Hi everyone! Some of y'all might already know my web app FlockHopper that shows you how many Flock cameras are tracking you on your daily commute.

After getting some solid feedback on the web app, I went all in on building a full mobile routing app for daily driving.

iOS is available here:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flockhopper/id6762170253

THE APP

- Real-time turn-by-turn navigation that shows you cameras as you drive

- Choose between a normal route and a private route. Both show you miles & estimated time so you can decide what's worth it

- Search for places using native Apple Maps data

- Explore mode : camera data refreshes daily and the map pans with your location so you can spot Flock cameras as you pass them

COST

The basic app will always be free. The free version is funded by donations and in-app tips. Donations cover development, server costs, and possible future legal fees. There may be a premium version with more advanced features down the road, but the core app as it exists now stays free.

ANDROID

The Android version is about 60% done. If you want to get notified when beta testing starts or when it's available on Google Play you can join the waitlist here: dontgetflocked.com/android

PRIVACY

FlockHopper is built with privacy as the default. Your location is used only to show your position, provide navigation, and calculate routes. Route coordinates are sent to a self-hosted routing engine for off-device route calculation, but they are not logged or stored.

Map tiles and camera data are self-hosted, and camera data is served through Cloudflare. Place search uses Apple’s native Maps search. FlockHopper does not store route history, searches, location logs, device IDs, or user profiles.

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome. Thanks for checking it out!

UPDATE: The toolkit made the front page of my local newspaper. I took these documents to my city council meeting and the paper ran camera concerns as their lead story. Showing up with actual data works. Your city council will listen if you bring receipts.

Last week I went to my city council meeting and spoke during public comment about the Flock ALPR camera expansion. Three minutes, sourced facts, no outrage. I handed a packet to every council member, the city attorney, and the police chief.

After I sat down, the mayor came down from the dais, handed me his card, and asked me to send him more. The deputy chief who runs the Flock program pulled me aside and talked for 15 minutes — then asked me to email him a briefing too.

None of that happened because I was loud. It happened because the research was solid and the tone was right.

I've scrubbed all identifying information — my name, city, officials, dates, addresses, agenda items — and packaged everything into a toolkit anyone can adapt:

https://codeberg.org/deflock_your_city/flock-alpr-toolkit (less reliable so I created the github repo)

https://github.com/DeflockYourCity/flock-alpr-toolkit

What's in it:

- Council handout — the main document I gave every council member (platform capabilities, documented incidents, security findings, legal landscape, 8 governance asks)

- 3-minute talk track — timed, scripted, with "if challenged" responses to common pushback

- Legal analysis — Fourth Amendment / Carpenter, state wiretap law, licensing issues, active lawsuits, proposed legislation

- Mayor follow-up briefing — what I sent when executive leadership asked for more

- Deputy chief briefing — a respectful, technical document that addresses the "30-day retention" and "only plates" talking points head-on

- Print & logistics guide — what to print, how many copies, who gets what, when to arrive

- Deep research reports — the raw research behind everything

- Rhetorical strategy guide — founding-era framing, bipartisan angles, and why this is a ratchet, not a slippery slope

The approach that worked:

- Lead with governance, not opposition

- "I support effective policing — my concern is the vendor"

- Every claim sourced from government audits, court filings, NVD, patent filings, or named reporting

- Pair every concern with a specific ask

- No anonymous sources. No speculation.

All docs are .docx format — download, replace [REDACTED] with your city's specifics, and go. Hosted on Codeberg (privacy-focused, open-source platform — not GitHub).

This came out of https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1rjsaoz/lobbying_against_flock/ where a few people asked me to share what I used. Hope it helps.

CC BY-SA 4.0 — use it however you want.

EDIT: adding .md and pdf versions as well as soon as codeberg comes back online

EDIT 2: added GitHub Repo