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

Tell City Council: NO ALPRs in OKC - Oklahomans for Privacy
Coalition Position

Get the FLOCK out of OKC.

Surveillance does not make Oklahoma City safer. It is mass data collection on every resident who drives a car, operated by an unaccountable private vendor. We are not asking for better Flock policies. We are asking for Flock and any replacement vendor to be removed entirely.

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May 27 · What Happened

100+ showed up. The renewal vote is in July.

Standing room only at Mayflower Congregational Church. Three council members attended and engaged: Cooper (Ward 2), Hamon (Ward 6), Pennington (Ward 7). Cooper publicly called for full contract termination. Five council members did not attend. The contract renewal vote is in early July.

Coverage: Free Press OKC · KOCO 5 · The Gayly

See Full Recap Free Press OKC Article
Tuesday, June 16 · 8:30 AM · City Hall

Get the FLOCK out of OKC.
Speak up June 16. The vote follows in July.

The current Flock contract expires June 30, 2026. Council meets Tuesday, June 16 at 8:30 AM - the last regularly scheduled meeting before the renewal vote in July. A coalition of OKC residents, clergy, civil liberties groups, and small-government advocates will be there to demand action. Public comment is your three minutes on the record. Use them.

Tell City Council:

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Do not renew the Flock contract.
02
Remove the Flock cameras.
03
Do not use another ALPR vendor.
We don't need them. They're a privacy concern no matter what company owns them.
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Add your name to the petition.

OKC residents are signing a formal petition - delivered directly to all eight council members, the City Manager, and the Mayor - demanding the city end the Flock contract and reject any replacement ALPR vendor. Hosted by ACLU of Oklahoma; the signatures come from us.

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Mayor David Holt
City Manager Craig Freeman
Your Ward Council Member
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Resource

Email Template

Editable letter to send your council member. 5 minutes.

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Show-Up Sheet

3-minute talking points + logistics for council comments.

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Day of the Meeting

Show up early

200 N. Walker Ave, 3rd Floor. Sign up at "Citizens to be Heard."

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Be at City Hall on Tuesday, June 16

This is the moment. Tuesday, June 16 at 8:30 AM is the last regularly scheduled council meeting before the Flock renewal vote in July. A coalition of OKC residents, clergy, and small-government advocates will be there together. Three council members - James Cooper (Ward 2), JoBeth Hamon (Ward 6), and Camal Pennington (Ward 7) - are already aligned against renewal. Five have not engaged. A full room on June 16 is the loudest message we can send before the vote.

200 N. Walker Ave, 3rd Floor - arrive 20-30 minutes early. Sign up to speak under "Citizens to be Heard." You get three minutes. You don't need to be an expert. Just say where you live, that you oppose renewal, and why. Read our show-up sheet (linked above in the vote watch section) for talking points and logistics.

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Contact Your Ward Council Member - This Week

Three council members have already taken a position. Five have not. Your email could be the one that moves a vote. Find your ward representative below and send a short, specific message:

  • You're a resident in their ward (give your street name if you're comfortable)
  • You oppose the Flock Safety contract renewal in July
  • OKCPD's own memo confirms there is no oversight framework
  • You want to know how they plan to vote

If your representative is Cooper, Hamon, or Pennington - thank them and ask how you can help. If your representative is Bradley Carter, Katrina Avers, Todd Stone, Matt Hinkle, or Mark Stonecipher, tell them you noticed they weren't at the town hall - and you'd like to hear from them.

Find Your Elected Officials
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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.

See Our Requests & Templates
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Talk to Media

KOSU, Free Press OKC, KOCO 5, The Gayly, Hoodline, KGOU, News9, KFOR, and Carscoops have all covered this story. If you have contacts at local outlets that haven't yet engaged, point them to the May 27 town hall recap and the documented evidence on this site. 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 in July. Reporters can reach us at OKCFlockWatch@gmail.com.

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Join the National Movement

Nearly 50 cities have ended Flock contracts since January 2025. Guthrie already terminated theirs. The ACLU and the Institute for Justice - organizations that rarely agree on anything - are aligned in opposing Flock. DeFlockOKC is part of a growing network of communities pushing back. Connect at DeFlock.me, explore the DeflockYourCity Toolkit, read The Case, 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. Federal agencies accessed Mountain View's Flock data for 17 months without local police knowing. Oshkosh rescinded their contract within 24 hours over Flock lying to council. Nearly 50 cities have canceled. The Institute for Justice and the ACLU are both suing in federal court. The OKC vote is in July. We have one chance to get this right.”

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Close with the ask

“I am asking this council to do three things: do not renew the Flock contract, remove the cameras, and do not contract with any other ALPR vendor. We don't need them. Surveillance does not make OKC safer. Thank you.”

The Hard Line

Get the FLOCK out of OKC.

Surveillance does not make Oklahoma City safer. It is mass data collection on every resident who drives a car, operated by an unaccountable private vendor, with documented harms in every jurisdiction it has been deployed. We are not asking for better policies on Flock. We are asking for Flock to be removed and for no replacement vendor to take its place.

01

Do not renew the Flock contract.

The current contract expires June 30, 2026. The Council should vote against renewal. Allow it to lapse.

02

Remove the Flock cameras.

Direct Flock Safety to cease operating and physically remove all of its ALPR hardware from public infrastructure in Oklahoma City.

03

Do not contract with another ALPR vendor.

If Flock goes, Axon or another vendor cannot be quietly signed in its place. We don't need them. They are a privacy concern no matter what company owns them. If OKC wants this kind of system, it must hold a public hearing first - and we will be there to argue it doesn't.

If you believe in small government, this is small government. A private corporation has built a mass surveillance system that the government itself would not be allowed to build directly. Police agencies pay the corporation to access it. The data leaves city limits. Public records law can't touch it. This is big government, wearing a corporate badge.

DeFlock America · Field Guide

Live somewhere else? Bring this fight to your hometown.

Flock sells the same product in roughly 5,000 American cities - and the harms are the same in every one of them. We've published a field guide with the exact FOIA templates we used, council strategy, allies to find, and downloadable starter packs that work in any state. Use it to push back in your town. Send your findings back so we can connect residents working on this everywhere.

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