Our streets.
Our rights.
DeFlock Livermore.
Flock Safety automated license plate readers (ALPRs) create a system of 24×7 vehicle surveillance: cameras photograph passing vehicles and turn those observations into searchable records of where a vehicle was seen and when.
You should not have to surrender your privacy simply because you drive on a public street.
Demand action from Livermore See Livermore's camera map
What are Flock cameras?
Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate readers. They can capture a vehicle's license plate along with characteristics such as make, model, color and distinguishing features, and associate the observation with a location and time. The result is searchable vehicle-location data—not only about people suspected of crimes, but about ordinary drivers whose vehicles pass a camera.
Always watching
Roadside cameras operate continuously, creating records as vehicles pass day and night.
Searchable movement
Individual sightings may look innocuous. Aggregated over time and across locations, they can reveal patterns of travel, association and daily life.
Network effect
The civil-liberties concern grows when local observations become accessible through larger interconnected law-enforcement networks.
Where are your movements being recorded?
Would you like to see where your license plate is being captured in Livermore, along with photos and metadata about your vehicle?
See the community-maintained DeFlock map showing known automated license plate reader locations. Camera locations can change, and community maps may not identify every camera.
VIEW THE LIVERMORE CAMERA MAP →The Fourth Amendment matters
The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures. Mass, suspicionless collection of vehicle-location data raises profound constitutional questions about how much of our movements government should be able to reconstruct without a warrant.
Privacy and civil-liberties advocates argue that warrantless searches of large ALPR databases can violate constitutional privacy protections. Courts continue to address how the Fourth Amendment applies to this technology, so the precise legal rule is still developing. Our position is simple: Livermore should not operate a 24×7 mass-surveillance system first and wait for constitutional limits to catch up later.
Get The Flock Out of Livermore!
Join the discussion. Connect with local residents, share information, stay informed about city actions, and help end automated mass vehicle surveillance in Livermore.
JOIN THE DISCUSSION →Take action in Livermore
Demand that Livermore's elected leaders remove the city's Flock cameras, reject renewal or expansion of the system, disclose contracts and audit logs, and require meaningful public debate before deploying mass-surveillance technology.
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Contact the Mayor & City Council Council meetings & agendas
Officials and contact information should be checked periodically against the City of Livermore website, especially after elections.
This isn't hypothetical
Automated license plate reader systems create databases whose value—and risk—comes from their ability to be searched and shared. Recent Bay Area reporting shows why residents should demand strict limits, transparency and independent oversight.
Pleasanton: federal agencies previously had access to local ALPR data
In July 2026, Pleasanton Police acknowledged that its previous Motorola Vigilant ALPR system had allowed federal agencies access to local license plate reader data despite restrictions under California law and city policy. Pleasanton has since moved to a Flock-based system.
Read the local report →San Francisco: Flock data searched by agencies outside California
Reporting by the San Francisco Standard described extensive out-of-state searches of San Francisco's Flock ALPR data, including searches associated with immigration enforcement. It illustrates how locally collected vehicle data can become part of a much larger surveillance network.
Read the investigation →Watch: how the surveillance network works
Watch directly on YouTube: “Flock Cameras Legally Spy On You. It's The Law.”
Learn more. Get involved.
DeFlock camera map
See known ALPR camera locations around Livermore on the community-maintained DeFlock map.
View Livermore on the map →Get The Flock Out of Livermore
Connect with local residents, share information, organize and stay informed.
Join the Facebook group →DeFlock.org
Community resources, mapping and information about automated license plate reader surveillance.
Visit DeFlock.org →Electronic Frontier Foundation
Research and reporting on ALPR surveillance, civil liberties, data sharing and community action.
EFF street-level surveillance →ACLU — Get the Flock Out
Campaign resources explaining concerns about nationwide ALPR mass surveillance and ways communities can respond.
ACLU campaign resources →Livermore Police transparency
Read the City's own description of its automated license plate reader program and related materials.
Livermore Police transparency →Public records
Request contracts, invoices, camera locations, data-sharing settings, search audit logs, hot-list configuration, policies and correspondence related to ALPR/Flock use.
Request Livermore public records →Our neighbors are organizing too
Automated license plate surveillance does not stop at city limits. Follow the parallel effort in Pleasanton.
Visit DeFlock Pleasanton →What to demand
Demand a public accounting of how many cameras are deployed, where they are located, what they cost, how long data is retained, who can search it, which outside agencies or networks can access it, how often searches occur without a warrant, and whether every search is independently audited.