Block says Flock cameras should be regulated heavily, as other states have done
Ken Block2026 independent candidate for governor of Rhode Island
Ocean State Media quoted Block saying Rhode Island should regulate Flock cameras heavily, as other states have, while repeating that he hates the cameras and wishes the state did not have them.
“We should regulate them pretty heavily, and other states have”
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Where this statement fits
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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Ocean State Media report on Rhode Island's debate over Flock license plate cameras. It quotes Helena Foulkes's answer at Ocean State Media's Sept. 30 gubernatorial forum and Ken Block's remarks on the cameras, including his call to regulate them heavily.
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Ocean State Media quoted these remarks in an October 16 report on Rhode Island's Flock camera debate and the governor's race. Just before them, Block repeated that he hates Flock cameras, does not like them and wishes the state did not have them.
After the quotation
At the September 30 gubernatorial forum, Block had said he hates Flock cameras and wishes the state did not have them, without naming a remedy.
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Why this label?
Relative to whether networked license-plate surveillance should exist, Block dislikes the cameras but calls for regulating them heavily rather than removing them, so we labeled it Mixed or conditional. On the remedy ladder this is Guardrails, keep using. It changes the position in his September 30 answer, which named no remedy.
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