Shameka Parrish-Wright calls for ending Louisville's Flock contract
Shameka Parrish-WrightLouisville Metro Council member, District 3, running for mayor of Louisville
Louisville Metro Council member Shameka Parrish-Wright said Flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them are not good for a police department with a history of bias and racial profiling, and that the city should eliminate its Flock contract.
“These flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them is not good for a police department with a history of bias, with a history of racist practices, with a history of racial profiling, And so I don’t think that we are ready to deal with that. And so I think that we should eliminate our flock contract like other cities have done.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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Spectrum News 1 Kentucky report on debate in Louisville over Flock license-plate cameras and other new technology.
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Spectrum News 1 reported that Mayor Craig Greenberg defended the city's Flock cameras and that Parrish-Wright said the city should be far more transparent about the cameras and their oversight.
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The article reports that she also raised concerns about the cameras being used to track or stalk individuals, and that police have rejected calls to disclose camera locations.
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate camera systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Parrish-Wright said the city is not ready to handle the cameras given the police department's history and that Louisville should eliminate its Flock contract, which calls for ending the city's use of the system.
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The Dispute Index. "Shameka Parrish-Wright calls for ending Louisville's Flock contract". First published: 2026-09-29. Last updated: 2026-09-29. https://disputeindex.com/events/3129-louisville-metro-council-member-shameka-parrish-wright-said