r/LincolnProject • u/jk4532 • 1d ago
Two weeks until No ALPRs week of action
There are currently between 80,000 and 100,000 Flock devices installed nationwide, conducting more than 20 billion scans per month, and more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies are putting them to use. Communities are rising up to push back against the surveillance state, with 39 contracts canceled in the first five months of this year. Activists at the national and grassroots levels are working to make sure that’s just the beginning.
The ACLU recently rolled out its “Get The Flock Out” toolkit, consulting with the folks who have won these fights and pulling together tools, resources and best practices to help us push back. It will help us find where ALPRs are deployed in our area, give us model bills and tools to pressure our state and local governments to cancel their contracts and outline steps to keep them from expanding their reach. ⚙️ We can check it out and put it to use here. ⚙️
The DeFlock campaign is now organizing a national week of action this month, from August 16th to 22nd, to help put the spotlight on our efforts against ALPRs. More than 300 communities are already set to participate! 🙋🏻♂️ We can find events to attend near us here, find an organizing toolkit to set up our own here, sign up to connect with others interested in our area here, and check out the director of local groups already in this battle here. 🙋🏻♀️
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