Josh Shapiro said he would welcome legislation banning Flock cameras throughout Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania governor and 2026 candidate
“I would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban these across the state.”
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Shapiro answered a question about Flock cameras at a late August news conference.
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He distinguished the cameras from other law-enforcement tools.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Shapiro said he would welcome bipartisan legislation to ban the cameras across Pennsylvania. Backing a statewide ban is a call to end the network, so Condemned fits.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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