrails after amid growing public backlash over its surveillance technology. Read more:

A Massachusetts town said it has cut ties with Flock Safety and removed Flock automated license plate readers. This comes after a Louisiana police department fired an officer in a separate case in which officers allegedly used the surveillance cameras to get information on people they know. Flock Safety, a tech surveillance firm that makes AI-enabled cameras that scans and collects license plate information, announced new guardrails after amid growing public backlash over its surveillance technology. Read more:

ABC News

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Genesee County uses Flock automated license plate reader cameras, but it refused to release key records about the system—including camera locations, audit logs and vehicle-scan records. The county claims Flock, a private contractor, owns the information. But the county’s own contract says Genesee County owns the data. Kettering University student Josh Tewolde is suing to enforce Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act. The case raises a straightforward question: Can government avoid transparency laws by routing public surveillance through a private vendor?

Genesee County uses Flock automated license plate reader cameras, but it refused to release key records about the system—including camera locations, audit logs and vehicle-scan records. The county claims Flock, a private contractor, owns the information. But the county’s own contract says Genesee County owns the data. Kettering University student Josh Tewolde is suing to enforce Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act. The case raises a straightforward question: Can government avoid transparency laws by routing public surveillance through a private vendor?

Mackinac Center

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Tucker Carlson says that Flock Safety Cameras aren’t about safety, they’re about mass surveillance “The promise is that if you give up your privacy, your right to kind of walk around without having your face analyzed and sent to headquarters somewhere in this or another country, you would in exchange get what? Safety. The problem is it hasn't worked that way. Harris County, Texas has over 3,000 license plate readers. You would think it would be the safest place in the United States, but weirdly, Harris County, Texas had over 500 murders in 2025. How is it that we increase the surveillance past what 1984 describes, and we still have 500 murders in one U.S. county” The data backs this up Advocacy groups such as the Texas Civil Rights Project have identified that there are nearly 3,800 Flock cameras in the surrounding greater Houston area The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has reported access to around 480 of these cameras Yet the murder rate is extremely high Harris County recorded about 503 homicides in 2024 We need to get rid of Flock cameras while we still can, this is about mass surveillance

Tucker Carlson says that Flock Safety Cameras aren’t about safety, they’re about mass surveillance “The promise is that if you give up your privacy, your right to kind of walk around without having your face analyzed and sent to headquarters somewhere in this or another country, you would in exchange get what? Safety. The problem is it hasn't worked that way. Harris County, Texas has over 3,000 license plate readers. You would think it would be the safest place in the United States, but weirdly, Harris County, Texas had over 500 murders in 2025. How is it that we increase the surveillance past what 1984 describes, and we still have 500 murders in one U.S. county” The data backs this up Advocacy groups such as the Texas Civil Rights Project have identified that there are nearly 3,800 Flock cameras in the surrounding greater Houston area The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has reported access to around 480 of these cameras Yet the murder rate is extremely high Harris County recorded about 503 homicides in 2024 We need to get rid of Flock cameras while we still can, this is about mass surveillance

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San Jose, California residents file a lawsuit against the city for their deployment of Flock license plate reading cameras The people behind this lawsuit say the city has violated the Fourth Amendment by conducting surveillance without a warrant “Drivers have filed a class action suit against San Jose and its police department over the deployment of nearly 500 cameras, including by Flock safety” In California Flock camera data has been shared with the federal government as well as nonprofits (which is insane) Activists also say they are being used to track illegals in San Jose. So I guess this is one benefit

San Jose, California residents file a lawsuit against the city for their deployment of Flock license plate reading cameras The people behind this lawsuit say the city has violated the Fourth Amendment by conducting surveillance without a warrant “Drivers have filed a class action suit against San Jose and its police department over the deployment of nearly 500 cameras, including by Flock safety” In California Flock camera data has been shared with the federal government as well as nonprofits (which is insane) Activists also say they are being used to track illegals in San Jose. So I guess this is one benefit

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🚨 Flock safety cameras are expanding to surveillance drones “Flock just got wings — The same company behind the cameras are now putting autonomous surveillance drones in the sky” “Now the company's automated license plate readers have spread across the country, creating one of the nation's largest interconnected video surveillance networks. After partnering with aviation software company Aerodrome, Flock launched Flock Alpha, an autonomous police drone built to respond to emergencies before officers even arrive. The drone sits inside a waterproof docking station waiting for a call, and when a 911 report comes in, the drone can launch automatically and fly up to 60 miles per hour. Officers don't even have to be standing nearby — And this thing isn't just flying overhead. It's got thermal imaging, high-definition cameras, and powerful optical zoom. And while according to Flock, It can even read a vehicle's license plate from 2,000 feet away. That's not terrifying at all….” These drones are being marketed specifically as a “Drone as First Responder” used to respond to emergency calls But that’s not really all they’re being used for. I’ve shared a video of leaked San Francisco footage of flock drones that are very clearly just roaming around looking for crimes, in other words mass surveillance This is the surveillance state

🚨 Flock safety cameras are expanding to surveillance drones “Flock just got wings — The same company behind the cameras are now putting autonomous surveillance drones in the sky” “Now the company's automated license plate readers have spread across the country, creating one of the nation's largest interconnected video surveillance networks. After partnering with aviation software company Aerodrome, Flock launched Flock Alpha, an autonomous police drone built to respond to emergencies before officers even arrive. The drone sits inside a waterproof docking station waiting for a call, and when a 911 report comes in, the drone can launch automatically and fly up to 60 miles per hour. Officers don't even have to be standing nearby — And this thing isn't just flying overhead. It's got thermal imaging, high-definition cameras, and powerful optical zoom. And while according to Flock, It can even read a vehicle's license plate from 2,000 feet away. That's not terrifying at all….” These drones are being marketed specifically as a “Drone as First Responder” used to respond to emergency calls But that’s not really all they’re being used for. I’ve shared a video of leaked San Francisco footage of flock drones that are very clearly just roaming around looking for crimes, in other words mass surveillance This is the surveillance state

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Flock cameras have been out up in the Richland Wildlife Management Area in Florida The location of the flock cameras are in “miles and miles of Florida wilderness with no neighborhoods or shopping centers, subdivisions or traffic lights around — Why are there surveillance cameras here? Why are there license plate readers sitting at the crossroads of a wildlife management area? Who are they watching? The hunters? People exercising their Second Amendment rights? Families going camping? Fishermen headed to a boat ramp? Because it isn't just here” “But here's the question that no one seems willing to ask: How much surveillance are we willing to accept? For decades, law enforcement investigated crimes without building massive networks of cameras that record the movements of millions of law-abiding Americans” I have ferried these cameras are indeed there, and there is literally nothing around the area They were installed by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office which has also deployed dozens of Flock cameras across the county. From what I can find, over 40 installed on county roads Law enforcement says there are here for - Recovering stolen vehicles - Tracking suspects - Solving crimes in these rural areas - General public safety They look like unnecessary surveillance. There is literally nothing around here I have included a video that shows just how far these cameras really are from society, it’s shocking

Flock cameras have been out up in the Richland Wildlife Management Area in Florida The location of the flock cameras are in “miles and miles of Florida wilderness with no neighborhoods or shopping centers, subdivisions or traffic lights around — Why are there surveillance cameras here? Why are there license plate readers sitting at the crossroads of a wildlife management area? Who are they watching? The hunters? People exercising their Second Amendment rights? Families going camping? Fishermen headed to a boat ramp? Because it isn't just here” “But here's the question that no one seems willing to ask: How much surveillance are we willing to accept? For decades, law enforcement investigated crimes without building massive networks of cameras that record the movements of millions of law-abiding Americans” I have ferried these cameras are indeed there, and there is literally nothing around the area They were installed by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office which has also deployed dozens of Flock cameras across the county. From what I can find, over 40 installed on county roads Law enforcement says there are here for - Recovering stolen vehicles - Tracking suspects - Solving crimes in these rural areas - General public safety They look like unnecessary surveillance. There is literally nothing around here I have included a video that shows just how far these cameras really are from society, it’s shocking

Wall Street Apes

569,683 views • 1 month ago

THE SURVEILLANCE STATE IS HERE, AND IT’S BEING SOLD AS “SAFETY” The surveillance state is no longer a distant dystopia. It is here, marketed as public safety. The argument is always the same: “If you have nothing to hide, why worry?” But privacy is not reserved for people hiding something. It is a fundamental right in a free society, protected precisely because unchecked government surveillance is dangerous. Will Freeman, founder of DeFlock, is challenging Flock Safety’s expanding camera network. The fight surrounding Freeman, Flock CEO Garrett Langley, and the lawsuit known as Langley v. Freeman exposes the deeper issue: once surveillance infrastructure is built, who decides how it will be used, and where does it stop? Flock cameras are only one piece. Palantir’s technology can fuse satellite imagery, radar, cameras, sensors, and other data into a real-time operational picture. On a battlefield, that means tracking targets and building strike packages. But what happens when that same logic- identify, track, fuse, predict, act is turned on the public? Flock cameras. Facial recognition. License plate readers. Satellites. Data fusion. When those systems connect, they do not simply monitor cars. They create a map of human movement, and the architecture of a surveillance prison. Maria Zeee (ZeeeMediaOfficial) joins me to break down the dystopian world these technologies are attempting to build.

THE SURVEILLANCE STATE IS HERE, AND IT’S BEING SOLD AS “SAFETY” The surveillance state is no longer a distant dystopia. It is here, marketed as public safety. The argument is always the same: “If you have nothing to hide, why worry?” But privacy is not reserved for people hiding something. It is a fundamental right in a free society, protected precisely because unchecked government surveillance is dangerous. Will Freeman, founder of DeFlock, is challenging Flock Safety’s expanding camera network. The fight surrounding Freeman, Flock CEO Garrett Langley, and the lawsuit known as Langley v. Freeman exposes the deeper issue: once surveillance infrastructure is built, who decides how it will be used, and where does it stop? Flock cameras are only one piece. Palantir’s technology can fuse satellite imagery, radar, cameras, sensors, and other data into a real-time operational picture. On a battlefield, that means tracking targets and building strike packages. But what happens when that same logic- identify, track, fuse, predict, act is turned on the public? Flock cameras. Facial recognition. License plate readers. Satellites. Data fusion. When those systems connect, they do not simply monitor cars. They create a map of human movement, and the architecture of a surveillance prison. Maria Zeee (ZeeeMediaOfficial) joins me to break down the dystopian world these technologies are attempting to build.

Ben Swann

15,418 views • 2 days ago

Please see this video and press release regarding Flock cameras in Knox County. Video transcript: Hello, this is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. Today, I am urging our Commission to prohibit the use of Flock cameras and similar devices in our County. For those of you who don't know, these cameras, technically called Automated License Plate Readers, are motion activated and take a picture of every car which passes by. While License Plate Readers have been around for a while, because of AI and vastly increased networking and data retention capacities, these Flock cameras have capabilities not even imagined in the past. Older cameras only took a photo of your license plate, which was then retained for a short time. Flock cameras take a photo of your place, but also use AI to catalogue distinguishing features of your vehicle: make, color, model, even bumper stickers. That data is stored in a searchable database for sometimes up to a month or more, depending on the policies of that particular agency. When these cameras are deployed in large numbers, they create a network that can be used to track your movements. Currently, there is no federal regulatory framework governing these devices in place, and the Tennessee laws regulating them were written over a decade ago. My fear is that may be inadvertantly creating a warrantless mass surveillance system and undermining the privacy and Liberty of our people. So I urge the Tennessee General Assembly and the United States Congress to look at this issue and take neccessary action to safeguard our privacy and civil liberties as these new technologies continue to emerge. Thank you.

Please see this video and press release regarding Flock cameras in Knox County. Video transcript: Hello, this is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. Today, I am urging our Commission to prohibit the use of Flock cameras and similar devices in our County. For those of you who don't know, these cameras, technically called Automated License Plate Readers, are motion activated and take a picture of every car which passes by. While License Plate Readers have been around for a while, because of AI and vastly increased networking and data retention capacities, these Flock cameras have capabilities not even imagined in the past. Older cameras only took a photo of your license plate, which was then retained for a short time. Flock cameras take a photo of your place, but also use AI to catalogue distinguishing features of your vehicle: make, color, model, even bumper stickers. That data is stored in a searchable database for sometimes up to a month or more, depending on the policies of that particular agency. When these cameras are deployed in large numbers, they create a network that can be used to track your movements. Currently, there is no federal regulatory framework governing these devices in place, and the Tennessee laws regulating them were written over a decade ago. My fear is that may be inadvertantly creating a warrantless mass surveillance system and undermining the privacy and Liberty of our people. So I urge the Tennessee General Assembly and the United States Congress to look at this issue and take neccessary action to safeguard our privacy and civil liberties as these new technologies continue to emerge. Thank you.

Glenn Jacobs

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🚨WOW!!!!!! A Texas constable has unplugged every single Flock camera in his county. "I don’t believe “safety” should be a word that automatically ends the discussion whenever individual liberty is involved." "Flock, come get your GARBAGE out of my county..." County commissioners in Hood County voted unanimously in April to end its contract with Flock, which included three cameras, and the constable finished the job of shutting down the Flock cameras by unplugging them and covering them with a hood. The constable further wrote: "When government has the ability to collect, search and share information about the movements of people who aren’t suspected of committing a crime, I believe that raises serious Fourth Amendment and privacy concerns. The answer can’t simply be, “Trust us. We won’t misuse it.”

🚨WOW!!!!!! A Texas constable has unplugged every single Flock camera in his county. "I don’t believe “safety” should be a word that automatically ends the discussion whenever individual liberty is involved." "Flock, come get your GARBAGE out of my county..." County commissioners in Hood County voted unanimously in April to end its contract with Flock, which included three cameras, and the constable finished the job of shutting down the Flock cameras by unplugging them and covering them with a hood. The constable further wrote: "When government has the ability to collect, search and share information about the movements of people who aren’t suspected of committing a crime, I believe that raises serious Fourth Amendment and privacy concerns. The answer can’t simply be, “Trust us. We won’t misuse it.”

Matt Van Swol

84,552 views • 4 days ago

WOW 🚨 There is now a ‘Flock Safe City designations” This happens when a city uses the integrated system of Flock license plate readers, drones, gunshot detectors and live cameras monitoring the city that track people that blanket the city and monitor at all times “Harvey, Illinois new real-time crime center, powered by a suite of technology never before seen in Illinois. Police tell us this is necessary to respond to and prevent crime, but privacy concerns over powerful police monitoring tools continue to mount nationwide. This is the heart of Harvey's real-time crime center, equipped with live video cameras that pan, tilt and zoom, automated license plate readers, gunshot detection technology, and this semi-autonomous drone blanketing the city of 20,000 people with a network of integrated surveillance systems powered by Flock” “They are proud to be the first city in the state with the designation of a Flock Safe City, equipped with nearly every surveillance product Flock provides, paid for with grant money” This is the mass surveillance state being put up right before our eyes in America The Flock CEO is even on camera saying they want to get contracts with major retailers and start mass surveillance of people. Even being able to put people in databases so if they come into locations, that location will be alerted People need to realize how serious this is

WOW 🚨 There is now a ‘Flock Safe City designations” This happens when a city uses the integrated system of Flock license plate readers, drones, gunshot detectors and live cameras monitoring the city that track people that blanket the city and monitor at all times “Harvey, Illinois new real-time crime center, powered by a suite of technology never before seen in Illinois. Police tell us this is necessary to respond to and prevent crime, but privacy concerns over powerful police monitoring tools continue to mount nationwide. This is the heart of Harvey's real-time crime center, equipped with live video cameras that pan, tilt and zoom, automated license plate readers, gunshot detection technology, and this semi-autonomous drone blanketing the city of 20,000 people with a network of integrated surveillance systems powered by Flock” “They are proud to be the first city in the state with the designation of a Flock Safe City, equipped with nearly every surveillance product Flock provides, paid for with grant money” This is the mass surveillance state being put up right before our eyes in America The Flock CEO is even on camera saying they want to get contracts with major retailers and start mass surveillance of people. Even being able to put people in databases so if they come into locations, that location will be alerted People need to realize how serious this is

Wall Street Apes

46,767 views • 15 days ago

🚨 BLACKROCK IS QUIETLY TURNING STREET LIGHTS INTO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS While everyone was focused on tearing down Flock cameras, a much bigger player was already rolling out the replacement. Axon, one of the hottest companies in the surveillance market, is now partnering to turn regular street lights into smart cameras. No new poles needed. They just convert the lights you already drive under every day into: • License plate readers • Live streaming cameras • AI that recognizes vehicle make, model, color, damage, bumper stickers, and more Counties are canceling Flock contracts and spending tens of millions on Axon systems instead. Here’s the part most people don’t know: About 25% of Axon is owned by BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street. The same firms that have openly talked about “forcing behaviors.” Axon’s CEO has said their goal is to build a society where crime “just doesn’t make sense anymore” through constant monitoring. He also made $164 million in a single year. While people were busy removing Flock cameras, this more advanced, harder-to-detect system was already being installed in plain sight. Street lights → cameras. BlackRock ownership. AI vehicle tracking. Stealth rollout. Is this just “public safety”… or the next phase of the surveillance grid?

🚨 BLACKROCK IS QUIETLY TURNING STREET LIGHTS INTO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS While everyone was focused on tearing down Flock cameras, a much bigger player was already rolling out the replacement. Axon, one of the hottest companies in the surveillance market, is now partnering to turn regular street lights into smart cameras. No new poles needed. They just convert the lights you already drive under every day into: • License plate readers • Live streaming cameras • AI that recognizes vehicle make, model, color, damage, bumper stickers, and more Counties are canceling Flock contracts and spending tens of millions on Axon systems instead. Here’s the part most people don’t know: About 25% of Axon is owned by BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street. The same firms that have openly talked about “forcing behaviors.” Axon’s CEO has said their goal is to build a society where crime “just doesn’t make sense anymore” through constant monitoring. He also made $164 million in a single year. While people were busy removing Flock cameras, this more advanced, harder-to-detect system was already being installed in plain sight. Street lights → cameras. BlackRock ownership. AI vehicle tracking. Stealth rollout. Is this just “public safety”… or the next phase of the surveillance grid?

HustleBitch

354,946 views • 18 days ago

WOW 🚨 Records requests show The city of Fullerton, California secretly approved Flock Cameras without a single public hearing or notice to the public, they approved it under a separate project name - The city signed a contract with Glassbox Digital - A calendar item for a contract with Glassbox Digital appeared on the agenda, it did not mention Flock - The details of that item involved an agenda item ‘Peregrine Services’ - Peregrine offered a Fullerton crimes data center that would integrate data from body-worn cameras, automatic license plate readers, utility systems and Flock Safety cameras - The item passed unanimously on the consent calendar with no discussion, no questions - This authorized Flock under a 5 year contract for $750,000 - The police chief then authorized Flock a 5 year term that auto renews every 2 years without a single vote or any public input This is how they secretly approved flock cameras without ever notifying the public or allowing a single question to be asked…. “That's how it got here. We got Flock because council rubber-stamped a consent calendar item that was never talked about with the public, that never mentioned Flock to the public, that never brought up any details with the public” “I'd actually like to point out Mrs. Charles over here because I find it laughable that you would go to No Kings protest to fight against tyranny and rubber-stamp the surveillance state of our citizenry without asking a single question about how the data is held, who it's given to, who has access to it, who does and does not weaponize it. Because there's an old Soviet proverb that says, "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." And that's why these systems are being built. So shame on the council at the time and shame on everybody who pretends to care about our rights who did nothing about it” The Fullerton police department claims there are only 19 flock cameras but independent organizations claim the number is much higher, they believe the real number is closer to 52 flock cameras

WOW 🚨 Records requests show The city of Fullerton, California secretly approved Flock Cameras without a single public hearing or notice to the public, they approved it under a separate project name - The city signed a contract with Glassbox Digital - A calendar item for a contract with Glassbox Digital appeared on the agenda, it did not mention Flock - The details of that item involved an agenda item ‘Peregrine Services’ - Peregrine offered a Fullerton crimes data center that would integrate data from body-worn cameras, automatic license plate readers, utility systems and Flock Safety cameras - The item passed unanimously on the consent calendar with no discussion, no questions - This authorized Flock under a 5 year contract for $750,000 - The police chief then authorized Flock a 5 year term that auto renews every 2 years without a single vote or any public input This is how they secretly approved flock cameras without ever notifying the public or allowing a single question to be asked…. “That's how it got here. We got Flock because council rubber-stamped a consent calendar item that was never talked about with the public, that never mentioned Flock to the public, that never brought up any details with the public” “I'd actually like to point out Mrs. Charles over here because I find it laughable that you would go to No Kings protest to fight against tyranny and rubber-stamp the surveillance state of our citizenry without asking a single question about how the data is held, who it's given to, who has access to it, who does and does not weaponize it. Because there's an old Soviet proverb that says, "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." And that's why these systems are being built. So shame on the council at the time and shame on everybody who pretends to care about our rights who did nothing about it” The Fullerton police department claims there are only 19 flock cameras but independent organizations claim the number is much higher, they believe the real number is closer to 52 flock cameras

Wall Street Apes

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THE QUIET RISE OF AMERICA’S AI SURVEILLANCE NETWORK Flock Safety “license plate readers” are quietly building an AI-powered surveillance grid that logs where millions of ordinary Americans drive, work, worship, and live every day. Police across the country have already been caught abusing these systems to stalk and harass people, and even the LAPD has now let its Flock contract expire over civil liberties and privacy concerns. In Cleveland, elected officials voted down a renewed Flock contract, yet the cameras stayed on, and police kept using them anyway, raising serious questions about who actually controls this and who owns the data it collects. Flock’s Nova platform is designed to fuse license plate data with other records into a Google-style “people search” for law enforcement, making it easier than ever to build detailed profiles of ordinary citizens. This isn’t a hypothetical future. It’s already here and expanding. The real question now isn’t whether these systems can help solve crimes; it’s whether we’re sleepwalking into a permanent AI surveillance state where every drive, visit, protest, clinic stop, or church service is logged, stored, and ready to be used against us the moment someone in power decides we’re a problem.

THE QUIET RISE OF AMERICA’S AI SURVEILLANCE NETWORK Flock Safety “license plate readers” are quietly building an AI-powered surveillance grid that logs where millions of ordinary Americans drive, work, worship, and live every day. Police across the country have already been caught abusing these systems to stalk and harass people, and even the LAPD has now let its Flock contract expire over civil liberties and privacy concerns. In Cleveland, elected officials voted down a renewed Flock contract, yet the cameras stayed on, and police kept using them anyway, raising serious questions about who actually controls this and who owns the data it collects. Flock’s Nova platform is designed to fuse license plate data with other records into a Google-style “people search” for law enforcement, making it easier than ever to build detailed profiles of ordinary citizens. This isn’t a hypothetical future. It’s already here and expanding. The real question now isn’t whether these systems can help solve crimes; it’s whether we’re sleepwalking into a permanent AI surveillance state where every drive, visit, protest, clinic stop, or church service is logged, stored, and ready to be used against us the moment someone in power decides we’re a problem.

Ben Swann

23,043 views • 1 month ago

Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple announced Wednesday his department will not renew its contract with automated license plate reader vendor Flock Safety, letting the deal lapse at the end of September over Fourth Amendment privacy concerns. "The only way to stop this mass surveillance system, and the government’s involvement in it, is to stop our cities from signing away our rights through these contracts," said Nathan Taylortaft, co-director of East Valley Unite, the organization spearheading the campaign against ALPRs in Chandler. "Proponents of Flock will argue that we are on the side of crime, but it’s the opposite. Crime is being committed through Flock’s system, and we want that system ended through city ordinances, and laws protecting our privacy."

Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple announced Wednesday his department will not renew its contract with automated license plate reader vendor Flock Safety, letting the deal lapse at the end of September over Fourth Amendment privacy concerns. "The only way to stop this mass surveillance system, and the government’s involvement in it, is to stop our cities from signing away our rights through these contracts," said Nathan Taylortaft, co-director of East Valley Unite, the organization spearheading the campaign against ALPRs in Chandler. "Proponents of Flock will argue that we are on the side of crime, but it’s the opposite. Crime is being committed through Flock’s system, and we want that system ended through city ordinances, and laws protecting our privacy."

BelannF

10,465 views • 21 days ago

🚨 FLOCK CEO SAYS AMERICANS ARE LIKE CHILDREN — AND NEED AN “ALL-SEEING EYE” TO KEEP THEM IN LINE The CEO of Flock just said the quiet part out loud. He compared American adults to five-year-old kids who only stop misbehaving when they realize their parents have “all-seeing eyes.” According to him, punishment doesn’t matter. What works is the constant knowledge that you’re being watched. He framed mass surveillance as the solution to crime, treating free citizens like children who need to be monitored around the clock so they “don’t do bad things.” This is the same company blanketing neighborhoods, streets, and even secluded walking trails with AI cameras and license plate readers. They’re not hiding it anymore. An “all-seeing eye.” Citizens treated like children. Cameras going up everywhere. Is this about public safety… or conditioning an entire population to accept permanent surveillance?

🚨 FLOCK CEO SAYS AMERICANS ARE LIKE CHILDREN — AND NEED AN “ALL-SEEING EYE” TO KEEP THEM IN LINE The CEO of Flock just said the quiet part out loud. He compared American adults to five-year-old kids who only stop misbehaving when they realize their parents have “all-seeing eyes.” According to him, punishment doesn’t matter. What works is the constant knowledge that you’re being watched. He framed mass surveillance as the solution to crime, treating free citizens like children who need to be monitored around the clock so they “don’t do bad things.” This is the same company blanketing neighborhoods, streets, and even secluded walking trails with AI cameras and license plate readers. They’re not hiding it anymore. An “all-seeing eye.” Citizens treated like children. Cameras going up everywhere. Is this about public safety… or conditioning an entire population to accept permanent surveillance?

HustleBitch

21,175 views • 22 days ago

🚨 THE CEO OF FLOCK JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD — AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING IT Remember when Flock cameras were only supposed to read license plates? Apparently that's not enough anymore. Now we're talking about AI that can find a vehicle from a simple description. Microphones that are always listening for so called "sounds of distress." Drones that can be launched automatically after a 911 call. And camera networks that can follow movement across entire cities. Every year the cameras get smarter. The databases get bigger. The AI gets more powerful. And the amount of information being collected keeps growing. Then came the comment that really got people's attention. The CEO behind Flock, one of the largest camera networks in America reportedly compared people who map camera locations to terrorists. Think about that for a second. The cameras aren't the problem. The people tracking the cameras are. Some people see a tool that makes communities safer. Others see a system that knows where you've been, where you are, and eventually where you're likely to go next. If mapping Flock cameras makes you a "terrorist," what does that make the people putting cameras everywhere?

🚨 THE CEO OF FLOCK JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD — AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING IT Remember when Flock cameras were only supposed to read license plates? Apparently that's not enough anymore. Now we're talking about AI that can find a vehicle from a simple description. Microphones that are always listening for so called "sounds of distress." Drones that can be launched automatically after a 911 call. And camera networks that can follow movement across entire cities. Every year the cameras get smarter. The databases get bigger. The AI gets more powerful. And the amount of information being collected keeps growing. Then came the comment that really got people's attention. The CEO behind Flock, one of the largest camera networks in America reportedly compared people who map camera locations to terrorists. Think about that for a second. The cameras aren't the problem. The people tracking the cameras are. Some people see a tool that makes communities safer. Others see a system that knows where you've been, where you are, and eventually where you're likely to go next. If mapping Flock cameras makes you a "terrorist," what does that make the people putting cameras everywhere?

HustleBitch

317,837 views • 2 months ago

New Audit reveals Flock Safety Cameras are being used as mass surveillance cameras by multiple agencies The audit shows Flock cameras in San Francisco are being accessed hundreds of times by out of state agencies and federal agencies “Stunning revelation from San Francisco's police chief putting the spotlight on the city's license plate cameras — A recent audit uncovered activity that violated violates California law. The police chief said the city's license plate cameras were improperly accessed hundreds of times by Western State Information Network. That was done on behalf of federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies, which include the DEA, the ATF, as well as state agencies in Oregon and Washington” “San Francisco has more than 400 license plate reading cameras across the city” For reference, the Western States Information Network is a regional intelligence sharing hub on behalf of federal agencies (DEA, ATF, IRS, U.S. Marshals) and out-of-state agencies for Oregon, Washington, and others like Idaho Think about how much this is being abused nationwide. Think of how many states don’t even restrict sharing the data From what I could find this is likely legal in as many as over 40 states This is the mass surveillance network in America

New Audit reveals Flock Safety Cameras are being used as mass surveillance cameras by multiple agencies The audit shows Flock cameras in San Francisco are being accessed hundreds of times by out of state agencies and federal agencies “Stunning revelation from San Francisco's police chief putting the spotlight on the city's license plate cameras — A recent audit uncovered activity that violated violates California law. The police chief said the city's license plate cameras were improperly accessed hundreds of times by Western State Information Network. That was done on behalf of federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies, which include the DEA, the ATF, as well as state agencies in Oregon and Washington” “San Francisco has more than 400 license plate reading cameras across the city” For reference, the Western States Information Network is a regional intelligence sharing hub on behalf of federal agencies (DEA, ATF, IRS, U.S. Marshals) and out-of-state agencies for Oregon, Washington, and others like Idaho Think about how much this is being abused nationwide. Think of how many states don’t even restrict sharing the data From what I could find this is likely legal in as many as over 40 states This is the mass surveillance network in America

Wall Street Apes

71,621 views • 2 months ago

🚨 FLOCK CAMERAS ARE TAKING OVER AMERICA — AND IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK The most terrifying truth about Flock? It's almost impossible to stop them. People rip the cameras down… Flock just replaces them. And they’re spreading at insane speed. Look at the explosion: February 2024: Not many June 2025: Massive jump March 2026: Absolute explosion They started as “just license plate readers to catch bad guys.” Now they’re adding high quality microphones to listen to conversations, and in places like South Korea they’re already being used for energy lockdown enforcement. You can now find these things in the middle of nowhere... deep in Florida wildlife management areas, miles from any town, just watching hunters, fishermen, and families. Why the hell are surveillance cameras sitting in the woods? The CEO basically admitted the business model: Help politicians save money by keeping people out of prison while watching everyone 24/7 for cheap. This isn’t about safety. This is the surveillance grid going up in real time. How long until every road, every trail, every neighborhood is wired into Peter Thiel and Flock’s all-seeing network?

🚨 FLOCK CAMERAS ARE TAKING OVER AMERICA — AND IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK The most terrifying truth about Flock? It's almost impossible to stop them. People rip the cameras down… Flock just replaces them. And they’re spreading at insane speed. Look at the explosion: February 2024: Not many June 2025: Massive jump March 2026: Absolute explosion They started as “just license plate readers to catch bad guys.” Now they’re adding high quality microphones to listen to conversations, and in places like South Korea they’re already being used for energy lockdown enforcement. You can now find these things in the middle of nowhere... deep in Florida wildlife management areas, miles from any town, just watching hunters, fishermen, and families. Why the hell are surveillance cameras sitting in the woods? The CEO basically admitted the business model: Help politicians save money by keeping people out of prison while watching everyone 24/7 for cheap. This isn’t about safety. This is the surveillance grid going up in real time. How long until every road, every trail, every neighborhood is wired into Peter Thiel and Flock’s all-seeing network?

HustleBitch

81,413 views • 1 month ago

Flock Safety: Is America Building a “Pre-Crime” Surveillance State? | Free the Money Ep. 39 Are we moving toward a “pre-crime” surveillance state where authorities can track your movements, build a profile of your behavior, and potentially decide you’re suspicious before you’ve even committed a crime? Jason Bassler, co-founder of the Free Thought Project, joins me to expose Flock and the rapidly expanding surveillance infrastructure being built across America. We break down how Flock’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) can track far more than just a license plate, creating a “digital fingerprint” of your vehicle and logging your daily movements. Jason also discusses documented cases of police abusing ALPRs, innocent people being wrongfully stopped or held at gunpoint, and Flock data being accessed beyond local police. He says ICE, the ATF, FBI, and DHS have accessed Flock data that cities never approved. Key points we cover: -Flock Safety’s nationwide network of ALPR cameras and its expanding drone technology -Why ALPRs account for less than 1% of crime clearance in many departments—meaning roughly 99% of the surveillance collected is on innocent people -Motorola Signal Trace technology that can detect wireless signals from phones, Bluetooth devices, AirPods, and wearables -The growing push for age verification and digital ID across the internet -Why taxpayers could be spending roughly $360 million per year on Flock cameras -The Fourth Amendment questions surrounding mass location tracking -Why financial privacy and private digital money matter in an increasingly surveilled world -How communities are fighting back through FOIA requests, city councils, and projects like DeFlock Remember to subscribe and hit the bell “🔔” icon to get notifications. Want financial privacy? Check out my favorite privacy coin Zano You can buy Zano seamlessly on MEXC using a VPN, or browse the full list of exchanges where Zano is available here: You can also find educational content, tutorials, and interviews on the official Zano YouTube Channel: 0:00 Jason Bassler’s Background: The Free Thought Project & Deplatforming 5:29 Flock Safety: Surveillance Infrastructure Disguised as Public Safety 7:04 How Flock ALPR Cameras Track Your Vehicle’s “Digital Fingerprint” 8:28 Flock’s New Alpha Drone: The Next Level of Mass Surveillance 10:22 Is Flock Unconstitutional? The Fourth Amendment Legal Gray Area 13:23 Private Businesses Are Using Flock Cameras Too 15:51 Flock vs. Your Phone: The Critical Difference 16:55 Zano 21:09 Police Abusing Flock: Stalking Exes & Innocent People Held at Gunpoint 22:40 Who Has Access to this Flock Data? Police, Federal Agencies & More 25:33 The Massive Data Breach & Foreign Adversary Risk 28:34 Flock’s Shocking Crime Stats: 99% of Surveillance Is on Innocent People 34:00 Beyond License Plates: Motorola Signal Trace Tracks Your Electronics 37:21 Age Verification & Digital ID: The Push to Identify Everyone Online 40:21 DeFlock: Mapping America’s Flock Surveillance Network 45:07 Taxpayers Are Spending $360 Million a Year to Be Surveilled 46:19 Why Private Money Is Essential for a Free Society 52:05 How to Fight Back: FOIA Requests, City Councils & Taking Action

Bri Teresi

103,635 views • 4 days ago

Westland will remove its ten Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras when the city’s contract expires at the end of the month. It comes after Westland Police Chief Kyle Dawley decided not to bring a renewal contract to the Westland City Council for approval. In a statement, the Westland Police Department said discussions with council members about how the cameras are used showed the council is “deeply split on this matter.” Flock Safety defended the technology’s value in a statement, arguing that removing systems used to solve violent crimes and find missing people can slow investigations. The company said that in 2025 its technology supported more than 1 million criminal investigations and incidents, contributed to an estimated 20% of solved cases in jurisdictions where it is deployed, and helped locate more than 10,000 missing people.

Westland will remove its ten Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras when the city’s contract expires at the end of the month. It comes after Westland Police Chief Kyle Dawley decided not to bring a renewal contract to the Westland City Council for approval. In a statement, the Westland Police Department said discussions with council members about how the cameras are used showed the council is “deeply split on this matter.” Flock Safety defended the technology’s value in a statement, arguing that removing systems used to solve violent crimes and find missing people can slow investigations. The company said that in 2025 its technology supported more than 1 million criminal investigations and incidents, contributed to an estimated 20% of solved cases in jurisdictions where it is deployed, and helped locate more than 10,000 missing people.

Local 4 WDIV Detroit

20,229 views • 1 month ago