Documented Incident
Port St. Lucie resident files pro se federal suit against city, mayor and Flock Safety over ALPRs
Event: August 1, 2025 · First reported: October 12, 2026 · 1 source
Dr. Steven Greer, a former surgeon and Wall Street analyst with no legal training, filed a federal lawsuit in August against the city of Port St. Lucie, Mayor Shannon Martin and Flock Safety, representing himself. His amended complaint alleges the city's license plate reader network — described as 53 Flock cameras plus 73 Axon readers, or 126 devices — enables warrantless reconstruction of drivers' movements in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and also raises Second Amendment, Florida privacy, public records and public spending claims. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment, an injunction limiting operation and national data sharing absent a warrant, release of disputed records, statutory damages and costs. No judge has ruled on the merits, and the case still faces possible motions to dismiss.
The case tests whether an individual without counsel can force judicial review of a municipal ALPR network, and it arrives as courts and state agencies elsewhere begin scrutinizing warrantless access to license plate location histories.
Key facts
- Lawsuit filed in August against Port St. Lucie, Mayor Shannon Martin and Flock Safety; Greer is representing himself.
- Amended complaint alleges a combined 126 readers: 53 Flock cameras and 73 Axon devices.
- Greer cites the Fort Pierce case in which Officer Josepher Crutchfield was arrested after investigators accused him of searching an ex-girlfriend's vehicle 382 times, and a case in which a woman was jailed after a mistaken vehicle match and later had charges dropped.
- The complaint argues Flock cameras reported at the entrance to the Ocala Shooting Range in Marion County could chill Second Amendment activity; law enforcement agencies dispute Greer's claim that ALPRs do not help solve crimes.
- Context cited: an Oct. 1 Oklahoma federal ruling suppressing evidence from a warrantless search of about a month of plate records; FDOT revoked permits for ALPRs on state highway rights-of-way; Port St. Lucie voted to remove 18 of its 53 Flock cameras.
Sources
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- No lawyer, no law degree: Port St. Lucie man takes on Flock cameras in federal court (WPEC, October 12, 2026)
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