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Tallahassee, FL \u2013 On September 17, Tallahassee Students for a Democratic Society gathered at Landis Fountain to demand an end to \u201cFlock Safety\u201d in the city. Around 30 students gathered holding signs against Flock mass surveillance, and speakers discussed the harmful effects of Flock on our community. Student slogans included \u201cWhat do we want? Privacy! When do we want it? Now!\u201d and \u201cNo justice, no peace! No racist police!\u201d<\/p>\n
On August 31, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the removal of LPRs (License Plate Readers) on state roads, with a 30-day deadline. County and city governments, such as Tallahassee, have followed up on this move in an atmosphere of opposition to Flock surveillance, with Tallahassee City Commission voting to suspend ALPRs (Flock and Motorola cameras) on September 9.<\/p>\n
However, the city commission rejected a vote to cover these cameras, which would prevent them from recording. Leon County voted on September 15 to remove all ALPR cameras within 30 days.<\/p>\n
These removals and suspensions have so far not included cameras in neighborhoods and campuses. The frequent misreports from ALRPs and their constant recording have been met with backlash, but the state campaign for mass surveillance has not ended.<\/p>\n
Amy Farnum-Patronis, the senior director of university communications at FSU, reported vaguely to FSView that, \u201cin light of current ongoing conversations on this topic and in the interest of being as transparent as possible, we can confirm that the core of FSU’s campus does not contain Flock devices.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tallahassee Police Department wants people to think they can regulate Flock. They claim to have \u201chave implemented policies governing the professional and appropriate use of ALPR technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flock, a private company for mass surveillance, wrote in its own February 2026 Terms of Service that the company has \u201cirrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license to (a) use and disclose Customer Data to provide the Flock Services.\u201d Customer data, defined as whatever Flock cameras record, can be shared by Flock to local and federal agencies around the country for \u201cinvestigative purposes,\u201d even if TPD opts out of data sharing. Flock has frequently used this data to aid the ICE terror campaign.<\/p>\n
As residents of Tallahassee know, our city has been a center for ICE deportations in Florida. On May 29, one of the largest ICE roundups in Florida occurred in Gaines Street, Tallahassee, detaining more than 100 construction workers. Tallahassee has also agreed to the 287(g) agreement, whereby police officers can take on ICE duties and racially profile the residents of Tallahassee.<\/p>\n
At the SDS protest at Landis Fountain, a speaker and Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance member said, \u201cThese cameras have been used by police for their own personal gain, to stalk and harass primarily women.\u201d He pointed out, \u201cWe have no idea how they\u2019re using this technology right now, because there is no transparency. Recently, the Florida governor made it illegal for undocumented students to even enroll in Florida public colleges. So, do you think that the only line of defense is going to be the admission\u2019s office? What happens when they start to be even more muscular in their crackdown against students on campus? When they start to suspect that some brown kid might actually be illegal on campus?\u201d<\/p>\n
FSU students refuse to accept the vague sidestepping of FSU admin and refuse to back down on the fight against Flock. Suspension and ALPR removal are not enough, and SDS will keep up the pressure to protect the right to privacy for all residents of Tallahassee. SDS will demand Flock removal until every Flock camera in Tallahassee is removed.<\/p>\n
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