America Is Slamming The Brakes On The Camera Network Tracking Your Every Move

Officials across party lines are moving to dismantle the growing network of cameras tracking American drivers.

Several state and federal officials are calling to restrict automated license plate readers (ALPRs), artificial intelligence-powered cameras that scan the plates of passing cars. Pushback to this technology — specifically Flock Safety cameras — has brought together Republicans and Democrats who say these tools amount to warrantless mass surveillance, while law enforcement warns that restricting them would hinder their ability to solve crimes.

At the state level, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott blocked agencies from spending money on the cameras on Aug. 27, according to the Texas Tribune. Similarly, Florida’s Department of Transportation revoked permits for the devices on state highways on Aug. 31 and ordered them removed within 30 days, according to The New York Times.

A total of 201 local communities have canceled or not renewed ALPR contracts since the start of 2025, according to the Institute for Justice’s cancellation list.

“The growing opposition from local city councils to Congress and state legislatures is the direct result of communities across the country standing up against mass surveillance,” Rindala Alajaji, Associate Director of State Affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

She added that opposition to these cameras “crosses every political line because people recognize that turning our streets into a warrantless tracking grid violates fundamental civil liberties.”

Among them was Knox County, Tennessee, where local officials unanimously voted to remove the cameras on Aug 31, according to Knoxville News Sentinel.

“The big issue is that when these cameras are deployed in large numbers … [they] can determine your movements based on this network of cameras,” Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs said in an August interview with the DCNF, prior to his county’s removal of its Flock cameras.

Pennsylvania’s Bipartisan Efforts

In Pennsylvania, lawmakers have introduced at least nine bills to restrict or ban the cameras, most of them in a matter of weeks.