Rick Beard says Flock cameras should be voter approved or taken down
Rick BeardLegal Marijuana Now Party candidate for governor of Nebraska, in an emailed statement
In an emailed statement, Beard said he would rather the state spend money fixing potholes than on cameras that watch drivers, and that Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down.
“I would rather have the state spend money on fixing the damn potholes instead of spending money to watch us drive over them. Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down.”
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Sorry for my late reply..... I would rather have the state spend money on fixing the damn potholes instead of spending money to watch us drive over them. Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down. Thanks, Rick Beard R
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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Emailed statement
Emailed statement from Rick Beard to Dispute Index on Flock license-plate cameras
Sorry for my late reply..... I would rather have the state spend money on fixing the damn potholes instead of spending money to watch us drive over them. Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down. Thanks, Rick Beard R
About this source
Rick Beard sent this statement in reply to a Dispute Index request for comment, from the address listed on the contact page of his campaign website. The link is to the Rick Beard for Governor campaign website.
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Dispute Index asked the Beard campaign whether Beard supports, opposes or wants changes to the use of Flock-style license plate camera networks in Nebraska. The reply came by email on October 17, 2026, after requests on September 30, October 4 and October 16.
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The reply was signed Rick Beard and sent from the address listed on his campaign website's contact page.
How this statement is classified
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Why this label?
Relative to whether networked license-plate surveillance should exist, Beard objects to the state spending money on cameras that watch drivers and says Flock cameras need to be voter approved or taken down, so we labeled it Condemned. On the remedy ladder this is Guardrails, the milder of the two remedies he names, because voter approval would let communities keep the cameras.
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