Tell Apache Junction: NO to mass surveillance
In Apache Junction, a police officer misused Flock data to track his wife. We are demanding that the Flock contract be terminated immediately, and that an ordinance be passed blocking the city from using ANY ALPRs to prevent them from continuing this unconstitutional mass surveillance system through another company.
The two most impactful things you can do right now are emailing the city council, and attending the September 1 council meeting, demanding the Flock contract be terminated immediately, and that an ordinance be passed ending ALPRs in the city.
Bonus – when you see an ALPR camera on your day-to-day business, let us know. We’re working on mapping Apache Junction’s cameras.
What is an ALPR?
ALPRs are cameras that capture information on every single vehicle that passes by. This includes not only a car’s license plate, but date, time, location, and increasingly, make, model, bumper stickers, dents, and any other identifiable characteristics that can be picked up by the AI systems embedded in this surveillance technology. This type of dragnet surveillance is what violates our constitutional rights. The ACLU argues that using ALPR systems gives the government “unprecedented powers of surveillance that upset traditional expectations of privacy in violation of the Fourth Amendment”. This is an issue that applies to all ALPRs, not just from Flock. This includes Axon, Motorola, Genetec, Leonardo, and any other ALPR company.