Marin is one town on a national grid. Everything below works anywhere: the orgs doing the work, the tools that show you the cameras, the model laws, the lawsuits, and the towns that already won. Every link is a primary source.
You do not need a lawyer or a nonprofit to begin. You need a records request and an afternoon.
EFF's Atlas of Surveillance maps 11,700+ police surveillance deployments. Find out whether your department already runs Flock or ALPR.
atlasofsurveillance.org →DeFlock is a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras, built on open data. Find the ones on your street, and add the ones you spot.
deflock.org →alpr.watch scans local government agendas nationwide for Flock and ALPR items, so you can show up to the meeting that decides.
alpr.watch →If the record doesn't show who runs the cameras or who they share with, file a California Public Records Act request. It is just an email, and our tool writes it for you.
Open the request tool →The groups investigating and litigating Flock. Cite them. Follow them. Bring them to your council.
The lead investigators on Flock abuse: protest tracking, immigration, reproductive-health searches. The best running record.
eff.orgEFF's searchable map of 11,700+ police surveillance deployments. Look up your own agency.
atlasofsurveillance.orgA plain-language primer on how ALPRs work and why they matter. Hand it to a neighbor.
sls.eff.orgThe national ACLU campaign against Flock, with guides and a model ordinance.
aclu.orgStep-by-step organizing guide for stopping a Flock contract before it is signed.
aclu.orgThe Electronic Privacy Information Center. Filed the Norfolk amicus and pushed Congress to ban Flock.
epic.orgA turnkey FLOCK Out toolkit: petitions, letters, and messaging drawn from winning campaigns.
fightforthefuture.orgLibertarian amicus arguing ALPRs are unconstitutional searches. Proof the opposition is cross-ideological.
cato.orgBrian Hofer's nonprofit. Sues cities that share ALPR data illegally. A model for local enforcement.
secure-justice.orgBuilt Oakland's Privacy Advisory Commission, the national model for a civilian oversight body.
oaklandprivacy.orgNeutral policy framing on ALPRs, useful for persuading moderate council members.
policingproject.orgBringing the leading federal Fourth Amendment challenge to Flock, in Norfolk, Virginia.
ij.orgCrowdsourced ALPR camera map on open data (OpenStreetMap). See the cameras near you and add new ones.
deflock.orgScans local government agendas nationwide and tells you when your council is about to vote on Flock.
alpr.watchSearch Flock audit logs to see whether police looked up your plate, and browse searches by department.
haveibeenflocked.comAnother national Flock camera map and organizing resource.
banishbigbrother.comYou do not have to draft the ordinance. It already exists. Bring it to your council.
Community Control Over Police Surveillance: the gold-standard framework requiring a council vote and a public hearing before police buy surveillance tech.
aclu.orgThe actual model legislative language and supporting documents to hand your council.
aclu.orgThe most copy-paste-ready kit for a resident starting from zero: PRA templates plus a model ordinance.
aclum.orgTactics for slowing or stopping a Flock program your town already has.
aclu.orgA fill-in-the-blank public records request covering contracts, MOUs, policies, and purchase records.
aclunorcal.orgSample petitions and org letters you can adapt for your own town.
fightforthefuture.orgThe cases that set precedent your town can use.
EFF/ACLU argue California's constitution requires a warrant to search ALPR data. Already forced San Jose to cut retention and bar cameras near clinics.
eff.org/cases/siren-v-san-joseThe leading federal Fourth Amendment challenge to Flock. On appeal to the Fourth Circuit. The national test case.
ij.orgCalifornia class action against Flock directly. Affected residents can enroll.
classlawgroup.comThe state AG suing a city for sharing ALPR data out of state. A model for pressuring your own AG.
oag.ca.govA nonprofit enforcing a local surveillance ordinance in court. Shows residents can sue to enforce the rules.
secure-justice.orgReady legal reasoning that Flock ALPR use is an unconstitutional warrantless search.
epic.orgThe outlets breaking Flock news, so you can cite the source, not the summary.
Broke ICE's side-door access and the search-leak stories. The definitive running feed of new Flock revelations.
404media.coOriginal analysis of millions of Flock searches. Investigations, not aggregation.
eff.org/deeplinksRecorded Future News. Follows Flock litigation and data-sharing closely.
therecord.mediaDeep reporting on Texas ALPR fights: how San Marcos and Austin pushed back.
texasobserver.orgA running tally of Flock contract cancellations and community wins nationwide.
stateofsurveillance.orgReal precedents you can forward to your own council. Numbers vary by source and date; each links to the report.
Two suburbs canceled after a state audit revealed CBP access. A council member published exactly why he voted no.
derekeder.comKilled the contract for "breach of trust" after Flock reinstalled cameras without permission. Organized with Digital Fourth.
cambridgema.govA five-hour hearing, a 5-2 vote against expansion, then the contract lapsed. Packing the room worked.
texasobserver.orgA resident-led federal lawsuit, after one plaintiff was tracked 526 times in four months. The citizen-plaintiff model.
ij.orgVoted to kill the network, but the cameras stayed on. The lesson: demand verified removal, not just a vote.
yahoo.comTerminated the contract after learning Flock had secretly switched national lookup on, then couldn't explain how.
mv-voice.comEyes Off Indiana is a non-partisan statewide effort with a plate lookup, a Flock-usage dashboard, and an early-warning map of new installs. Different state, same fight, and a working model for what a local chapter can build.
Any community can stand up its own page: the cameras, the portal, the records, your five decision-makers, and your goal number, at eyesoff.org slash your town. Tiburon and Belvedere are the working examples.