Does Nampa Police department sell data from their ALPR cameras? The answer is no.

Our Take

Credit to IdahoMAGAmom for digging into a question a lot of residents have: is my local police department profiting off the license plate data it collects? The answer she found — no, Nampa PD isn't selling the data — is a fair and important data point, and it's the kind of local accountability reporting we want to see more of, wherever it lands.

But "we don't sell it" is a narrow claim, and it's worth pushing further. Flock Safety's whole pitch to departments is a shared national network — plate reads from one city's cameras can be searched by agencies hundreds of miles away, often with little public visibility into who's looking, why, or how long the data sits around. No money changing hands doesn't mean no exposure. The real questions are about retention windows, audit logs, out-of-state and federal access, and whether Nampa residents can actually see who's queried their movements. Those answers matter more than the sales question alone.

If you're in Idaho or anywhere else wondering what's watching your commute, check our camera map to see what's already been documented near you, and visit our take-action page for ways to push your city council for real transparency — not just a "no" on the easiest question.