2 high school seniors argue Flock cameras on campus violate their right | WSB-TV

Our Take

Credit where it's due: Henry Jones and Aditya Manchanda noticed something a lot of adults walk right past. A camera bolted at the entrance to their high school, quietly logging every plate that rolls through the gate, parents included, with zero public debate about why it's there or who gets to see the data. WSB-TV deserves credit for actually putting teenagers on camera asking the question most school boards never get asked: what problem is this solving, and who approved it?

This is exactly how ALPR networks expand in practice. Not through a loud public vote, but through a quiet install on school property, justified after the fact as a safety measure, with no retention policy, no audit trail, and no sunset clause explained to the people whose movements it's capturing every single day. A school entrance is a chokepoint for an entire community, not just students. Parents dropping off kids, staff, delivery drivers, all of them get swept into a database that outlives any single semester or superintendent.

It's a good sign when the people most affected, the students themselves, refuse to just accept the cameras as background noise. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your own neighborhood, and if a school or city council near you is adding Flock hardware without a real conversation, our take-action page has the tools to push back before it becomes permanent infrastructure.