Say NO to FLOCK cameras!!
The short version: A sitting state rep publicly opposes Flock cameras, showing ALPR pushback is breaking into mainstream political office rather than just activist circles.
Our Take
When a State Representative picks up a camera and says "no" to Flock, it's worth pausing on. Rep. Jolanda Jones isn't a privacy advocate by trade — she's an elected official putting her name on the line to tell constituents that mass license plate tracking isn't something they should have to accept quietly. That matters because the ALPR fight has mostly played out in city council meetings and local Facebook groups. Seeing it climb to the state legislative level is a sign the message is spreading.
Her core point lines up with what we've been saying all along: innocent people driving to work, church, or the grocery store shouldn't have their movements logged in a database just because a camera happened to be pointed at the road. Flock's pitch is always about catching bad guys, but the dragnet catches everyone, and the data doesn't disappear when the case is closed. Once that infrastructure exists, it's a permanent record of where you've been, available to whoever gets access to it — including through data-sharing agreements most residents never voted on or even know about.
If your city is quietly rolling out these cameras, don't wait for a state rep to notice. Check our camera map to see what's already been deployed near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps to push back before it becomes permanent infrastructure in your town too.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Rep Jolanda Jones, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.