Documented Incident
Advocacy groups hold Weber County forum on Flock license plate reader privacy concerns
First reported: September 13, 2026 · 2 sources
The Weber County League of Women Voters and the nonpartisan nonprofit Utah Civic Compact jointly hosted a public meeting at the Pleasant Valley Branch of the Weber County Library to discuss automatic license plate readers, commonly known by the Flock brand name. Organizers said the session was intended to clarify what the cameras do, who holds the contracts, and who controls the resulting data, which they said had been the subject of misinformation. Presenters argued Utah needs statewide legislation governing ALPR data and urged attendees to contact their legislators. Utah Civic Compact told KUTV it is working with a state lawmaker to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session.
The forum reflects a growing push in Utah to move ALPR oversight from individual agency contracts to statewide rules, particularly on the question of whether a private vendor or the government controls the data.
Key facts
- The meeting was held Saturday at the Weber County Library's Pleasant Valley Branch in the Ogden area.
- Utah Civic Compact communications director Clark Dice said the group wanted to address what he described as misinformation about how the cameras work and who controls the data.
- Presenters called for state legislation that would protect ALPR data, let the state determine how, when and where it is used, and require outside agencies to follow Utah's data rules.
- State Sen. Kathleen Riebe said she had received more than 100 emails about ALPRs in the previous three weeks.
- No bill had been introduced as of the report; Utah Civic Compact said it was working with a lawmaker ahead of the coming session.
Sources
This summary was written from the published reporting below and links to it; BlockFlockNow does not reproduce article text.
- Weber County meeting focuses on Flock camera privacy concerns (Kutv, September 13, 2026)
- Weber County meeting focuses on Flock camera privacy concerns (Newsbreak, September 13, 2026)
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Updated September 14, 2026. Corrections: blockflock@bytebunny.io. See all documented incidents or search the full article archive.