Pete Regan is a Tulsa attorney and business executive who has worked on infrastructure and transportation issues, including as a member of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. He has served as a Tulsa Community College regent and ran for Oklahoma lieutenant governor in 2006. He was elected to the Tulsa City Council from District 9 in 2026.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Candidate for Tulsa City Council, District 9
Statement summary
Pete Regan said he supports Flock cameras because they help police catch suspects quickly, while calling for privacy protections, weekly audits and severe punishment for misuse.
“As much as I hate to say it because it drives me nuts, I’m for it, and let me tell you why: I’m for it because neighborhoods have it as well. We caught two murders, that’s a double homicide. It took three hours to catch them There need to be privacy protections, guardrails, weekly audits, and severe punitive punishment if somebody has misused it. It has happened around the the country and maybe even the state. But right now, I think the police are handling it very well. And with precautions, I feel like it’s another tool to keep us all safe. Our police officers are also our neighbors (…) and I don’t love it, but I’m for it, and that’s why.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate readers such as Flock should exist and be used. Regan said he is for the cameras, credited them with a fast arrest in a double homicide and said police are handling them well. He also asked for guardrails and audits, but his conclusion is support for continued and expanded use, so we used Defended or excused rather than Mixed or conditional.
Statement dates: August 10, 2026
Statement dates: August 10, 2026
Statement dates: August 10, 2026
Statement dates: August 10, 2026
