Shoreview Mayor and City Council, 09.19.2026
The short version: A League of Women Voters forum lets Shoreview's mayoral hopefuls and a sitting council member go on record before voters — exactly the kind of local accountability moment that should include ALPR questions.
Our Take
Credit to the League of Women Voters of White Bear Lake Area for doing the unglamorous work of putting Shoreview's mayoral candidates, Paul Gardner and Josh Wing, alongside Council Member John Doan in front of voters for direct questions. These low-turnout municipal races are exactly where surveillance policy actually gets decided — not in Washington, but in city council chambers where contracts with vendors like Flock Safety get quietly approved or renewed with little public debate.
We don't know from this forum whether ALPR cameras came up directly, but that's the point: these are the races where it should. Mayors and council members are the ones who sign off on camera networks, set retention policies, and decide whether local police data gets shared with federal agencies or data brokers. If you're in Shoreview or anywhere else with a contested local race this cycle, candidate forums like this one are your chance to ask plainly — do you support expanding automated license plate readers in our city, and what oversight exists if you do?
Check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, then use that information to hold your own local candidates accountable before the next vote.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of League of Women Voters of White Bear Lake Area, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.