Below is a curated listing of articles and news items that have been published on the topic of ALPR's and surveillance.
A new database lets New Jersey drivers see whether someone using a Flock Safety system searched for their license plate. Drivers can now check whether law enforcement agencies have searched their license plates through a public database built from records requests involving Flock Safety camera systems.
A national movement against Flock cameras, which can record your license plate and the make, model, color and location of your vehicle, is growing.
Some organizers in Camden County have formed "DeFlock South Jersey," a group aiming to get the cameras removed until there's more oversight and regulation.
There are growing concerns about the widespread use of Flock cameras, a type of ALPR – automated license plate reader.
Flock is just one manufacturer, but there are others, including Motorola. You will find some variation of ALPR’s in virtually every city in America.
Passaic, New Jersey is no exception.
Imagine if police had the Flock cameras when states were locked down in 2020.
— Chase Oliver (@ChaseForLiberty) August 10, 2026
Imagine how they would be used to track people and punish them for doing things like going to church or going to the beach.
This is not a left vs right issue. Its a wrong vs right issue and we all…
Wesley Jackson, a 20-year-old from Gerrardstown, West Virginia, is facing two felony charges after deputies say they caught him on camera cutting down Flock license plate readers in Monongalia County. He has pleaded not guilty. The internet, however, has a different idea – and roughly 20,000 people are willing to testify to it.
When a local news station posted about Jackson’s arrest on Facebook, the comment section transformed into something between a community character witness stand and improv comedy night. Strangers from across the country flooded in with alibis so heroic they’d make a Boy Scout blush.
A critical Reddit comment about immigration enforcement can, four months later, bring plainclothes agents to a poster's door carrying a printout of the post — a scenario no longer hypothetical. According to the Wall Street Journal, ICE has built a funded, contractor-powered surveillance operation that monitors social media around the clock — not just for credible violence, but for speech that challenges the agency's mission. Since early 2025, DHS has fired off hundreds of administrative subpoenas to unmask anonymous users. The volume is unprecedented, and the targets are often ordinary people.
As concerns over law enforcement’s use of Flock Safety cameras intensify, there has been an increasing number of reports about police officers misusing the surveillance system for personal purposes.
Officers all across the country have exploited the company's automated license plate reader cameras to track romantic partners or acquaintances in recent months. Despite claims that the cameras help police find and apprehend criminals, this new trend has raised even more complaints and criticisms about law enforcement agencies using the cameras with little to no oversight.
A half-dozen employees with the Savannah Police Department are under investigation for possibly misusing the city's Flock camera system, Mayor Van Johnson says.
In a Facebook post on Friday, the mayor said that the four officers and two civilian employees have been placed on administrative leave. The department has referred the cases to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for an independent investigation to see whether charges will be filed. The six individuals are also facing potential disciplinary action, including termination.