Sample public records request
Scripts for Council Meetings
Council meeting schedules and talking points
Calendario de reuniones del Consejo y puntos a tratar
Sample Phone / Email Message
Hi (councilmember / mayor), my name is ____ and I live/work in (your county / district / city). I am calling/emailing you to urge you to turn off and cover existing license plate readers (LPRs) and pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) cameras across (Pima County / Tucson). (Pima County / City of Tucson) should not be investing (county / city) dollars into building a mass surveillance system that threatens immigrant communities, undermines civil liberties, and contradicts the (County’s / City’s) commitments to equity, safety, justice, and transparency. I urge you to follow the leadership of South Tucson, Flagstaff, Sedona, Douglas, and Sierra Vista who all have already canceled their contracts with Flock.
Identified Cameras
An opensource map (OSM) of located cameras.
ALPR Watch
Automated license plate readers (ALPR / ANPR / LPR) are increasingly installed to monitor the movement of people. So we monitor their installation and use.
Have I Been Flocked?
This website aggregates audit logs that have been released via open records (FOIA) requests.
Eyes on Flock
Aggregating Flock Safety Transparency Portal Data
Flock Hopper
Create a driving route to avoid LPRs
The University of Arizona’s Mass Surveillance Contract with Flock Safety (Slide Deck)
62 identified and mapped ALPRs on the University’s campus, what you can do, what is a mass surveillance system, “the good, the bad, and the ugly” on Flock Safety. What has been done so far? Common statements, researched responses. What you can do as individuals. Statements and joint statements, news and media coverage.
Three ACLU Recommendations for City Council and State Laws
If the police or government leaders are pushing for Flock or another centralized mass-surveillance ALPR system in your community, we urge you to oppose it, full stop. You can do this by urging your local councilperson or other elected representatives to adopt our recommendations into law, attending public meetings and hearings, and raising the profile of the issue by writing letters to the editor and op-eds.
1. Data Retention
(Adopted from New Hampshire state law): Add by law or as an addendum to Flock contract: “Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, ALPR photos or data captured by the customer’s Flock camera, or otherwise provided to or shared with Flock by the customer, or any data generated therefrom, shall be deleted and destroyed by Flock no more than three minutes after such photos or data are first captured by, provided to, or shared with Flock, unless otherwise required by applicable law.”
2. Data Sharing / Use by Others
Add by law or as an addendum to Flock contract: “Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, ALPR photos or data captured by the customer’s Flock camera, or otherwise sent to or shared with Flock by the customer, or data produced therefrom, shall not be sent to, shared with, or used by or for any other person or entity.”
3. Database Use
(In addition to adding data sharing limitations above): Add by law or as an addendum to Flock contract: “Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, ALPR photos or data captured by the customer’s Flock camera, or otherwise sent to or shared with Flock by the customer, or data produced therefrom, may be compared only to hot lists created by the government Agency that provided the ALPR photo or data.”
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The ACLU works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.
Deflock Tucson 