I built a surveillance accountability platform for my hometown. Here's why.
Monterey County has been quietly installing Flock Safety license plate readers — cameras that log every car that drives past, where it was, and when. Most residents have no idea they exist, let alone who has access to the data.
So I built DeFlock Monterey (deflockmonterey.com):
→ A petition demanding transparency from local agencies
→ A CPRA public records request page (California's FOIA) so anyone can demand answers
→ A government contract tracker showing exactly what agencies are paying Flock
→ Email list for organizing turnout at city council meetings
No VC money. No team. Just Next.js, public records law, and a hometown I actually care about.
Steal this playbook for your own town. Every city with Flock cameras (5,000+ communities and counting) is a city where this site doesn't exist yet.
