Remove Flock Cameras
Petition to Remove Flock Safety Cameras from Arkansas City, Kansas
We, the undersigned residents and concerned citizens, call upon the Arkansas City Commission and the Arkansas City Police Department to discontinue the use of Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader cameras and remove them from our community.
These cameras continuously photograph vehicles, record license plates, document locations and travel patterns, and store information about people who have not been accused of any crime. This warrantless collection raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns and undermines the principle that citizens should be free from unreasonable government surveillance.
Flock camera alerts can also place innocent people under suspicion because of outdated records, incorrect plate readings, stolen plates, or mistaken associations with a vehicle. In practice, this can force citizens to explain their movements and prove their innocence—even though our justice system requires the government to establish probable cause and prove wrongdoing.
Public safety matters, but it should not come at the cost of treating every driver as a potential suspect. Once collected, this information may be retained, searched, or shared with agencies outside our community without the vehicle owner’s knowledge or consent. Such a powerful surveillance system also creates opportunities for misuse, unauthorized access, and tracking unrelated to a specific criminal investigation.
We therefore ask Arkansas City officials to:
- End the city’s agreement with Flock Safety.
- Remove all Flock cameras operating on behalf of the city.
- Delete locally controlled historical license-plate data to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Disclose how the system has been used, what it has cost taxpayers, which agencies have accessed the data, and whether any incorrect alerts have resulted in stops or investigations.
- Require meaningful public notice, debate, and approval before adopting any similar surveillance technology in the future.
Arkansas City can support effective law enforcement without creating a permanent record of innocent citizens’ movements. We urge our city leaders to protect constitutional rights, government transparency, and the presumption of innocence by removing Flock cameras from our community.
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Reached 100 supporters
September 17, 2026
35 Comments
They create a permanent comprehensive log of a persons movement over time violating the fourth amendment and have been used as probable cause for crimes that have no victim. Edward Abram’s-Philips case. There has also been countless cases of domestic abuse and romantic stalking by law enforcement officers. It is not being used for violent crime. The creators of Flock don’t want Flock cameras in their neighborhoods and neither should you. Do not sell out to these tech oligarchs.
I believe that with the advancement of Artificial Intelligence Technology this is a tool that will be used to infringe against our fourth amendment right to privacy.
It’s a Segway to a much more severe level of government monitoring. I’m thankful these weren’t as numerous during Covid.
Too many mistakes are made with flock cameras and too many officers are abusing the access to cameras
Privacy infringement, and unjust use of surveillance have cause may innocent people to be suspended of crime and arrested unjustly.
Unconstitutional
The city needs to provide notice of cancelation within 30days of renewal or they are locked into a 36month term. They signed it 11/10/25 . There is one meeting left. This is the least painful opportunity for the commission to do something over the next 3 years. Save $$$ and potentially give that money back into direct policing in our community. Do not miss the first October meeting.
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Remove Flock Cameras
Petition to Remove Flock Safety Cameras from Arkansas City, Kansas
We, the undersigned residents and concerned citizens, call upon the Arkansas City Commission and the Arkansas City Police Department to discontinue the use of Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader cameras and remove them from our community.
These cameras continuously photograph vehicles, record license plates, document locations and travel patterns, and store information about people who have not been accused of any crime. This warrantless collection raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns and undermines the principle that citizens should be free from unreasonable government surveillance.
Flock camera alerts can also place innocent people under suspicion because of outdated records, incorrect plate readings, stolen plates, or mistaken associations with a vehicle. In practice, this can force citizens to explain their movements and prove their innocence—even though our justice system requires the government to establish probable cause and prove wrongdoing.
Public safety matters, but it should not come at the cost of treating every driver as a potential suspect. Once collected, this information may be retained, searched, or shared with agencies outside our community without the vehicle owner’s knowledge or consent. Such a powerful surveillance system also creates opportunities for misuse, unauthorized access, and tracking unrelated to a specific criminal investigation.
We therefore ask Arkansas City officials to:
- End the city’s agreement with Flock Safety.
- Remove all Flock cameras operating on behalf of the city.
- Delete locally controlled historical license-plate data to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Disclose how the system has been used, what it has cost taxpayers, which agencies have accessed the data, and whether any incorrect alerts have resulted in stops or investigations.
- Require meaningful public notice, debate, and approval before adopting any similar surveillance technology in the future.
Arkansas City can support effective law enforcement without creating a permanent record of innocent citizens’ movements. We urge our city leaders to protect constitutional rights, government transparency, and the presumption of innocence by removing Flock cameras from our community.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
September 17, 2026
35 Comments
We have a camera in the Geuda bridge. Invasion of privacy, I don't need watched.
They create a permanent comprehensive log of a persons movement over time violating the fourth amendment and have been used as probable cause for crimes that have no victim. Edward Abram’s-Philips case. There has also been countless cases of domestic abuse and romantic stalking by law enforcement officers. It is not being used for violent crime. The creators of Flock don’t want Flock cameras in their neighborhoods and neither should you. Do not sell out to these tech oligarchs.
I believe that with the advancement of Artificial Intelligence Technology this is a tool that will be used to infringe against our fourth amendment right to privacy.
It’s a Segway to a much more severe level of government monitoring. I’m thankful these weren’t as numerous during Covid.
Too many mistakes are made with flock cameras and too many officers are abusing the access to cameras
Privacy infringement, and unjust use of surveillance have cause may innocent people to be suspended of crime and arrested unjustly.
Unconstitutional
The city needs to provide notice of cancelation within 30days of renewal or they are locked into a 36month term. They signed it 11/10/25 . There is one meeting left. This is the least painful opportunity for the commission to do something over the next 3 years. Save $$$ and potentially give that money back into direct policing in our community. Do not miss the first October meeting.
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We have a camera in the Geuda bridge. Invasion of privacy, I don't need watched.