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Our Take

If the headline on Nick's Right Podcast's latest upload holds up, this is a big deal. A bill that actually cuts federal dollars from ALPR dragnets is the kind of legislative pressure point that could slow the breakneck expansion of Flock Safety's camera network nationwide. We've watched city councils rubber-stamp these contracts for years using grant money and asset forfeiture funds with zero public debate — a federal funding restriction attacks that gravy train directly.

We don't have the full bill text in front of us, and we're not going to pretend we do. What we do know is that any legislation forcing a conversation about federal subsidies for mass license plate tracking is worth watching closely, regardless of which side of the aisle it comes from. Surveillance infrastructure doesn't care about party lines, and neither should the opposition to it.

Credit to Nick's Right Podcast for getting this on the radar fast. While we wait for more details to shake out, check our map to see how many of these cameras are already running in your town, and hit up our take-action page if you want to push your own representatives to back bills like this.