Voters in Texas City Reject Flock Cameras
Summary
League City, Texas, voters rejected continued use of the police department’s Flock license plate-reading cameras in an advisory referendum on November 3. The City Council had pledged to follow the result, and an October resolution calls for the cameras to be removed or covered within 72 hours after election results are certified.Key Facts
- Unofficial results showed 25,436 votes against continued camera use and 21,673 in favor.
- League City operates 55 cameras on public roads.
- The ballot measure asked whether police should continue using fixed automated license plate readers for law enforcement.
- The council unanimously agreed in October to abide by the referendum result, despite its nonbinding wording.
- The cameras record license plates, vehicle details, and the time and location of sightings.
- The system’s records were available to more than 400 agencies, and local police used it about 200 times per month, according to a Texas Tribune report cited in the article.
- Voters in York, Maine, also approved a measure to ban Flock cameras and require voter approval for future surveillance technology.
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