Bob Brooks
Role at the time: 2026 Democratic House candidate in Pennsylvania
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Brooks accepted camera use to catch suspects while rejecting retention of innocent drivers' information.
“If they could use the Flock cameras to catch bad guys, that's fine by me. But there's no reason they should be storing innocent people's info”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Battleground congressional candidates in Pennsylvania talk Flock camerasOriginal candidate interviews and quoted campaign statements; syndicated text
Original candidate interviews and quoted campaign statements; syndicated text
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Brooks said using the cameras to catch suspects is fine but that there is no reason to store innocent people's information. Accepting use while objecting to retention fits Mixed or conditional.