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re: Home Depot & Lowes to install parking lot cameras with license plate readers 4 shoplifting

Posted on 5/14/26 at 4:43 am to
Posted by zuluboudreaux
God’s country USA
Member since Jan 2008
1185 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 4:43 am to
Houma has both cameras and LPR.
Lowes & Home Depot have every entrance/ exit covered.
They work very well.
Posted by wheelr
Banned
Member since Jul 2012
6043 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 4:49 am to
Yes us true American Patriots love having a centralized mass surveillance database.

Having our kids surveilled in private by random people is a small price to pay.
https://jasonhunyar.substack.com/p/why-are-flock-employees-watching-720

False accusations are no big deal and I trust all of law enforcement to do the right thing.
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“You know we have cameras in that town,” Sgt. Jamie Milliman said, according to a doorbell camera footage. “You can’t get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing.”

https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/11/columbine-valley-police-officer-flock-disciplinary-action/



If it saves Home Depot or Lowes money I'm all for it.
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
17501 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 5:31 am to
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Well, a smart person would side with the Constitution, but you would have to understand it first


You want to now coherently articulate what the constitution has to do with cameras on private property? Make Robert P. George proud.

You one of those folks who say "they had a first amended right" after someone gets their arse whipped for running their mouth to someone else aren't you?
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
3006 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 5:59 am to
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frick those “advocates”.


Yeah, the first time your car gets burglarized in one of those parking lots you'll be thankful that they had a camera monitoring the lot.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
35098 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 6:10 am to
How come these “advocates” don’t advocate for consumers not having to pay for the theft loss.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
10009 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 6:13 am to
It’s private property. You don’t have to go on it.
Posted by NorCali
Member since Feb 2015
1735 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 6:32 am to
If the local law enforcement doesn’t do anything about this, what’s the point?
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
23222 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 6:43 am to
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Lowe’s and Home Depot are discount retailers.




I spent $13 for a single screw on Saturday at HD
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
5246 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:17 am to
But will they do anything when they catch them? The current trend seems to be to stand by and let ‘em go. All stores.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
3404 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:18 am to
Home Depot in Zachary already has them.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 12:42 pm
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29911 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:20 am to
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your life is not worse because of the top 1%

it is worse because of the bottom 1%



Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
104096 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:26 am to
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Home Depot in Zachary already have them.


And the Rants And Raves group is already losing their shite over it.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
15918 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:38 am to
The shoplifter shows up in car they lifted, shoplifter leaves in lifted car and the police show up at your house, you get arrested .......

I suggest they arm their employees with nail guns..Just the look of that would say...make my day punk
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86228 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:40 am to
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frick those “advocates”.

Lowes & HD are private stores, their parking lots are owned by the stores.

.Hopefully the additional cameras will discourage criminal activity there.

I’m not ever there for nefarious purposes, take my visible information and create a log on my habits there.



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The records, obtained from the Johnson County, Texas Sheriff’s Office by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and shared with 404 Media, show the sheriff’s office is able to tap into Flock license plate reading cameras at 173 different Lowe’s locations around the U.S. and that it can tap into cameras and gunshot-detecting microphones at dozens of Home Depot stores within Texas. The records are the latest to shed light on how expansive Flock’s surveillance network has become, and highlights that it includes cameras that are operated by both police and private businesses
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
This post was edited on 5/14/26 at 7:42 am
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21867 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:42 am to
Someone posted a flock camera link on here a week or two ago... the only spot in my area that had them was the Lowe's- had every entrance/exit covered.
Posted by sabbertooth
A Distant Planet
Member since Sep 2006
6182 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:46 am to
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but I don't see how the cameras can tell by just reading the license plates whether someone's legal or illegal


Quite easy to just steal a license plate to avoid these cameras.
Id be curious to see if LEO would or could respond to an actual crime in a timely manner.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
19981 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:48 am to
They already have cameras inside the stores, as well as at the registers. My point is the have me on camera, as well as my purchases. Even if you pay with cash, they've got the info there on camera to seduce what my purchasing habits are.

My point is the advocates argument is bullshite. While I don't necessarily support a surveillance police state, I don't have an issue with a private business doing this. It seters criminals, making shopping safer, helps with shrink, the cost of which is passed on to us the consumer.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138932 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:50 am to
Ok, so we’ll take a picture of their license plate then send it to the police to do absolutely nothing. Great idea.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21867 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:51 am to
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They already have cameras inside the stores, as well as at the registers.


Those annoy me... I'm not thief but the giant monitor with my face on it and the green squares was pretty off putting.

But yeah- business can do what it needs to deter assholes.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86228 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:52 am to
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My point is the advocates argument is bullshite. While I don't necessarily support a surveillance police state, I don't have an issue with a private business doing this.


the advocates argument is that this is a surveillance police state through a private business

its been proven that the government has access to all of these cameras
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