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The kit.
Leave one comment that links the petition on a Flock-related post. One action, together, each day. Any state. Do not automate it. Do not vandalize a pole. Copy, paste, one post a day.
FIFTY is an independent civic briefing. It supports Orwell Day’s petition to remove ALPR cameras at the state. It is not an official Orwell Day product, not legal advice, and not a live camera registry.
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Email [email protected] with subject “petition promotion”. The organizer sends a progress update. That is the whole team.
Weekday targets
Same action every day. The kind of post rotates so the team is not stacking the same thread.
Sunday — local drop
A city that ended a contract, paused a program, or put cameras on the agenda.
Monday — executive
A governor, attorney general, or DOT order. State roads are not city streets.
Tuesday — money
Who paid: Byrne JAG, COPS, opioid settlements, insurance fees, retail-crime grants.
Wednesday — privacy
Warrantless search, retention, ICE sharing, stalking cases, false reads.
Thursday — a bill
A state bill, a dead bill, a model act. Name the cite.
Friday — federal
Highway funds, H.R. 10221, the failed ALPR highway amendment, federal search access.
Saturday — fifty
The thesis itself. 19,000 cities. 50 states. Link the petition.
Comment bank
petition · The thesis
City-by-city is 19,000 fights. A state ban is 50. Sign the petition to take ALPR cameras off at the state: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
petition · One action
One comment a day. That is the whole job. State legislatures can end this in 50 votes, not 19,000 council meetings. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
petition · The neighbor problem
A city that cancels still sits next to a city that feeds the same national database. That is why the fight is the state. Sign: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
permitting · Executive is not a ban
Pulling cameras off state roads is not a statewide ban. County roads, city streets, and private poles remain. A legislature can finish the job. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
permitting · Whose dirt
A city contract is not a highway permit. Name who owns the dirt, then ask that owner to revoke. Statewide, that owner is the legislature. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
permitting · Revocable
Many highway occupancy permits are temporary and revocable. They are not a constitutional right to scan every plate. State law can close the door. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
funding · Federal money
Byrne JAG and COPS tech grants are paying for ALPR subscriptions. If the federal spigot is open, the state can still refuse the buy. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
grants · Opioid money
Opioid-settlement funds meant for treatment have been spent on license-plate readers. Ask the state to forbid that use. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
funding · Fee on the policy
In Texas a $1 bump on car insurance helped pay for thousands of cameras. Follow the fee. Then cut it. Statewide petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
grants · Retail-crime grants
Organized-retail-crime grants have been a pipeline for ALPR buys. A state can rewrite the eligible uses. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
privacy · No warrant
In most states an officer can query a national plate database with no warrant. That is a location history of the innocent. State law can require one. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
privacy · How long they keep it
New Hampshire deletes unmatched plate reads in minutes. Other states keep them for months. Retention is a state choice. Make it. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
privacy · Who else searches
Local cameras feed a network other agencies can search — including federal ones, sometimes without the city knowing. Close the share at the state. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
privacy · Misuse is documented
Officers have used these databases to stalk partners. False reads have put innocent drivers at gunpoint. Guardrails belong in statute, not a vendor blog. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
installation · Poles without a hearing
Cameras go up on a consent agenda, a grant, or a pole-attachment. Public consent should come first. That is a state bill. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
installation · It is a subscription
Most of these systems are annual subscriptions — hardware, cloud, and national search bundled. Renewal is a scheduled second chance. Or the state can end the class. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
legislation · Federal bill
H.R. 10221 (Flock-Off Act) would cut federal funds for covered camera systems. States do not have to wait on Congress. They can ban the class now. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
legislation · Highway funds
A bipartisan amendment to keep highway-fund recipients off ALPR failed in committee. The next vote can be in a statehouse. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
legislation · Model acts exist
Warrant requirements, short retention, public-consent felonies, vendor penalties — the model language is already written. A state can introduce it. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
legislation · Not one vendor
If every Flock camera vanished tomorrow, the market would remain. Ban the capability — automated, warrantless location surveillance — not a logo. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
privacy · Fourth Amendment
A searchable history of every car is a search. The Fourth Amendment was not written for a cloud. State legislatures can still say no. Petition: https://orwellday.com/stop-flock-solution/
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