Manifest Density

Darth Vader Crashes San Diego Council to Defend Flock Spy Cameras

By Tammy-Jo Pritchett · August 21, 2026
Opinion

A man in a full Darth Vader costume walked up to the podium at a San Diego City Council meeting Wednesday, and honestly, he made more sense than anyone else in the room.

The council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee was holding a hearing on the city’s Flock surveillance camera system, which has quietly grown to more than 550 cameras scattered across San Diego. These aren’t your grandmother’s traffic cameras. Flock’s technology reads license