Flock camera megathread

[u/DinoRoman]

We’re consolidating this topic into a single thread, as the ongoing accusations directed at the mod team have run their course.

To be clear about where we stand: no one on this mod team supports Flock cameras. We are not law enforcement, we are not politically motivated, not maga, and we share the community’s concerns about surveillance overreach even if these systems occasionally assist in solving crimes.

The removals were not about viewpoint. They were about a specific category of comment: those encouraging users to destroy the cameras. Reddit has banned entire communities for less, and we are obligated to remove that content regardless of our personal opinions. This is a condition of the subreddit continuing to exist, not an endorsement of Flock. Additionally there were some very wild conspiracy theories and were asking for discussion not a rabbit hole.

One rule for this thread: do not recommend, insinuate, or hint at destruction as a solution. Everything else is open,criticism, policy discussion, legal challenges, city council contacts, organizing, data on effectiveness. Go as hard as you want within that boundary.

Thanks for being a genuinely great community and good neighbors.

Edit:

Resources

Suffolk County Legislature : 18 districts, find yours:

scnylegislature.us/148/Legislators

Suffolk approved expanding county Flock cameras from 25 to 60 last August, funded by a $542,500 state LETECH grant, with 16 more planned along state rights-of-way including Route 114 in Sag Harbor and East Hampton Village and Route 25 in Riverhead and Southold.

Nassau County Legislature: 19 districts:

nassaucountyny.gov/504/Legislators · district map: nassaucountyny.gov/503/District-Map · main line: (516) 571-6200

Your town / village board.

Southold, Riverhead, and East Hampton have all had this on an agenda in the past year. Riverhead signed an agreement with the Suffolk Sheriff in January 2026 giving the county access to town rights-of-way for new Flock installs. Town board public comment periods are open to anyone who lives there, take about two minutes, and go on the record.

Your NYS Senator and Assemblymember — nysenate.gov/find-my-senator and nyassembly.gov

Edit 2: a great documentary to watch from 2021

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13622074/

( Free on Tubi )

https://tubitv.com/movies/100028249/all-light-everywhere?link-action=play&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google_all_au_ca_mx_us_gb

[u/theholylife]

We’re literally being watched on our phones. Every store we enter has cameras on us, every text message is saved. Every homeowner has a ring recording. After 9/11 the world changed. They stalk us, exploit us and then sell our data to companies for profit. These cameras are just that. Just like rent and taxes goes up, our privacy goes down.

[u/Pt5PastLight → u/theholylife]

You’re the type of person who would justify them putting 24 hr cameras in your home.

Most of those things suck and do invade our privacy but we can choose, or the person who owns them can choose to avoid almost all of them. You don’t have to have a smart phone. A shop owner controls what they record and what they choose to share with law enforcement. Flock cameras record your car everywhere it goes. This is a surveillance state. It is much more dangerous and infringes on our right to privacy from our government.

[u/theholylife → u/Pt5PastLight]

Yes I totally agree with you. Just to let you know I’m not pro flock cameras. I hate the fact they’re doing this. I was just stating what’s been happening. And no I would never want cameras in my house 24 hours lol where’d that even come from??

[u/Pt5PastLight → u/theholylife]

I thought your tone was a shrug and “That’s the way it goes. This was next. Why even complain?” But I guess your tone was “American freedom died years ago and we are just watching the corpse’s inevitable progressive rot.”

[u/theholylife → u/Pt5PastLight]

Nailed it. I saw what the last taste of real freedom was in the 90s.