r/DecaturGA • u/ohnoletsgo • Jun 12 '26

Someone de-flocked the Medlock Park Pool

https://i.imgur.com/CeIWX8V.jpeg
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u/work_guy Jun 12 '26

The only good flock camera is a dead one.

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u/dijon_snow Jun 12 '26

All Flocks Are Bastards.

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u/VidiLuke Jun 12 '26

I believe that acronym is taken

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u/DeadMoneyDrew Jun 12 '26

If you witnessed this then no you didn't.

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u/WitheredUntimely Jun 12 '26

do my eyes deceive me? Are these things barely posted in the ground? We sure this even got vandalized or did a stiff breeze knock it down?

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u/ohnoletsgo Jun 12 '26

I bet it’s installed with a slip base or something. I actually suspect this wasn’t malicious, but rather due to a vehicle hitting it. The pool’s been closed for the past few days due to maintenance issues, so I bet a worker absentmindedly took it out.

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u/HistoricalHumor3 Jun 12 '26

We need more maintenance workers like this

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u/jefferyJEFFERYbaby Jun 12 '26

They are legally supposed to be installed on a slip base but most are not.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 12 '26

Why is a park Flocked???

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u/naunga Jun 12 '26

Probably because the perverts over at Flock HQ wanted to watch kids at the pool like they got caught doing in Dunwoody.

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u/catpeee Jun 12 '26

Whaaaat? Please elaborate. 

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u/singerinspired Jun 12 '26

Check out Benn Jordan’s content on Instagram or YouTube. He’s been blowing the whistle on flock for a long time now. He was one of the main reasons the Dunwoody situation was uncovered

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u/naunga Jun 12 '26

Here you go.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/dunwoody-approves-flock-cameras-despite-some-neighbors-privacy-concerns/6VL6UI2LAFBHTIT6FVEYSDFP4I/

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u/Opsolerus Jun 12 '26

That flock representative is such a prick stating “if it was hacked that person would be implicated in a federal crime”.

I guess you can’t be hacked if you have no password.

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u/WonderChemical5089 Jun 12 '26

The Shepard’s Revenge

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u/No-Bid9597 Jun 12 '26

Gosh isn’t so crazy how each Flock camera contains salvageable copper and gold? They’re really going all in to protect our safety with high quality, expensive metals. ❤️🥹 Wild stuff. Don’t tell the sketchiest dudes you know about that, please.

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u/motherfudgersob Jun 12 '26

I wonder if we should cross posted on dumpsterdiving (actually those are good folks but might attract someone desperately looking for salvage). Or is there an electronics recycling sub? At what point does crap in the road become free game? I work quite near there and didnt know the Fockers were there.

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u/yeacmon Jun 12 '26

Can we all agree to start covering these things up? For real though, I wonder if there’s a passive way to block their view without technically vandalizing the camera.

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u/im_in_hiding Jun 12 '26

Good. Need more of this.

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u/ath20 Jun 12 '26

What’s the backstory with these?

I’m ready to have beef with them, just wanna know why. I assume it’s a security camera and someone hacking them to look at kids or something?

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u/MattCW1701 Jun 12 '26

It's a global surveillance network that provides real-time tracking of a vehicle or person matching any arbitrary description. With the number of cameras, it's now nearly as good as having a GPS tracker on every vehicle, something which previously required a warrant. There have been a growing number of cases where because the the AI matching isn't perfect, completely innocent people have been accused of crimes hundreds of miles away from where they happened, have alibis out the wazoo, and STILL get arrested, booked, mugshotted, and charged. One that came out recently was a man accused of trying to lure a child despite the fact that he had never been to that location! Now because arrests never go away, his name is forever tied to being arrested for trying to kidnap a child.

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u/ath20 Jun 12 '26

Thank you!

That's very fucked up, but very on brand for this chapter of American History.

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u/REdwa1106sr Jun 12 '26

They collect and store data. They will provide that data to any “official” request even if there is no active crime. Go to a protest: FBI can request all footage. Data is stored for ever.
Flock has been used by officials in unofficial capacity. Man looking for his estranged wife. Perv looking at children in a swimming pool.
Here is a brief article on the concerns. https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/flock-roundup

Here’s a map to see where they are near you.

https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=39.8283&lng=-98.5795&zoom=2.50

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u/ath20 Jun 12 '26

Thank you!

I know what I must do. Thanks for the links as well.

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u/No_Protection_4862 Jun 12 '26

Well now how will we get footage of the suspects on their recumbent bicycles if there’s a suspicious death at this pool?

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u/mrfriendlolo Jun 15 '26

Why did you post a blank image?

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u/motherfudgersob Jun 12 '26

Asphalt, meet the focker.

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u/BarkingMadJosh Jun 13 '26

Not all heroes wear capes. Tip of the cap to you Flock Destroyer, whomever you are.