--- title: Flock You! Pushback on License Plate Readers | daily.dev description: Flock Safety's automated license plate reader (ALPR) network has grown from a niche law enforcement tool into a nationwide surveillance infrastructure spanning... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/flock-you-pushback-on-license-plate-readers-armmrvxha twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Flock You! Pushback on License Plate Readers | daily.dev og:description: Flock Safety's automated license plate reader (ALPR) network has grown from a niche law enforcement tool into a nationwide surveillance infrastructure spanning... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/flock-you-pushback-on-license-plate-readers-armmrvxha og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/arMMRVXhA.png og:image:alt: Flock You! Pushback on License Plate Readers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Flock You! Pushback on License Plate Readers **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Flock Safety's automated license plate reader (ALPR) network has grown from a niche law enforcement tool into a nationwide surveillance infrastructure spanning thousands of communities, private neighborhoods, and public spaces. While the technology demonstrably helps solve crimes, it also enables persistent tracking of ordinary citizens' movements, revealing where they live, worship, seek medical care, and associate politically. Privacy advocates raise both Fourth Amendment concerns (citing Carpenter v. United States) and First Amendment associational privacy arguments. Public opposition is intensifying across the political spectrum, and in May 2026 bipartisan lawmakers introduced an amendment that would condition federal highway funding on states banning ALPRs except for toll collection — a significant potential federal restriction on law enforcement surveillance technology. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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