Troy Jackson
Role at the time: Former Maine Senate president and 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine
Condemned
Statement summary
Troy Jackson said he would vote for a ban on Flock cameras, saying Mainers want their privacy protected and do not know what else the data is used for.
“Yeah, I would. I mean, I think right now, everything I know personally and as far as for people across Maine, they do not like it. People’s privacy is something that I think they want protected. We don’t know what else they’re using the data for. I don’t like that and I would vote against it.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Troy Jackson: I'd vote to ban Flock and other AI-powered license plate reading camerasTranscript below the audio clip
Maine Newsroom audio clip and transcript of a question put to Troy Jackson in York, Maine, about a Flock camera ban.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate readers such as Flock should exist and be used. Asked whether he would vote for a Flock ban, Jackson said yes and that he would vote against the cameras, citing privacy and unknown uses of the data. We used Condemned because he supports banning the cameras.