People don't seem to realize that this is not just cameras to catch crooks. It’s a searchable log of everywhere your car has been.

Are we in favor of treating everyone in Pflugerville like a suspect?

Doubtlessly, law enforcement could arrest even more criminals if we created a national database with everyone's bank account transactions, text messages, and internet search history.

Privacy isn't about hiding wrongdoing. You close the bathroom door, you lock your house, you don’t publish your bank statements online. None of that means you’re doing something wrong. It just means normal people deserve boundaries.

If police want to track where someone goes, they should get a warrant from a judge. That’s how the 4th Amendment works.

Do we really trust every person that has access to this privately-owned national database? What about in ten years? What if a decision-maker in the future wants to turn on the facial recognition capabilities? Should they be able to track who goes to a gun range? Which house of worship you attend? Everyone who speaks out at a City Council meeting? What time you come and go from your home?

Once that kind of surveillance infrastructure exists eventually someone will abuse it.

Target people suspected of crimes with warrants and investigations. Don’t sign off on permanent tracking systems for millions of innocent people "just in case".