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Residents push county to remove 'Flock' license-plate readers and require warrants for digital tracking
Summary
A petition of over 200 residents requested removal of more than 160 active Flock cameras on public property and asked the county to pass an ordinance requiring public hearings and judicial warrants for digital tracking; speakers warned of legal exposure and urged transparency.
Multiple speakers presented petitions and statements urging the board to curb what they described as warrantless mass surveillance carried out via 'Flock' license-plate readers and similar camera systems. Deborah Campbell said her group collected over 200 signatures and asked the commission to remove more than 160 active Flock systems on public property and to pass a local ordinance requiring public hearings and judicial warrants for digital tracking, arguing continuous, warrantless leases expose the county to costly lawsuits.
Other commenters cited maps and crowd-sourced tallies (dflock.org) alleging the county is heavily surveilled, with one commenter reporting roughly 192 flagged devices and saying the county has more than 100 cameras per 1,000 miles of road; speakers asked for transparency about who controls and accesses the data. No staff response or legal action was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
