I'm a resident of Nassau County, Florida, and recently my freedom of movement has been feeling more restricted than free, thanks to the invasive nature of Flock cameras installed in our public spaces. There has been a lot of pushback against these cameras in cities all across America. there is plenty of this found on YouTube, and Wikipedia.  Critics warn about privacy risks, mission creep, and lack of transparency. These cameras are not just watching us—they are tracking, logging, disseminating, and searching our movements without our explicit consent. This feels eerily like something out of an Orwellian nightmare, where being law-abiding is no assurance of privacy. this is not a request to slow down. This is a demand that our city council reconsider this decision entirely — because it is a direct attack on the privacy and security of every person who lives, works, and raises their family in Nassau County.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    These cameras do not just read license plates. They have the potential to track where we go. When we leave our homes. Where we worship. Where our children go to school. Where we seek medical care. Where we exercise our constitutional rights. Every movement. Every day. Captured, stored, and managed by an invasive, private $8.4 billion  surveillance corporation known for its extensive network that law enforcement agencies including ICE across the U.S. and the globe have misused. Civil‑liberties organizations such as the ACLU and EFF have documented cases where law‑enforcement agencies used ALPR data to monitor protests, track vehicles near sensitive locations such as clinics, or disproportionately deploy cameras in minority communities. These concerns are not specific to Flock Safety, but they highlight the broader risks of ALPR systems and the need for strong oversight, transparency, and community input. Flock Safety's network of cameras, utilizing image recognition, and machine learning, can share data  and can be integrated into predictive policing platforms like Palantir's  Gotham platform.  A corporation who has been involved in large‑scale data analysis for government agencies, which has raised privacy concerns among civil‑liberties groups. Additionally, the financial burden of maintaining the system falls upon the taxpayers, as Flock Safety is a private company. Costing between $2,000 to $3,000 per unit annually, the Cameras are a destructive use of resources.  Nassau County is one of the fastest‑growing counties in the United States. Residents consistently identify overdevelopment, traffic congestion, infrastructure strain, environmental protection, and housing affordability as their top concerns. Surveillance systems like Flock cameras do not address any of these issues. Redirecting future funding toward infrastructure, housing, and environmental protection would better reflect the priorities of Nassau County residents. And then there's the vulnerability of these systems to hacking, further risking the exposure of personal information to malicious entities.  No system connected to the internet is completely immune to hacking. Flock cameras collect and store sensitive location data, making them a high‑value target.  The risk of future vulnerabilities is real and should be considered when deciding whether to expand or continue funding this technology.  Flock Safety’s license‑plate reader glitches are putting innocent people in danger, leading to wrongful arrests, and traffic stops where families were forced onto scorching asphalt, at gunpoint for no reason other than a faulty alert. I don’t want that happening to me or anyone here, or anywhere. No one should be traumatized or physically harmed because of a tech error. ALPR data has been misused to track ex‑partners, Police in some states used it to monitor political events, Some agencies shared data with private companies. Some state transportation agencies like The Colorado Department of Transportation  said that Flock Safety installed cameras on state‑controlled poles without obtaining the required authorization. We need accountability, transparency, and immediate reform before more innocent people are hurt.                                                                                                                                              
 We were never asked. There was no public hearing. There was no community vote. Our council made this decision without us — and that is unacceptable. The people signing this petition are your constituents. We pay the taxes that fund this city. We vote in every election. And we are telling you directly:
This is not what we want for our families.
This is not what we want for our streets.
This is not what we want for our city.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         We demand a full public hearing where residents can speak on the record. We demand this program be reconsidered and suspended immediately pending that hearing. And we demand that no further cameras be installed until the people of Nassau county have had their say — because under our system of government, that say belongs to us.
We are not data points. We are not surveillance subjects. We are Nassau County residents and this is our town
In places like Nassau County, where community spirit and a sense of freedom, and privacy are cherished values, the installation of these cameras is not just unwanted but unacceptable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Join me in voicing this concern. Help us protect our civil liberties and restore the sanctity of our shared spaces by signing this petition. Let's urge the Nassau County decision-makers to reconsider and remove these Flock cameras.