They Shut Down Flock...
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Aug 27, 2026 17:51
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In Today's Episode:
Earlier this year, a county right down the road from me did something almost nobody has managed to do... they voted Flock out. All the cameras, gone. For about a week it felt like a real win. Then people looked closer, and the cameras were still there under plastic bags, the terms of service had quietly changed on the exact day of the vote, and it turned out "off" doesn't always mean off.
This is part two. We get into what actually happens when a town tries to shut these cameras down, the one horrifying case Flock keeps holding up as its best argument, a school district running hundreds of searches to check where children live, and the point where filming a public road and tracking a human being stop being the same thing.
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References:
Hood County shuts down Flock (KERA): https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-08-19/hood-county-shuts-down-flock-cameras-terminates-agreement-amid-privacy-concerns
Hood County GOP crackdown (Dallas Express): https://dallasexpress.com/state/hood-county-gop-unanimously-backs-crackdown-on-flock-cameras-warrantless-surveillance/
Hood County still on transparency portal (Flock): https://transparency.flocksafety.com/hood-co-tx-so
Brown/Brookline shooting findings (FBI): https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/fbi-and-us-attorneys-office-for-the-district-of-massachusetts-release-findings-on-brown-university-and-brookline-shootings
Cameras caught the suspect (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/us/brown-university-surveillance-cameras-shooting-suspect
Cops track people, not cars (404 Media): https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/
Government monitoring anti-Flock accounts (404 Media): https://www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/
ALPR mission creep (EFF): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/more-license-plate-reader-mission-creep-school-residency-verification-background
Flock shared data with federal agencies (CBS): https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/flock-license-plate-readers-shared-data-with-out-of-state-federal-agencies/
Flock's response on ICE data (Flock blog): https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/does-flock-share-data-with-ice
People vandalizing cameras (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/08/21/nx-s1-5931849/amid-intense-backlash-people-are-vandalizing-flock-surveillance-cameras
National surveillance map (Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/25/flock-surveillance-cameras
Douglas County drops Flock for Axon (Axios): https://www.axios.com/local/douglas/2026/07/23/douglas-county-sheriff-drops-flock-for-axon
Denver replaces Flock with Axon (ACLU-CO): https://www.aclu-co.org/news/denver-city-council-approves-new-axon-contract-to-replace-flock-despite-community-concerns-and-calls-for-a-no-vote/
Axon–Flock partnership history: https://investor.axon.com/2020-04-02-Axon-Partners-with-Flock-Safety-to-Enhance-Security-for-Cities-and-Neighborhoods
Axon severs APIs with Flock (Flock blog): https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/axon-plans-to-sever-apis-with-flock
DeFlock camera map: https://maps.deflock.org/
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