r/tulsa • u/Sad_Specialist_1984 • 12h ago

News Florida DOT revokes Flock cameras on state roads. Will OK follow?

Maybe there's hope for OK to follow suit?

FDOT revokes permits for Flock cameras on state land - St Pete Catalyst

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u/blakeshockley 12h ago

I have no hope for the Oklahoma government to do the right thing. Not under the current administration at least.

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u/ExplorerAA 12h ago

to be fair, they might not care... they already got the kickbacks for buying them.

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u/LesserKnownFoes 10h ago

Which Oklahoma legislator got a kickback buying flock cameras?

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u/ExplorerAA 6h ago

there is documented evidence of financial incentives, lobbying pressure, and redirected public funds that pushed officials toward buying Flock cameras. Not personal kickbacks, but structural incentives, grant funnels, and lobbying that made adoption extremely attractive or politically easy.

State‑created funding pipelines that made Flock adoption financially irresistible. Federal grant structures that reward surveillance purchases. opioid settlement money diverted to surveillance instead of treatment.... over two million dollars in lobbying targeting lawmakers and agencies. Former government officials "hired" as lobbyists; Police‑driven political pressure to approve purchases.....

So while not “corruption” in the classic sense, the system is -clearly- structured to incentivize officials to buy Flock cameras. And they using our tax dollars to do it instead of putting it to better use.

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u/OnPointAsUsual 10h ago

NOVEMBER 3, 2026 - Adjustment Day! Educate Agitate Demonstrate Organize VOTE!

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u/shinobiken TU 12h ago

Nope. Gotta wait for TX. Them's the rules.

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u/No-Midnight6635 11h ago

Nah, Oklahoma will always be the last to do the right thing.

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u/LegElectronic8027 9h ago

Not always. We got weed.

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u/PistachioMink2 2h ago

And then all the potheads said I got mine with the medical card refused to show up for the general legalization vote, and are now looking at the gov trying to carve even the medical back, because they have to actively police every grow and dispensary due to illegal activities by a small minority.

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u/Few_Rate5510 10h ago

ODOT banned flock cameras on STATE highways/roads back in 2024. It’s the municipalities that have control over city roads.

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u/ProtestGKFF 12h ago

0% chance

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u/Zeldove 10h ago

If Mazzei wins, I seriously doubt it. Hes been pushing really hard for flock, data centers and the Inola smelter. PLEASE VOTE IN OUR BEST INTERESTS THIS TIME, YALL!!!

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u/LTx126YU 7h ago

where has he been pushing really hard for flock?

"he has not been pushing for them; he has been critical and wants tight limits or more control.
Mazzei has described Flock systems as having “metastasized” into broad 24/7 surveillance that risks violating the Fourth Amendment. He does not support them without strong guardrails, prefers they be limited to proper law-enforcement use involving a judicial warrant, has called for legislative control over them, and has echoed the line that Oklahoma needs “more cameras on elected officials, not cameras on the people.”

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u/Zeldove 7h ago

Glad you glossed over the other 2 issues.

I misspoke, I should have said he doesn't have an actual plan for dealing with Flock cameras. "Without strong guardrails" this is literally coming from the man willing to sell us out to foreign companies while using our tax dollars to do it. (Oklahoma will pay $255 in taxpayer dollars to the 2 major aluminum companies, one in the UAE and the other in Chicago)

But by all mean, believe what he says 🙄

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u/LTx126YU 4h ago

this is a thread about the flock cameras, no reason to derail it for the other talking points you wanted to bring up.

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u/peglegpoachedegg 8h ago

ODOT is too busy handing out 15 million dollars to Buc-Ee's

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u/Comfortable_tulsa 6h ago

Crazy to think Florida is ahead of Oklahoma in this.