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re: Flock camera installed outside of nearby school, what's your take?

Posted on 7/13/26 at 11:57 am to
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
24332 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 11:57 am to
quote:

I recently found out that a nearby school has a flock camera on the road leading to it. This is their ALPR model, not the video one. From what I understand it takes a photo of the car, license plate


ALPR gets a bad rap. It’s the devil until it helps find your kid who has been kidnapped or solve a crime committed against a loved one.
Posted by lsumailman61
Gulf Shores
Member since Oct 2006
7986 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:02 pm to
Gulf Shores just put up $200k in Flock cameras. Officer response time is less than 3 minutes without cameras. They have one setup that only watches the dog park which is vacant most hot or rainy days.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Member since Jul 2018
8365 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:04 pm to
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How is this any different than a nearby business having a security camera


Because a judge is gonna have to subpoena a private business’s film, not just free access by some rando local yokal cop.
Posted by Boston911
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2013
2550 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:10 pm to
I hope they have facial recognition and catch any and all sexual predators in the area of that school
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
4149 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:10 pm to
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how would a bad actor get access to the address of each vehicle occupant?


If you have the plate number can't you just pay the dollar online to one of those search sites to find out if the car bringing your kid to school belongs to the new boyfriend or not?
Posted by Tvilletiger
PVB
Member since Oct 2015
6013 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:11 pm to
I think it’s great idea near a school. Could help id someone not supposed to be there or if something happened be able to find them .
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
20802 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:13 pm to
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you’ve got much bigger issues than the people you’re criticizing if this “infuriates” you


Yall are worried about flock cameras while the Muslims just move into your neighborhoods.

Idiots.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31570 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:16 pm to
It’s our rapid advance to a dystopian surveillance state. I don’t care about “but they’re in public there is no privacy”, if that’s the world you want to live in great for you. And tbh I don’t care about it being stored on AWS or worried about “bad actors knowing when I drop the kid off”. What I do care about is the complete 24/7 monitoring going on, now being done by AI, and everyone just shrugging it off. I don’t live in China nor want to
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21769 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:17 pm to
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you have the plate number can't you just pay the dollar online to one of those search sites to find out if the car bringing your kid to school belongs to the new boyfriend or not?
The system automatically pulls up the name and address of the registered driver and attaches it to the photo. No further work required.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13887 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:19 pm to
If you are that worried about privacy take away your kids phone.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
24263 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:38 pm to
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ALPR gets a bad rap. It’s the devil until it helps find your kid who has been kidnapped or solve a crime committed against a loved one.


This.

I am inclined to hate it… but I know damn well if me or mine ever had need of it I would be infinitely grateful.
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
1769 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 12:52 pm to
This website will show you the exact type of ALPR and it's capabilities

LINK

Livingston Parish recently blanketed both entrances & exits of Juban Crossing Shopping Center with 7 plate readers
Now they know that I drive to Rouse's three times per day

This vid will add to your anxiety

Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
44684 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:23 pm to
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0, they are in public. All of this can also be viewed if someone stood on that road and used their eyeballs.



And this my friends is how we will become a prison state. :inb4ifyouarentdoinganythingwrong: crowd.
Posted by Horsemeat
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Posted on 7/13/26 at 1:56 pm to


They do make them battery powered.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17143 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:03 pm to
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We can put all offenders away

They just steal plates off of a similar make/model of car to get away with felonious crimes.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37398 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:14 pm to
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On a scale of 1-10, how pissed would you be if this was your school?

Roughly a zero.

You do know that there is no expectation of privacy once you go out in public, right?

Would you be butthurt if someone had a ring doorbell camera (or any other safety camera) installed on a house on the way to your kid’s school?
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
1769 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:17 pm to
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They just steal plates off of a similar make/model of car to get away with felonious crimes.


Because of the security cameras at shopping centers and now the ALPR cams going up everywhere license plate theft is skyrocketing.
Once a flock cam has recorded the plate after a crime its forever stored in the system and the plate is no good so another stolen one must take its place

Upgrading your plate bolts to tamper proof torx is the answer
I did mine a few months ago
Posted by BigAL Golesh
Toomer's Corner
Member since Apr 2026
628 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:32 pm to
Only fools are cool with flock cameras. They just dont have the mental capacity to understand the dangers and dont give a frick about the consequences.

Limited brain powered Americans is what they are
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21769 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:50 pm to
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unless the laws change you have no right to privacy when moving around in the public.


It's curious then that if there's no expectation of privacy, then all of these images being produced should be public record, right?
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21769 posts
Posted on 7/13/26 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

Would you be butthurt if someone had a ring doorbell camera (or any other safety camera) installed on a house on the way to your kid’s school?


Are any tax dollars funding the camera? Is it on private property?
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