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

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
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The renewal vote is in early July.
Show up before it happens.

The current Flock contract expires June 30, 2026. The Council vote on whether to renew is the next regularly scheduled meeting in early July (the exact date appears on the agenda about a week before). Three council members are already aligned against renewal. Five are not. The vote will be a public meeting. You can attend. You can speak. You can put yourself on the record.

Easiest action · ~60 seconds

Sign the ACLU of Oklahoma petition.

The ACLU of Oklahoma is delivering this petition directly to the eight OKC City Council members, City Manager Craig Freeman, and Mayor David Holt - demanding permanent termination of the Flock contract. Sign your name to the list before the July renewal vote.

Sign the Petition →
The petition demands: permanent termination of the Flock contract · immediate suspension of all city use · removal of all Flock hardware · a public hearing on any future ALPR contract with strict limits on use, sharing, and retention.
Before the vote

Email your council member

Five reps have not engaged. Use our template. Five minutes.

Download: DOCX | PDF
At a council meeting

Show up & speak

3 minutes at the mic. We've got the talking points and the logistics.

Download: DOCX | PDF
Day of the vote

Fill the room

City Hall, 200 N. Walker Ave, 8:30 AM. Every seat counts.

Check Agenda →

Council meeting logistics: Oklahoma City Council meets every other Tuesday at 8:30 AM at City Hall, 200 N. Walker Ave. Sign up to speak before the meeting starts. You get 3 minutes. The agenda (with exact item numbers) is posted on okc.primegov.com roughly a week ahead.

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Show Up at City Council Before July

This is working. Since April, we've addressed City Council, the ACLU has hosted a public town hall, and three council members - James Cooper (Ward 2), JoBeth Hamon (Ward 6), and Camal Pennington (Ward 7) - have engaged publicly. Cooper has called for full contract termination. Five other council members have not engaged. The renewal vote is in early July.

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. Every meeting between now and the renewal vote is an opportunity to put another resident on the record.

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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 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.

Nearly 50 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.