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15‑year‑old resident urges Round Rock council to halt expansion of ALPR camera program, requests audit
Summary
At the June 25 meeting, resident Jaden Reynolds urged the council to stop expanding the city’s Flock Safety automated license-plate reader network, citing privacy concerns, KUT reporting of interagency access, and calling for an audit of external data queries.
Jaden Reynolds, a 15‑year‑old Round Rock resident, told the City Council on June 25 that the city should stop expansion of its Flock Safety automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) program and reconsider existing cameras.
Reynolds said the ALPRs “function as a mass surveillance network that infringes on our fundamental right to privacy,” cited warnings from the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and referenced reporting that Austin had ended its contract and that Austin police were still accessing Round Rock data through interagency sharing. He urged the council to provide “an audit of how many times our data was accessed by outside agencies this year and for what specific purposes.”
Mayor Craig Morgan did not debate substance during the public comment period but offered to connect Reynolds with the police chief for a follow-up conversation: “I might have him call you just so y’all can visit and him kinda talk to you and you ask him the questions you’d wanna ask.” No formal council action, direction or vote on the ALPR program occurred that night.
The comment places privacy and transparency concerns before the council but did not prompt an immediate staff report or council directive at the meeting. Reynolds asked the council either to vote against expansion or to initiate a review to remove existing cameras.
Status: public comment only (no action taken).
