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Governance asks

Boards that vote yes on cameras without rules are buying liability. Ask for public safety and constitutional control — not a blank vendor contract.

Primary ask — vote this first

1. Review and end (or non-renew) Flock and similar ALPR contracts Your 3-minute talk leads here for a reason: once the grid is up, abuse and mission creep get cheaper every year. Dozens of U.S. cities have already cancelled or constrained these deals after public scrutiny.
2. Freeze new cameras, renewals, and feature upgrades until written policy exists No expansion on the consent agenda. No “temporary” pilots that become permanent. Pause until the governing body — city council or county commission — has debated retention, sharing, audits, and Fourth Amendment risk in public.

If they keep the system — non-negotiable safeguards

If the Board will not cancel tonight, do not leave without these minimums. Pair every concern with a recorded vote.

3. Adopt a written ALPR / plate-reader policy by ordinance Georgia has no statewide ALPR statute. Without a local ordinance, the vendor’s terms and a police login screen become the only “policy.” Put rules in law the public can read.
4. Cap data retention at no more than 30 days by ordinance — shorter is better Vendor “30-day” marketing is often a dashboard setting that can stretch far longer. Carpenter-style pattern-of-life risk grows with every day of storage. Cap it in ordinance, not a vendor checkbox.
5. Default: no sharing beyond the local agency; no National Lookup; no standing federal access Require a recorded governing-body vote for any exception. Ban side-door lookups for ICE or other agencies without a warrant. Local cameras should not quietly feed a nationwide dragnet.
6. Require a warrant (or documented active felony case) for historical / pattern-of-life searches Aligns with the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Carpenter v. United States (2018): long-term location history is not a casual “investigation” field. Vague search reasons like “investigation” enable stalking and fishing expeditions.
7. Ban audio / voice detection and AI person-search features in the public right-of-way Platforms expand by software update — gunshot mics that listen for voices, description-based person search, more sensors. Ban the capability before it arrives as a silent upgrade.
8. Independent security assessment before any renewal or expansion — results public Confirmed CVEs, weak authentication, and cameras compromised in seconds are documented. Taxpayers should not underwrite unaudited cloud surveillance.
9. No vendor setting changes without written authorization from the governing body or its designee Mountain View’s nationwide sharing was enabled without the department’s knowledge. If the vendor can flip a switch, the Board never truly controlled the system.
10. Quarterly public audit reports and a transparency portal Publish search counts, stated reasons, outside agencies, hit/false-hit rates, and sharing logs. Internal “audits” the public cannot see are not oversight.
11. No new features without a recorded governing-body vote; review the full contract before renewal Lock the scope to what was sold. Renegotiate or reject terms that grant perpetual vendor licenses, unilateral policy changes, or open-ended data use.

After the meeting

1. Follow up in writing Email members the same asks and sources you used at the mic.
2. Bring a neighbor next time Five speakers is a comment period. Twenty-five is hard to ignore.
3. Keep mapping Update deflock.me so the community map stays accurate.
4. Connect Join the DeFlock West Georgia Facebook group to coordinate with neighbors. Also use deflock.org/council and DeFlock Atlanta.