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Escondido just expanded its Flock camera network — here’s why you should care and what we can do
If you’ve driven around Escondido lately, you may have noticed new license plate reader cameras popping up at intersections and neighborhood entrances. These are Flock Safety cameras, and the city has been quietly expanding the program.
Here’s the problem:
Your movement is being tracked. Every time your car passes a camera, your plate, location, and timestamp are logged — even if you’ve done nothing wrong.
The data gets shared widely. Flock’s network allows law enforcement agencies across the country (including federal agencies) to query your data. Escondido residents’ data doesn’t stay in Escondido.
There’s little oversight. Most contracts are approved with minimal public input, and residents have no way to opt out.

What can we actually do?

Show up to the next City Council meeting and speak during public comment. Even 2 minutes on the record matters.

Request the contract — file a public records request for Escondido’s Flock contract and data-sharing agreements. What they agreed to may surprise you.

Contact your council member directly — calls and emails still move the needle at the local level.

Read Orwell

This isn’t about being anti-police. It’s about whether mass surveillance of every resident’s daily movement — with no warrant, no suspicion, no oversight — is the kind of city we want to live in.
Anyone else been following this? want to push back on this together.
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