Bob Duff Calls for Pause on CT License Plate Cameras, Citing Privacy Concerns | The Lisa Wexler Show
The short version: A Connecticut Senate leader is publicly questioning ALPR expansion — a rare case of a sitting legislator pumping the brakes on Flock-style surveillance.
Our Take
When a sitting Senate Majority Leader goes on a radio show and says 'maybe we should pause on license plate cameras,' that's news. Most of the time elected officials rubber-stamp these systems because a vendor sales rep promised them it'll stop catalytic converter theft. Bob Duff, representing Norwalk and Darien, is doing something different: actually asking whether towns across Connecticut should slow down before blanketing the state with networks that log every car's movements, whether or not anyone's suspected of a crime.
We don't know yet what specific proposal Duff has in mind, or whether it'll go anywhere in Hartford. Lawmakers raise concerns all the time and then nothing happens. But the fact that this conversation is happening on a mainstream local show, framed explicitly around privacy, is a signal that the Flock Safety sales pitch isn't landing uncontested anymore. Credit to Lisa Wexler for giving the issue airtime instead of letting it slide by as another 'public safety tool' story.
Connecticut residents who want to know what's already watching their street don't have to wait on Hartford — check our camera map to see what's been deployed near you, and if you want to push back locally, our take-action page has the tools to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Lisa Wexler, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.