We are calling on El Paso City Council to cancel the Flock Safety contract and not renew it. We oppose this vendor and any similar private, venture-backed surveillance company that profits from El Paso residents' data. If the city insists on renewing despite public opposition, we demand the minimum conditions listed on our facts page — but our position is clear: the contract should end on May 16.
Flock Safety is not a public safety company that happens to collect data. It is a data company that uses public safety as its entry point. The price tells you everything.
How does a company justify a $7.5 billion valuation by charging less than $5,000 per camera per year? The hardware is not the product. The network is. Every city Flock enters adds to a massive, interconnected database of vehicle movements across America. That database — your routes, your patterns, your life — is what investors are valuing at $7.5 billion.
El Paso didn't buy a public safety tool. El Paso gave a private company free access to photograph every vehicle in our city, 24 hours a day, in exchange for hardware that costs less than a used car per year.
This is not a vendor accountability problem that better contract terms can fix. This is a business model problem. The only solution is to not participate in it.
If El Paso wants license plate reader technology, it should be locally governed and locally accountable — owned and controlled by the city, under ordinance, with elected officials answerable to residents. Not a venture-backed startup in Georgia that needs to justify a $7.5 billion valuation to investors. Public safety tools should serve the public — not a private data network.
Start with whichever feels easiest. All three together take less than 15 minutes.
You'll likely reach a staffer, not the representative directly. That's fine — staffers log every call. Be polite, be clear, and stick to the script.
Keep it focused. A clear, personal message is more effective than a long one.
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★ Reps. Limón and Canales voted for cancellation. Contact them to say thank you and ask them to keep pushing. Contact the other six to change their minds.
State your name and district. Say you oppose the Flock renewal and want it canceled. Give one or two specific facts — the Android 8.1 operating system that can never be patched, the Harris County data access question, the $7.5 billion valuation built on resident data. End with your ask. Sit down. One person speaking clearly and calmly does more than ten people shouting.
The most powerful thing you can do after contacting your representative is tell someone else. Share this site. Tell your neighbors. Post it in your neighborhood group. The contract expires May 16 — time is short.
Send it to anyone who drives in El Paso. That's everyone. Every person who drives past a Flock camera is in this.
Post it. Say it. Put it in your neighborhood group. It's true, it's documented, and it's hard to argue with.
You have the right to speak. Here's how.
El Paso City Council meets most Tuesday mornings at City Hall, 300 N. Campbell. Any resident can speak during public comment — you do not need to be invited, you do not need to be an expert, and you do not need to give your address.
To sign up: Sign up by 9am the day of the meeting. Call the City Clerk at (915) 212-0049 or email [email protected]
You get 3 minutes. Stick to the facts. Be respectful. End with a clear ask: "I am asking this council to vote against renewing the Flock Safety contract."
Need Spanish interpretation? Email [email protected] by noon the Friday before the meeting to request it at no cost.
Pro tip: Print and bring copies of our facts page to hand to council members and staff. A physical document in someone's hand is harder to ignore than a website.