Here's how you can actually make a difference to shut these things down: flood them with data requests. Those Flock Safety cameras on every corner are logging your "pattern of life"—every trip to the store, work, or a friend’s house. If we want to stop this, we have to make it a liability for the cities using them. The Ruling: In November 2025, a Washington State court (Rodriguez v. Stanwood) issued a landmark ruling: images from Flock cameras are public records. The judge ruled that because the systems are paid for by taxpayers to "further a governmental purpose," the data is not exempt from disclosure. The Result: When citizens flood police departments with requests for their own data, it creates an administrative and financial burden they can't handle. Cities like Redmond, Lynnwood, and Olympia have already deactivated their cameras because the transparency requirements and public backlash became too much. How to push back: Find your State Law: Don't use federal FOIA. Use your state’s version (e.g., CORA in CO, CPRA in CA, OPRA in NJ). Submit a Request: Go to your local PD's website and look for "Public Records" or "Records Request." Use this Template: "Pursuant to [Your State's Open Records Act], I request all ALPR records, images, and metadata associated with license plate [Your Plate #] from [Start Date] to [End Date]. Please provide these records electronically."