Bankhead backs warrants and limits on Flock-style tracking
Alani BankheadDemocratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana
Senate candidate Alani Bankhead said she would back a warrant requirement for government access to location data and would rein in Flock-style tracking.
“I'll back the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act so the government has to get a warrant instead of buying its way around your rights, rein in Flock-style tracking, and require these companies to collect and keep the bare minimum, not a permanent file on every Montanan. If they want your data, they get a warrant. Same as it's always been.”
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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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Campaign policy page for Alani Bankhead, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana. The page carries no publication date and was read on September 30, 2026.
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The passage sits in a section of her data center policy page that says a data center should never become a surveillance machine.
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She said the same rules have to reach the whole data pipeline, including data brokers.
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Bankhead calls Flock-style cameras a dragnet and backs a warrant requirement plus data minimization. She does not call for a ban.
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The Dispute Index. "Bankhead backs warrants and limits on Flock-style tracking". First published: 2026-09-30. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/3527-senate-candidate-alani-bankhead-said-she-would-back