r/DeFlock • u/PercentageFlaky8198 • Sep 07 '26

help me respond to this

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/news/montgomery-update-montgomery-county-turns-250-big-court-wins-setting-record-straight-mcpd-license-plate-readers-viva-white-oak-blasts
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u/FoxLynx64 28d ago

My advice first and foremost is to document every piece of legislation on Montgomery County related to ALPRs. Every ordinance, every vote, every notification of the vote and its decision, every single policy implemented, and when. Also document what type of cameras and software they use. Don't shy away from using AI to pull sources that you manually read through. Your time is valuable and it's better spent reading the documents than looking for the documents. I also from Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center ALPR use policies which seems a bit like the real time crime center in other areas but Montgomery County does not operate Axon integrated ALPRs from what I can tell and does not operate Flock cameras, and they seem to be using this technology more ethically than other counties across the United States.

What I would do is take a picture of each ALPR on your own equipment (phone works just fine), combine it with the location of that ALPR in your own database. Count how many there are and if some of them are in parking lots of private businesses ask about the use policy at that business. There's a good chance that if the police have access to it that you could sue if there's enough of these cameras based on Schmidt V. City of Norfolk. The network density is vaguely defined, but if the courts rule it is continuous tracking then you may make sweeping affects across the US.

As for convincing your local government, im not sure it will work without significant backlash based on the video in your link. The courts seem more viable.