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Resident urges Rowlett to pause or re-evaluate partnership with Flock ALPR cameras over privacy and oversight concerns
Summary
A lifelong Rowlett resident told council the city operates 20+ Flock automatic license-plate reader cameras and plans to add more, and urged the council to provide transparency on access, retention and monitoring after citing national reports of misuse.
Veronica Meyerowitz, who said she has lived in Rowlett her whole life, urged the council to reconsider its partnership with Flock automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras and to provide clearer transparency and oversight. "Recently, I discovered there are 20 plus cameras, flock cameras around Rowlett, and we have plans to install 32 more this year. This is supposed to make citizens feel safe, but instead, all I feel is an invasion of my privacy," she said.
Meyerowitz cited national reports of misuse and said she was concerned about who has access to data, how long it is stored and whether the police department monitors searches. She noted the Institute for Justice and other watchdogs documenting instances of misuse and said Flock's auditing changes in 2025 have made it harder for agencies to track searches. She asked whether Rowlett citizens were adequately informed before installation and requested notice of any expansion of the system. The council acknowledged the comment; no vote or immediate staff directive was recorded on the camera question during the meeting.
