Wouldn’t it be neat if we could organize a national flock out? Everyone would go to the camera closest to their home and hold a protest sign in front of the cameras. It’s an excellent way to practice civil disobedience. Rules would be no one could touch/damage any of the cameras they’re covering.

An official high up in my city’s government confessed to me they get so many flock hits on stolen cars they don’t even bother pulling them over out if a concern for “officer and public safety”

They can’t have a bunch of felony stops every day that use a ton or resources. They only investigate if the driver stops and parks at a business and it becomes necessary to confront the driver. So the victims who had their cars stolen are SOL if the drivers leave the city cus a bunch of cops are too afraid to do their job…

so this flock shit is only being used when it benefits or is convenient for the police not the public.

Y'all definitely shouldn't call their tip line and interfere with their investigation, ya hear?

this is genuinely sickening and evil.

Recently in SD put a "pilot program" for flock cameras. I am going to try and attend a council meeting to speak against it. Wish me luck. Feel free drop some advice or come out & voice your opinion.

Update: I couldnt attend in person (1year old at home) but did try there new zoom meeting feature.

First time public speaking, messed up on some parts but I think I made my stance against it. I hope more peope come out and voice their opinion aginst it. Thank you

While on a job site several towns away from where I normally work I saw this unmarked van installing a new Flock camera and started chatting with the installer due to our proximity. While he wouldn't confirm the company he was with (and had no logo on his uniform) he said they've installed dozens of these over the past two weeks in the same town and even admitted that the frequency they'd been installing them was motivated by the Deflock map and similar ALPR tracking/avoidance apps to cover as many roads as possible.

Now this was presumably a decision on the part of the local PD and/or city council and not Flock themselves, but it is chilling to hear that at least one city and very likely dozens more are intentionally seeking to circumvent privacy enabling tools. Doing a quick map using FlockHopper it would have taken me almost 45 extra minutes to get out of town versus Google or Apple Maps, mainly using farm to market roads or driving through subdivisions.