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Every voice matters. Here are concrete ways you can help bring accountability to surveillance in Oklahoma City.

Get the FLOCK Out: Town Hall - May 27th at 6 PM
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Get the FLOCK Out: Town Hall

Join the ACLU of Oklahoma and partners for a presentation from ACLU National and a panel discussion on how Flock's nationwide data sharing model puts our civil rights and liberties at risk.

Wednesday, May 27th @ 6:00 PM
Mayflower Congregational Church
Free and open to the public

Featuring panelists from: ACLU National · Dream Action OK · Oklahomans for Privacy · DeFlockOKC

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Show Up at City Council

This is working. On April 21st, we addressed City Council about Flock's surveillance cameras and the complete lack of oversight. Council members engaged with the findings, and we received direct support from Councilman James Cooper (Ward 2) and Councilwoman JoBeth Hamon (Ward 6). The conversation is moving. We need more voices in the room.

Oklahoma City Council meets every other Tuesday at 8:30 AM at City Hall, 200 N. Walker Ave. Citizens can sign up to speak during public comment. You don't need to be an expert - just share why this matters to you. Three minutes is all it takes. The Flock contract comes up for renewal this summer.

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Contact Your Ward Council Member

Two council members have already engaged with this issue. Reach out to yours and ask where they stand. Mention the OKCPD memo confirming zero oversight. Ask what they plan to do before the contract renewal this summer. If your representative is Cooper or Hamon, thank them for paying attention - and tell them you want action.

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Spread the Word

Most OKC residents don't know these cameras exist, let alone that there's zero oversight governing them. Share this site, share the news coverage, talk to your neighbors. The Flock contract renews quietly every year. The more people paying attention, the harder that becomes.

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File Your Own Records Requests

Everything we've found came from public records requests that any resident can file for free. Use JustFOIA or submit directly to the city. Ask about Flock search logs, data sharing with outside agencies, or query volumes. The Oklahoma Open Records Act gives you the right to this information - and every new request builds the public record.

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Talk to Media

KOSU, Free Press OKC, and Carscoops have already covered this story. If you have contacts at local outlets, point them to the findings. The angle is simple: a surveillance system with zero published oversight, confirmed in writing by the department's own memo, with a contract renewal approaching. Reporters can reach us at OKCFlockWatch@gmail.com.

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Join the National Movement

30+ cities have ended Flock contracts since January 2025. Guthrie already terminated theirs. DeFlockOKC is part of a growing network of communities pushing back. Connect at DeFlock.me, explore the DeflockYourCity Toolkit, or reach out to us directly. This movement is bigger than one city.

If You Speak Up

Talking Points for Public Comment

Use these facts - all sourced from public records - when speaking to council, writing letters, or talking to media.

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Lead with the memo

“OKCPD confirmed in writing: no access controls, no audit procedures, no discipline standards, and no transparency reporting exist for the Flock system. That's not my claim - it's their memo, on official letterhead, dated March 10, 2026.”

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Question the vendor

“Flock's leadership claims their platform has never been hacked. Independent researchers have documented numerous confirmed vulnerabilities and found cameras streaming live to the internet - including one pointed at a children's playground. Flock employees were caught accessing gym cameras, including preschool daycare areas. When researchers reported these findings, Flock's CEO emailed police departments calling them 'activists who want to defund the police.' This is the company we're trusting with our data.”

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Quote their own rules back to them

“OKCPD's Operations Manual says ALPR data will not be shared as part of a law enforcement information database. Flock's entire business model is a shared database used by 5,000+ agencies. Their own CEO says cities should have published use policies and regular audits. OKC has neither. We're not even meeting the vendor's own standard.”

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Name the pattern

“Officers in Wisconsin have been charged with using Flock to stalk romantic partners. In San Francisco, outside agencies ran 1.6 million unauthorized searches. The contract says 90 cameras in OKC, but the community map shows 299 - because private businesses, parking lots, and HOAs also feed data into the same Flock network. Flock's newer cameras use AI to automatically follow people, not just read plates. Thirty cities have canceled. The contract renewal is this summer.”

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Close with the question

“If this system is being used appropriately, why are there no procedures to verify that? If it's effective, where is the data proving it? The contract comes up for renewal in a few months. OKC residents deserve answers before that happens.”

What We're Asking For

Cancel the contract.
Remove the cameras.

This system stores resident data on private servers beyond the reach of any public records law, operated by a vendor that has been caught lying about its security, rewriting contracts to strip data protections, and overriding the decisions of elected bodies. OKCPD confirmed in writing that no oversight framework exists. The contract comes up for renewal this summer.

30+ cities have already said no. Guthrie, OK already terminated. OKC can be next.

And if council won't do that:

The Bare Minimum

These are not aspirational goals. These are the basic standards that any responsible surveillance program should have had in place before the first camera was ever turned on.

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Adopt a Written, Flock-Specific Use Policy

Section 5-118 covers vehicle-mounted readers - not Flock's static cameras. OKC needs a published policy with permitted uses, prohibited uses, access requirements, and discipline for violations. Developed with public input, not behind closed doors.

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Mandatory Audits and Public Transparency Reports

Quarterly reports: how many searches, by whom, for what reasons, which outside agencies queried OKC data, and match rates. Reviewed by an independent body. Published publicly. The memo confirmed zero transparency reporting exists - that has to change before renewal.

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No Data Sharing Without a Council Vote

OKCPD's own policy says ALPR data shall not be shared. Enforce it. Default to no sharing beyond OKCPD. Require a public council vote before enabling National Lookup or granting any outside agency access to OKC data. Cap retention at 30 days by ordinance, with deletion verified by independent audit.

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No New Features or Vendor Changes Without Authorization

Flock enabled nationwide search in Mountain View without police knowledge. They installed cameras in Cambridge after the city voted to deactivate. No setting changes, feature activations, audio sensors, AI tools, or platform upgrades without written city authorization and a council vote.

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Independent Security Assessment Before Renewal

Flock devices have numerous confirmed vulnerabilities, run unsupported Android 8, and have been demonstrated as hackable in 30 seconds. Congress has requested an FTC investigation. An independent, third-party security assessment should be mandatory before this contract is renewed.

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Review the Actual Contract - Not the 2023 Version

Flock's February 2026 contract rewrite deleted data ownership protections and added a perpetual data license that survives termination. Before any renewal, council must review the current terms - not the version they approved three years ago. The contract has changed. The council's understanding of it should too.

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Publish a Formal Effectiveness Report

How many cases have these cameras contributed to? What were the outcomes? Could less invasive methods achieve the same results? In San Jose, only 0.25% of images matched any hotlist. Let OKC's own data make the case for or against this system - before the renewal vote.