If you're interested in protecting your privacy and the privacy of others, this will be of interest to you. It's called Flocking. It refers to the Flock Safety Surveillance System that has been installed across the U.S. Over 100,000 cameras have been installed. These are not just the cameras that have been around forever that are basically license plate readers. The original cameras were installed for traffic safety. The Flock cameras do not have contracts with ICE but they can share information. These cameras will be the next tool used in locating immigrants for deportation, in addition to invading all citizens privacy.
Many cities that have contracts with Flock have received such backlash that they are cancelling the contracts. The information collected by Flock can be shared with police or ICE. HOA groups can also partner with Flock. We have cameras here in OHCC. I wonder if they're just license plate readers or if our HOA has contract with Flock. I hope it's the former.
This is a huge problem that most of us have just learned about, but cities and colleges in particular, are pushing back hard. I checked, and San Diego and Oceanside do not have Flock contracts. Let's keep it that way.
Regardless of where you live, it is likely you have been flocked. The information gathered by the camera (license plate, stickers on your car from political and social, decals for entry to your community, etc) is interpreted by AI and they can find out everything about. This can be shared with police, government and ICE. I just wanted to make you aware that this is going on.
Update. I just did a little more research and found out that the City of Oceanside Police Department does have a contract with Flock Safety and has expanded it's network of automated license plate reader cameras using federal grant funding approved in 2025.
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