Florida orders Flock license-plate cameras off state highways

There is growing national momentum against ALPR mass surveillance. In the past year, dozens of cities have ended their contracts with Flock and other vendors. In the past week, Florida has ordered the removal of ALPRs from some roads, and Texas has ended its funding of city ALPRs. (1/2)

James Talarico is right: The constant, warrantless surveillance that flock cameras enable has no place in a free society.

“According to the prosecutor’s office, Thompson was still employed as a sheriff’s deputy when he conducted 2,055 searches of the same license plate using the Flock camera system. The searches occurred between Dec. 31, 2025, and Aug. 2, 2026”

Oversight isn’t enough. The surveillance state hurts all of us, especially marginalized communities. And we KNOW ICE is using relationships with local law enforcement agencies to abuse ALPR for unconscionable enforcement. (Did you know ICE arrested 50k+ people in July?)

As of this morning, IJ's ALPR abuse database contains: 55 stalking cases 81 other instances of individual misconduct 31 wrongful stops of innocent people 21 cases of miscellaneous misuse The overwhelming majority involve Flock, the leading ALPR provider ij.org/the-ij-datab...

In May this year, public concern over Flock surveillance had grown enough that a bipartisan amendment was put forward to immediately end state and local ALPR programs. It was eventually killed, partly due to Flock’s expanding lobbying operations. www.wired.com/story/a-bipa...

A second #ALPR abuser story today. This one is from #Louisville, KY! "According to the probable cause affidavit, between Dec. 31, 2025, and Aug. 2, 2026, Thompson allegedly searched the same license plate 2,055 times." NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #surveillance

BREAKING: After intense backlash the NFL has announced they're removing Flock cameras from stadium restrooms.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has blocked the use of license plate readers use on state roads, warning they could create a “surveillance state.” But in the past year, DeSantis has approved $4.6 million in requests for the cameras from local law enforcement agencies to conduct immigration enforcement efforts.

It's creepy how University of MN PD can just add another Flock camera facing the access to the hospitals within the last few days with no public oversight.

Three more Mass. towns cancel or pause Flock camera deals | Click on the image to read the full story

Who decides when Flock cameras and other surveillance systems become so ubiquitous that they violate the 4th Amendment? The people! Of course judges are weighing in on this question, but so is the public—in huge numbers! And policymakers, in many places, are agreeing with the public on this.

We're having The Big Flock ALPR Surveillance Debate in our town, and as I was researching Flock ownership, it blew my mind how incestuous it all is. The same faces keep showing up.

@mlauriat.bsky.social @tristansnell.bsky.social FUCK FLOCK CAMERAS.. DO THIS IN YOUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE!!!!

ALPR Cameras are made by many: Axon Kontek Industries REVO America Rekor Motorola Genetec Avigilon Just to point out a few companies other than Flock