NOTICE OF OBJECTION, DEMAND TO CEASE UNLAWFUL USE OF FLOCK ALPR TECHNOLOGY, Get One today - Custom.

Our Take

Robert Cooper did something most people only complain about: he put it in writing. His 44-page "Notice of Objection, Demand to Cease Unlawful or Noncompliant Use" is a formal paper trail aimed at local governments running Flock Safety camera networks, and he's offering it up as a customizable template so other residents can send their own. We haven't reviewed the document's legal arguments ourselves, so we're not vouching for every citation in it — but the move itself matters. Most ALPR pushback dies in a city council comment period. A documented, served objection creates a record that can't be waved away later when a lawsuit, public records request, or state legislative fight needs evidence that residents raised concerns and local officials ignored them.

This is the kind of grassroots tooling the anti-surveillance fight actually needs more of. Flock's pitch to city councils is frictionless — sign a contract, flip a switch, cameras go up with almost no public debate. A template that lets ordinary people formally object, cite their jurisdiction's own data-retention and enabling-statute requirements, and force a paper response flips some of that friction back onto the agencies deploying this tech. Whether or not Cooper's specific legal theories hold up in every state, the instinct — document everything, make noncompliance costly, don't let silence read as consent — is exactly right.

If you're trying to figure out whether Flock or similar ALPR systems are already watching your streets, start with our camera map to see what's nearby. And if you're ready to push back at a council meeting or in writing, our take-action page has resources to help you make your own record, template or not.