Flock
What is Flock?
Flocks Claim: Flock is a public safety technology company that builds connected camera, audio, and investigative systems to help communities respond to and investigate safety incidents using objective evidence.
Democracy Now! Claim: The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-sorted database has created a new, nationwide mass surveillance system. With few regulations or oversight on its use, Flock’s data can be sold to third parties or shared with federal agencies such as ICE, says the ACLU’s Chad Marlow, who works on efforts to regulate and cancel Flock’s contracts with local law enforcement. Because Flock’s indiscriminate system records information on all cars and drivers that pass its cameras, “we have a company working to record the comings and goings of every single person in the country,” in what Marlow calls “a very un-American take on privacy.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/21/flock_aclu_chad_marlow
This facility houses IT infrastructure for building, running, and delivering applications and services. Also serves to store and circulate data from said applications and services.
What is a Data Center?
IT infrastructure refers to hardware, software, networks, security services, and data management.
Since AI; A subset of IT Infrastructure, requires more power to train, Modern Data Centers are designed to implement AI, hence beginning to see more Data Centers trying to be built.
What are some examples of utilities?
Electricity, gas, trash pickup, water and sewer services.
What is third space?
Third spaces or public places are recreational/public locations where people are able to go to and have downtime/leisure time outside of work/school. This includes libraries, parks, public pools and/or national parks etc.
What are some of the key products regarding agricultural industries in the Central Valley?
Fruits: Almonds, grapes, oranges, peaches, plums; Vegetables: Tomatoes, lettuce, onions, garlic; Nuts: Walnuts, pistachios; Field crops: Cotton, alfalfa, rice; Dairy
Source: What are major industries in the Central Valley region of California? - Mike Gravel
Flock claims its cameras only do this to vehicles — take point-in-time images — and specifically deny doing this to individual people.
What is track/tracking?
Institute for Justice Claims: An ongoing review of media reports and public records by the Institute for Justice has identified at least 28 cases nationwide of officers allegedly abusing ALPR data this way, with the bulk of those incidents happening since 2024. Nearly all of these officers were criminally charged and lost their jobs, either by resigning or getting fired.
Founded in 2003; Known for partnering with SoCal Edison, an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software.
What is Palantir?
What are some of the most expensive utilities in the central valley?
Electricity.
Who is in charge of creating national park laws?
The National Park's Service
What is the largest export in the Central Valley?
The largest export from California’s Central Valley is almonds, which in 2024 accounted for $4.95 billion in foreign sales — the highest value among all California agricultural exports that year.
Almonds are a signature crop of the Central Valley, with the region producing about 80% of the world’s almonds
California Agricultural Exports 2024-2025
Flock claims its cameras only do this to vehicles — take point-in-time images — and specifically deny doing this to individual people.
What is an automatic/automated license plate reader (ALPR)?
The Corporation that was created in March of this year and is proposing a system of “emergency resilience infrastructure” (or data centers) on all of California's public fairgrounds.
Global Stack USA
Who primarily provides electricity and gas in Tulare County.
So Cal Edison.
Who funds our public libraries?
So many things!
- Local government budgets
- Property taxes
- State grants
- Federal government (e.g Library Services and Technology Act LSTA)
More info:
What industry hires the most people in the Central Valley? Name one of the top employers.
Healthcare — Still the #1 Growth Industry
Healthcare is booming everywhere, and the Central Valley is no exception. Hospitals, clinics, and home health agencies are constantly hiring.
Central Valley Job Market 2025: What's Hiring, What's Not | 209.works Blog | 209.works
Some of the top employers are:
Community Health System – 11,700 employees (healthcare)
Kaweah Health – 4,237 employees (healthcare)
Valley Children’s Healthcare – 4,000 employees (healthcare)
Adventist Health Reedley – 882 employees (healthcare)
What's new in the Business Journal's 2026 largest employers list
This is the umbrella term for the newest area Flock has expanded into beyond ground cameras — airborne devices now used alongside its ALPR network for public safety."
What are drones?
*Flock has moved into drones as another growing product line.
Source: https://www.govtech.com/spotlight/why-flock-safety-finds-itself-in-a-surveillance-backlash
Who is the person responsible for appointing fairground board members.
What is: The Governor
What local department is in charge of providing city public services and utilities?
Public Works Departments
Which is typically held accountable by city council members.
What are some of the main concerns involving third spaces?
There is a lack of third spaces or that third spaces are becoming too inaccessible.
Reasons include: rising inflation, social media/internet, modern urbanization etc.
https://www.aei.org/society-and-culture/americas-third-places-are-disappearing-and-why-it-matters/
People in this job represent different areas of the city. They create local laws, approve the city budget, and make decisions about roads, parks, police, fire services, housing, and other city programs. They also listen to community concerns and represent residents in city government
What is city council?
According to reporting by the San Francisco Standard, this many Flock contracts were terminated across 28 states between August 2021 and May 2026, reflecting a growing local backlash.
What is 82?
Between August 2021 and May 2026, 82 Flock contracts were terminated in 28 states, according to reporting by the San Francisco Standard.
Source: https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/11/flock-safety-berkeley-sanctuary-city-contract/
This group is responsible for making decisions regarding the Tulare County fairgrounds. On July 21st, they held a public meeting regarding a proposed data center project.
What is: Tulare County Fairgrounds District Agricultural Association Board
Board Directors:
Gary Castro, President
Grace Calderon
Greg Gomez
Rosa Villalobos
Hipolito Cerros
Jonathan Porter
What regulatory agency is responsible for "ensuring that you have safe, reliable utility service at reasonable rates, protecting against fraud, and promoting the health of California’s economy."
California Public Utilities Commission - CPUC
Who coined the term "third spaces"?
Sociologist, Ray Oldenburg in his book "The Great Good Place".
https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/third-places-true-citizen-spaces
People in this job represent different areas of the county. They approve the county budget and oversee services such as public health, elections, social services, libraries, county roads, animal services, and emergency response. They help decide how county resources are used.
What is County Supervisor?