You are being recorded
Flock Safety's automated license plate readers photograph the cars of tens of millions of ordinary Americans — recording where we go, when, and how often — with no warrant and little oversight. This site collects the data and the reporting on why these cameras should be banned, and gives you the tools to act.
Every figure links to its source. The numbers are why so many communities are now pulling the plug.
ALPR cameras mapped across the U.S. by the crowdsourced DeFlock project
Source: State of Surveillance →times Flock allegedly shared California plate data with federal agencies (class action)
Source: State of Surveillance →Cited news on bans, abuses, and the growing revolt.
Dayton, Ohio covered every one of its 72 fixed-site Flock license plate reader cameras with trash bags after officials found the data had been used in ways that violated city policy, including immigration-enforcement data sharing.
Between August 2021 and May 2026, 82 Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states — 39 of them in just the first five months of 2026 — as a grassroots, DeFlock-fueled backlash spread nationwide.
A class action lawsuit alleges Flock Safety illegally shared California license plate data with federal agencies roughly 1.6 million times, with drivers accusing the company of funneling their movements to federal and out-of-state agencies.
A Texas sheriff's office searched a nationwide network of tens of thousands of license plate readers — including thousands of Flock camera networks across multiple states — to track a single woman suspected of self-managing an abortion, as far as Illinois and Washington.
Communities across the country are canceling Flock contracts after residents found out how many cameras were really there.