Help us stop ALPRs in Texas
Automated License Plate Reader Programs are a honeypot of data for bad actors
+ a violation of the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution
ALPRs are high-speed, computer-controlled camera systems that are typically mounted on street poles, streetlights, highway overpasses, mobile trailers, or attached to police squad cars.
ALPRs automatically capture all license plate numbers that come into view, along with the location, date, and time. The data, which includes photographs of the vehicle and sometimes its driver and passengers, is then uploaded to a central server. Learn more about ALPR Surveillance Programs.
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Latest Update for Austin, TX
A permanent extension of the license plate surveillance program was discussed at the June 3 Austin City Council working meeting.
Due to public outcry from Austin residents and our 30+ coalition partners at a press conference the week of the scheduled vote, the Austin City Manager pulled the item from the agenda, and it was not brought up for a vote in early June.
ALPRs in Austin are down but not out. We have been told the ALPR system is not operational, however dozens and dozens of supposedly inactive Flock cameras remain all over the city.
We are anticipating another attempt from City Manager T.C. Broadnax to bring ALPRs back to Austin this December - even though the Central Labor Council as well as multiple City of Austin Commissions (including the Women's Commission and the Hispanic and Latino Quality of Life Resource Advisory Commission) have all officially recommended council not to reinstate ALPRs.
We are continuing to organize around the demand that Austin City Council reject any attempts to reinstate the use of ALPRs in our city, and we further demand that Austin City Council have all ALPR cameras permanently removed from city property.
Austin City Council agenda items for certain surveillance contracts postponed indefinitely!
These items were originally on the agenda on August 28, however, we were able to quickly apply enough pressure to get City Council to postpone them last minute. Neither item has yet to officially come up in a city council agenda since, thanks to pushback from concerned Austinites! We will keep an eye out for these and any similar items that might come up on the city council agenda in the future.
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More Ways to Stop ALPRs in ATX:
Contact your City Council Member or County Elected Officials!
The most effective method: call your city council member’s office & send a follow-up email. List your concerns - tell them you do NOT want to be tracked while you drive through your city and that you do not believe the data will be forever bulletproof from ICE & the state of Texas. Click here to find your Austin City Council District.
Sign your organization onto the coalition letter against all use of ALPRs in Austin. Email us at noalprs@proton.me to get on board.
Pre-warrant mass surveillance is a violation of the 4th amendment to the United States Constitution
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
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