ACLU calls on cities to ban ALPR systems
Civil liberties organization
“the best privacy protection is to ban ALPRs altogether.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Campaign page and September 2026 Senate testimony reference
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The ACLU's September campaign identified a network of automated license-plate readers beyond Flock alone.
After the quotation
The ACLU described a ban as the strongest privacy protection while also documenting local efforts to cancel contracts and regulate these systems.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. The ACLU said the best privacy protection is to ban the readers altogether and urged cities to do so. A call to prohibit the network fits Condemned.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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