De-Flock Ottawa County
De-Flock Ottawa County
The Issue
Petition to Remove Flock Safety Cameras from Ottawa County
To the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners and Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office:
We, the undersigned residents of Ottawa County, Michigan, are calling for the complete removal of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras operated by or on behalf of Ottawa County and the termination of the county’s use of Flock Safety’s ALPR system.
We believe residents should not have their movements routinely captured, recorded, and retained by an automated surveillance system simply because they are traveling on public roads.
Regardless of the intended use of the technology, we believe the widespread collection of vehicle-location information creates unacceptable privacy and civil-liberty concerns for our community.
We are asking Ottawa County to:
1. End the county’s use of Flock Safety cameras.
2. Remove all Flock Safety ALPR cameras operated by or on behalf of Ottawa County.
3. Do not renew, extend, or replace the county’s Flock Safety agreement with another Flock ALPR system.
4. Do not use county funds, grants, or other public resources to continue operating or expanding the Flock camera network.
5. Permanently delete Ottawa County’s stored Flock data in accordance with applicable law and contractual requirements once the system is discontinued.
We recognize that the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has reported that Flock technology has assisted law-enforcement investigations and the recovery of stolen property and vehicles. The Sheriff’s Office has also stated that the system does not use facial recognition and that searches are subject to department policies. (WGHN)
This petition is not a statement that law enforcement should stop investigating crime.
It is a request that Ottawa County use investigative methods that do not require the routine collection and retention of information about the vehicles of ordinary residents who are not suspected of wrongdoing.
We believe public roads should not become a source of persistent automated surveillance of the people who use them.
OUR REQUEST IS SIMPLE:
REMOVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
END OTTAWA COUNTY’S USE OF FLOCK SAFETY.
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The Issue
Petition to Remove Flock Safety Cameras from Ottawa County
To the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners and Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office:
We, the undersigned residents of Ottawa County, Michigan, are calling for the complete removal of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras operated by or on behalf of Ottawa County and the termination of the county’s use of Flock Safety’s ALPR system.
We believe residents should not have their movements routinely captured, recorded, and retained by an automated surveillance system simply because they are traveling on public roads.
Regardless of the intended use of the technology, we believe the widespread collection of vehicle-location information creates unacceptable privacy and civil-liberty concerns for our community.
We are asking Ottawa County to:
1. End the county’s use of Flock Safety cameras.
2. Remove all Flock Safety ALPR cameras operated by or on behalf of Ottawa County.
3. Do not renew, extend, or replace the county’s Flock Safety agreement with another Flock ALPR system.
4. Do not use county funds, grants, or other public resources to continue operating or expanding the Flock camera network.
5. Permanently delete Ottawa County’s stored Flock data in accordance with applicable law and contractual requirements once the system is discontinued.
We recognize that the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has reported that Flock technology has assisted law-enforcement investigations and the recovery of stolen property and vehicles. The Sheriff’s Office has also stated that the system does not use facial recognition and that searches are subject to department policies. (WGHN)
This petition is not a statement that law enforcement should stop investigating crime.
It is a request that Ottawa County use investigative methods that do not require the routine collection and retention of information about the vehicles of ordinary residents who are not suspected of wrongdoing.
We believe public roads should not become a source of persistent automated surveillance of the people who use them.
OUR REQUEST IS SIMPLE:
REMOVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
END OTTAWA COUNTY’S USE OF FLOCK SAFETY.
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Petition created on September 20, 2026