Anti‑ALPR Campaigns Target Homeland Security

Local and national activist groups (e.g., DeFlock, SASSI) are coordinating FOIA research, apps, and contract‑cancellation drives against automated license‑plate readers and their vendors. Their stated aim goes beyond privacy: activists openly frame these local wins as steps toward weakening or 'dismantling' federal surveillance and policing architectures such as DHS. — If scaled, this tactic — using local procurement and transparency tools to undercut federal security capacity — could reshape how public‑safety technology is governed and how national security is provisioned.