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AI License Plate Readers (ALPRs) record you every time you drive past. These cameras are part of a broader AI surveillance platform; Flock’s patent describes facial recognition and searches for people and other objects across camera networks. Read the documents.

and you’re paying for them!

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Stylized solar-powered roadside camera mounted on a pole.

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* Update: Since this January 2025 video, public records have shown local agencies running Flock searches for federal immigration authorities and sharing the results. Flock says federal immigration authorities lack direct access by default—but local agencies can still grant federal access or run searches and share the results with federal immigration authorities.

How your travel is being tracked

  1. You drive by

    Running errands, going to work, picking up your kids.

  2. Roadside camera triggers

    Captures your image with a time and location.

  3. Artificial intelligence model ingests

    Reads your plate and vehicle characteristics (e.g. bumper stickers, color, roof rack, etc.).

  4. Searchable cloud record

    Plate, vehicle, image, time, and place become queryable fields.

so how did we get here?

a deep dive on Sylvania and Lucas County

Sales pitches, approvals, attempted reversals, oh my!

  1. City of Sylvania

    Flock appears out of nowhere

    A Flock representative presented to Council's Safety Committee.

    6–0 to move the proposal forward

    City Council minutes

  2. City of Sylvania

    Council buys the first 15 via emergency measure

    Council authorized 15 plate cameras and software as emergency legislation. Richardson votes no. Haynem votes yes reluctantly, after previously saying he needs time to get comfortable with the idea.

    $97,250 · vote 5–1

    City Council minutes

  3. Lucas County

    Lucas County's first Flock payment appears

    A County report records a Flock payment charged to Sheriff Law Enforcement. The product is not identified.

    $2,500 payment

    County payment report

  4. City of Sylvania

    Police report all 15 active

    The first-quarter police report said the cameras were fully activated.

    15 reported active

    City Council packet, p. 104

  5. City of Sylvania

    A $45,000 expenditure appears in a finance batch

    Council approved a batch that included a January Flock camera-system expenditure.

    $45,000 recorded expenditure

    City Council packet, p. 53 City Council minutes

  6. Lucas County

    Commissioners approve 25 cameras

    Commissioners approved the Sheriff's four-year agreement, which lists state and nationwide plate-lookup access.

    25 cameras · $62,500 a year · $250,000 total

    Commissioner minutes Lucas County ALPR agreement

  7. Lucas County

    Commissioners vote to reverse course

    One week later, commissioners voted to rescind the resolution that approved the agreement.

    Rescission passed 2–1

    Commissioner minutes

  8. Lucas County

    But it was too late. The Sheriff already signed.

    The County prosecutor said the rescission could not unwind a contract the Sheriff had already executed.

    25-reader contract continued

    13abc report WOSU follow-up

  9. City of Sylvania

    Council authorizes more cameras and another agreement

    One measure authorized two additional cameras. A separate measure authorized an agreement for 15 cameras and software; the minutes do not say whether it renewed the original 15 or added new units. Again, Richardson voted no.

    $13,300 + $90,000 · each passed 6–1

    City Council minutes, p. 6

  10. Lucas County

    County payments complete the annual charge

    Two County reports show $13,000 and $49,500 paid to Flock. Together they match the signed agreement's yearly price.

    $62,500 paid in 2026

    February payment report June payment report

  11. City of Sylvania

    The vendor portal lists 16 cameras

    Flock's public dashboard showed 16 cameras—one more than the 15 the city reported active in 2024, despite Council's 2025 authorization of two additional cameras. The public record does not establish whether one authorized camera was not installed, an older camera was removed or replaced, or the portal count is incomplete.

    16 listed by the vendor

    Flock transparency portal

See the other local decision trails

They moved quickly, but the people are starting to notice

Mapped cameras and Wikipedia page views Community-mapped ALPR cameras and monthly English Wikipedia views of the Flock Safety article from January 2024 through July 2026. The shaded area shows the numeric gap between the two series before Wikipedia views rose above the mapped camera count. The awareness gap Community-mapped ALPR cameras Monthly English Wikipedia page views 2024 2025 2026 0 50K 100K 150K 200K Awareness gap Awareness 195,416 Mapped cameras 134,152 Mapped cameras and Wikipedia page views Community-mapped ALPR cameras and monthly English Wikipedia views of the Flock Safety article from January 2024 through July 2026. The shaded area shows the numeric gap between the two series before Wikipedia views rose above the mapped camera count. The awareness gap Community-mapped ALPR cameras Monthly Wikipedia views 2024 2025 2026 0 50K 100K 150K 200K Awareness gap Awareness 195,416 Mapped cameras 134,152
Sources: OpenStreetMap Taginfo and Wikimedia.

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Local decisions

Find the votes, contracts, payments, and open questions where you live.

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Claims and evidence

Separate camera activity from accuracy, solved cases, and public value.

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Document room

Read Flock’s patent, the FBI’s nationwide-data solicitation, and Flock’s local-approval guide.

Open the documents

Public response

Review contract cancellations, public audits, campaigns, and growing attention.

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Tell them where you stand. Email your mayor and council.

I do not want nationwide vehicle surveillance in our local jurisdiction. Please do not approve, renew, or expand automated license-plate readers, and do not connect local cameras to a nationwide tracking network. Work to end existing contracts and put any future proposal to a public vote.