Deflock Seminole County

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Our public roads have been turned into an unprecedented, for-profit surveillance network. In fact, this is happening all around the country, and Florida is leading the way.



Flock Safety—the surveillance company that is literally blanketing the country, and our state, with its unregulated "vehicle-fingerprinting" cameras—is doing so under the promise of increased public safety, based on claims and statistics that have repeatedly been found to be exaggerated or outright fabricated.



It's an age-old story of exploiting public fear for profit, but with a truly dystopian twist: the company's CEO, Garrett Langley, apparently envisions a future America "where crime no longer exists"—and believes the way to achieve that future is through a 24/7, total-surveillance society.



Never mind the simplistic notion that crime can be “solved” by placing our everyday lives under a microscope, rather than addressing its root causes.



But to blatantly call for what, in most Americans’ minds, is still a dystopian vision—one associated with some of the world’s most brutal authoritarian regimes—is something we simply haven’t seen before.



Nevertheless, Flock’s formidable marketing machine—powered by hundreds of millions in revenue and venture capital—ensures that one police department after another falls for the pitch, allowing the company's mass-surveillance network to spread across the country like poison ivy.



We should all be able to drive to a doctor’s office, a place of worship, or a political rally without being tracked and cataloged by the police. Is that really such a radical idea?



The loss of liberty is still hypothetical, right?



Not really.



Flock’s cameras don’t just capture license plates. They identify vehicles using a “vehicle fingerprint”—recording location, time, travel patterns, and more. This data is stored and shared without a warrant, often across jurisdictions, and with virtually no oversight. And despite company claims to the contrary, it is regularly used in ways that violate both public trust and Flock’s own stated policies.



Here are just a few examples:



— The feds' hidden immigration weapon: Virginia's surveillance network 



— ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows



— Dozens of Police Agencies in California Are Still Sharing Driver Locations with Anti-Abortion States.



How is this constitutional?



The short answer: it isn’t. But when has a lack of clear constitutional grounding ever stopped law enforcement from adopting new technology—especially when it expands their power?



Flock’s system collects and stores location data on millions of law-abiding people, without a warrant, probable cause, or individual suspicion. Legal scholars have raised serious Fourth Amendment concerns about this kind of mass surveillance.



On February 5, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that vehicle fingerprinting through pervasive camera surveillance likely violates the Fourth Amendment. The court found that this potential violation constituted a sufficient injury to give plaintiffs standing to sue the City of Norfolk, and it denied the City’s motion to dismiss—both on standing grounds and for failure to state a claim.



What can I do?



1. Join us



As with any grassroots effort, our strength is in numbers and our ability to quickly mobilize when there is a need for swift action. We’ll never share your information with anyone outside our organization—and if we ever receive a government subpoena for it, we’ll fight back and let you know.



2. Put pressure on the Seminole County Commissioners and the local city commissioners of Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry, Longwood, and Lake Mary.



The Seminole County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) quietly received approval from the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners on May 23, 2023, under a consent agenda to install ALPR cameras on county infrastructure and rights-of-way. This request was presented by SCSO as a one-year trial of 25 Flock cameras at no cost. The trial quickly expanded into a five-year $1.285m contract for 100 Flock cameras throughout Seminole County. There was no public notice and no opportunity for public debate.



Now is the time for you to voice your concern. Email and call your county and city commissioners. Show up at commission meetings to speak during the public comment periods. Letters to the editor, blog posts, comments at the county and city commission meetings and written comments are all effective ways to publicly express your strong opposition to police, government, and private surveillance of our roads and streets.



3. Share this site far and wide



Spreading the word is how we build power. The only way our voices will be heard is if enough people are raising theirs. Talk to friends and family, send them this link, post it on social media, text it to your group chats. Awareness is the first step to action—and without it, nothing changes.



Let’s make this impossible to ignore.