FLOCK Cameras...Thoughts

[wslayer]

Unless your going to go snip the wires right behind as they are putting them up, they are not going away.

 

[Rut2much]

Unless your going to go snip the wires right behind as they are putting them up, they are not going away.

example 987 since covid of just bitching over action ..
we do need a sequel to "the Patriot" js

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Town council here in Payson voted to take them out.

 

[Rut2much]

The left doesn't like them either so voting might actually work in this instance

 

[wslayer]

Town council here in Payson voted to take them out.

BBJ, keep us informed if they actually do remove them

 

[Jiffy]

Drones work to take these things out.

Just don’t crash it at the camera.

 

[Obi-Wan]

I have changed my mind on flock cameras. As long as we all agree since we the people are footing the bill we all deserve unfettered access to the very cameras they use. Let we the people have unfettered access to all Leo’s vehicles, including their private vehicles. Let we the people have unfettered access to all politicians vehicles, including their private vehicles. Let we the people have unfettered access to all judges vehicles, including their private vehicles. And while we are at it let we the people have unfettered access to every city, county, state, and federal employee vehicle, including their private vehicles. WHATS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.

 

[Muleybuck]

If only 1 child is saved from a sexual predator than they are worth ever dollar spent on them. There is more good than harm in having them. The use of technology to keep citizen safe is priceless. If you think that you are not already being track you are sadly mistaken. Credit card companies compile data on your spending habits. Streaming TV services, cable companies & the TV itself track what you watch. Amazon tracks your spending. Apple phones and Alexa devices monitor your conversation to suggestions. They all do it under the pretense that they are catering to your needs and to make your life easier & simpler. If you're looking for a conspiracy, that train left the station a long time ago. IMHO Thank God that they were available to help find this girl.
https://kelo.com/2026/09/02/flock-c...ith-ending-a-kidnapping-case-in-south-dakota/

 

[Jiffy]

Yes, it’s for our own good. They know better

BAAAAAAAAA. BAAAAAAAAA!

 

[Obi-Wan]

If only 1 child is saved from a sexual predator than they are worth ever dollar spent on them. There is more good than harm in having them. The use of technology to keep citizen safe is priceless. If you think that you are not already being track you are sadly mistaken. Credit card companies compile data on your spending habits. Streaming TV services, cable companies & the TV itself track what you watch. Amazon tracks your spending. Apple phones and Alexa devices monitor your conversation to suggestions. They all do it under the pretense that they are catering to your needs and to make your life easier & simpler. If you're looking for a conspiracy, that train left the station a long time ago. IMHO Thank God that they were available to help find this girl.
https://kelo.com/2026/09/02/flock-c...ith-ending-a-kidnapping-case-in-south-dakota/

Harm to who? tell that to those that were stalked. If only one stalking case can be prevented eliminating the use of flock, among other is well worth every dollars saved. The police have proven again and again they can not be trusted to use this technology. GET A WARRANT

Well if its all about safety then fuck it lets go full blown gun registry.

who gives a rats ass if you LEO's want to stalk women and harass the general public it is all about public safety.

Just a few Documented Misuse which one can guarantee there are many, many, many more. if they confirm 50's cases of misuse one can guarantee it is in the thousands if not tens of thousands

• • Targeted Tracking: Investigations and reports have documented scenarios where residents speaking out critically or saying something "inconvenient" at local town or city council meetings find their vehicle movements tracked via ALPR networks without a warrant or probable cause. [1]
  • Official Misconduct: Recent tallies by watchdog groups like the Institute for Justice have identified dozens of cases nationwide where law enforcement officers faced disciplinary action, resignation, or arrest for abusing Flock and similar networks to stalk romantic partners, monitor citizens, or run unauthorized searches outside their jurisdictions. [1]
  • Public Confrontations: Chetek, Wisconsin made news when a local police chief openly threatened to run background checks on citizens who criticized the department's installation of unauthorized Flock cameras at a public meeting. In Tennessee, public anger reached a fever pitch when local commissioners openly clashed with
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  • • Gwinnett County, Georgia (September 2026): Three police officers were fired and criminally charged after a department audit. One officer faces stalking and battery charges, while the other two face multiple counts of illegal misuse of license plate data.
      
      
      [1, 2]
    • Shively, Kentucky (August 2026): An officer was arrested and charged with official misconduct and unlawful access to a computer after Flock’s auditing system flagged him for using the camera network over 2,000 times to track his ex-girlfriend. [1, 2]
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July–August 2026): One officer was convicted and sentenced to probation for using the Flock system nearly 200 times to stalk an ex-partner. In a shocking twist, the internal affairs detective assigned to investigate him was also criminally charged with felony misuse of the ALPR system to keep tabs on a civilian. [1]
    • representatives over privacy and system overreach.
    [1, 2, 3]

 

[Obi-Wan]

Good to know its all about safety

While Flock Safety does not publicly publish a single, live-updating counter of total nationwide searches, public record audits and civil rights lawsuits show that hundreds of thousands of inquiries are requested every day across the United States.
Because Flock operates a decentralized network of over 120,000 AI-powered cameras across 49 states, a search by an officer in one jurisdiction can automatically ping camera data nationwide. The massive scale of daily inquiries is highlighted by recent public disclosures: [1, 2, 3]

• • City-Level Volume: A civil liberties lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice revealed that law enforcement officials conducted more than 15,000 searches per day using images and data from just 474 Flock cameras in San Jose, California. [1]
  • The "Network Effect" Interrogations: In Pflugerville, Texas, a public records request revealed that outside police departments queried the town’s localized Flock data 8,900 times per day over a six-month period. For every 1 search the local police department conducted, outside agencies queried their database 315 times due to the interconnected nature of the platform. [1]
  • Historical Totals: The public watchdog project Have I Been Flocked? has compiled public records and freedom of information requests covering more than 242 million individual Flock searches to date. [1]
  • Massive Data Inputs: The daily inquiry volume acts on a system that automatically captures and processes 20 billion license plate scans per month (roughly 666 million scans every day). [1, 2]

 

[KDM]

"it's for the children" and "it's for your safety" are the two immense red flags I pay attention to when they are attached to anything political. Historically, they have been used to deflect attention to the details politicians don't want brought to light. Cockroaches don't like light either. Coincidence......I think not.

 

[NDSportsman]

"If only 1 child is saved"

This seems to be the cry for every law that's passed.......

 

[Browneye]

Its already the rallying cry in Europe for the push to limit your ability to use the internet unless you have a digital ID. They are saying its to prevent children from being harmed by users of the internet but its really because its the govts backdoor into pushing everyone into a digital ID. Our constitutional rights are not conditional upon 1 child possibly being harmed or not.

 

[Rut2much]

Yes, it’s for our own good. They know better

BAAAAAAAAA. BAAAAAAAAA!

They just know most of the population is dumb enough to think they actually have us in mind , esp the taxpayers funding it all ..

 

[jdfisherman]

The local Lowe's has 3 of them in the parking lot: one aimed at the front door, one in the middle of the lot aimed at the entrance to the parking lot, and one near the entrance of the lot aimed at the street adjacent to the parking lot. If all they do is read license plates, why 3 of them, and why aimed at the front door?

 

[risingsun]

The local Lowe's has 3 of them in the parking lot: one aimed at the front door, one in the middle of the lot aimed at the entrance to the parking lot, and one near the entrance of the lot aimed at the street adjacent to the parking lot. If all they do is read license plates, why 3 of them, and why aimed at the front door?

There has been a few stores lately that have had unwanted vehicles go through the wall.

 

[measure-it]

With all the cameras these days, they can probably tell if, & how many pimples you have on your bare ass!

 

[KDM]

I don't believe any of this BS that "it's for the protection of children". Why you ask? Because if the welfare, protection, and safety of the children were the priority, the epstein files would be public knowledge and any and all crimes against children would be exposed and prosecuted. "Protect the children" is all to often empty lip service. If license plate reading was the only purpose for these cameras, then why are many of them pointed at playgrounds, parks, other places cars and trucks are rarely found? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[SDMF]

The local Lowe's has 3 of them in the parking lot: one aimed at the front door, one in the middle of the lot aimed at the entrance to the parking lot, and one near the entrance of the lot aimed at the street adjacent to the parking lot. If all they do is read license plates, why 3 of them, and why aimed at the front door?

Are those FLOCK cameras or Lowe’s own security cameras?

Have a look @ the ceiling in your favorite large store. The majority of them have dark plastic bubbles, many of which contain security cameras. Might not be all of them, could be some “decoy” bubbles.