Amy McCamly Public Testimony on ALPRs | Hayden City Council — Aug. 11, 2026
The short version: A Hayden resident's public comment on ALPRs shows how local council meetings remain a key battleground for pushing back on Flock surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Hayden Reporter for keeping a camera on the parts of local government that actually matter: the three minutes a regular resident gets at the podium. Amy McCamly's trip to the microphone at the Aug. 11 Hayden City Council meeting is exactly the kind of grassroots pushback that doesn't make national news but is often the only real check on how a city deploys ALPR networks. We don't have her full remarks in front of us, so we'll let the video speak for itself rather than put words in her mouth — but the fact that this is happening at all is the story.
City councils are where Flock Safety contracts get approved, renewed, or quietly expanded, almost always with minimal public debate and little scrutiny of who has access to the data, how long it's retained, or whether it's shared with federal agencies. Public comment periods like this one are often the only moment a resident can get specifics on the record before a vote. Whether Hayden's council actually responds is another question entirely, but a documented objection matters later when residents want to point back to a moment they raised concerns.
If you live near Hayden or anywhere else with ALPR cameras going up, don't wait for a council meeting to find out. Check our camera map to see what's already tracking your streets, and head to our take-action page for tools to push back before the next contract renewal sails through unopposed.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Hayden Reporter, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.