Shameka Parrish-Wright is a Democratic member of the Louisville Metro Council who has represented District 3 since November 2023. A community organizer, she has served as executive director of VOCAL-KY, an advocacy group focused on HIV/AIDS, drug policy, incarceration and homelessness. She is a candidate for mayor of Louisville 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: Louisville Metro Council member, District 3, running for mayor of Louisville
Statement summary
Louisville Metro Council member Shameka Parrish-Wright said Flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them are not good for a police department with a history of bias and racial profiling, and that the city should eliminate its Flock contract.
“These flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them is not good for a police department with a history of bias, with a history of racist practices, with a history of racial profiling, And so I don’t think that we are ready to deal with that. And so I think that we should eliminate our flock contract like other cities have done.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate camera systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Parrish-Wright said the city is not ready to handle the cameras given the police department's history and that Louisville should eliminate its Flock contract, which calls for ending the city's use of the system.
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
