News & Commentary

This memo is intended to convey the ACLU of Ohio’s recommendations for municipal legislation restricting the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). | By Sean McCann, Policy Strategist

Honor Latine Heritage Month by reading these books | By Nicole Curet, Senior Engagement Strategist

No sufficient regulations, restrictions, or safeguards exist that can fully address the concerns posed by mass surveillance technology like this. | By Sean McCann, Policy Strategist

This year’s election will include a statewide ballot initiative, Issue 3, which would import our existing strict photo ID laws in the Ohio Constitution. | By Sheila Smith, Senior Public Relations Strategist

Class is back in session for Ohio students, but across the state we’re seeing academic freedom missing from the syllabi. | By Sheila Smith, Senior Public Relations Strategist

The ACLU of Ohio wants the rest of the state to join us in saying NO to ALPRs and other invasive surveillance technology. | By Raegan Elliot

There is simply no amount of regulation or restrictions that will get us comfortable with their existence and use as a mass surveillance tool, whether in Columbus, or anywhere else in Ohio. | By Gary Daniels, Legislative Director

Flock has and surely will continue to give you all sorts of assurances that they are balancing public safety and our civil liberties. The simple fact of the matter, though, is that they have created perhaps the largest and most sophisticated surveillance network in modern history. No government, and no private corporation for that matter, can be trusted with that immense power. | By Sean McCann, Policy Strategist

Cleveland’s 100 cameras are connected to all of Flock’s ALPRs, because nationwide data-sharing is turned on by default in a Flock contract. | By Sean McCann, Policy Strategist