Kipperlyn Sinclair Fights For Disclosure & Rules For ALPR Cameras And Drones Using AI Technology

Our Take

Credit to HillsboroHerald for putting a spotlight on Kipperlyn Sinclair's campaign, because this is precisely the kind of local pressure that actually moves the needle on surveillance policy. Most Flock and ALPR deployments happen with zero public debate — a council votes on a line item, a vendor contract gets signed, and suddenly every plate in the county is being logged and shared. When a candidate makes disclosure and AI drone rules a campaign issue, it forces the conversation into the open where it belongs.

We don't know the specifics of Sinclair's proposed policy yet, and we're not going to pretend we do. But the instinct is right: residents deserve to know where cameras are, who has access to the data, how long it's retained, and whether AI-driven drones are being layered on top of an already opaque ALPR network. Those are the exact questions that get buried when surveillance expansion is framed as a routine public-safety upgrade instead of a policy choice with real civil liberties consequences.

If you want to see what's already watching your own neighborhood, check our map of known ALPR locations, and if you're inclined to push your own local officials the way Sinclair is pushing Washington County, our take-action page has a starting point.