Shreveport rep. files ALPR privacy bill as Louisiana eyes camera rules
By dontflock_editor ยท Updated 4 Aug 2026
31 July 2026.
Louisiana State Representative Danny McCormick, a Republican representing House District 1 in the Shreveport area, [verify: announced/pre-filed/filed] [verify: a bill/a legislative proposal] targeting Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras, citing privacy concerns, according to the Shreveport Times. [verify: one sentence on the proposal’s specific mechanism, e.g. restricting deployment, requiring warrants, limiting data sharing, and the session it is aimed at.]
The proposal lands in a state with no ALPR statute of its own. Louisiana is not among the roughly eighteen states with statewide license plate reader laws, which leaves deployment decisions entirely to parishes, cities, and sheriffs. Those deployments are growing: the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office operates 50 Flock cameras, among the largest installations in the state, and residents in East Baton Rouge and Lafayette raised questions about camera data access and retention in public forums this month.
A state bill would also arrive amid movement at every other level of government. Washington, Oregon, Virginia, and Kentucky have all enacted ALPR laws since 2025, two federal bills were announced or filed in July, and this site’s ledger of documented local contract actions shows July 2026 as its busiest month on record. Whether McCormick’s proposal advances, the pattern it joins is the story: license plate reader rules are being written, chamber by chamber, in public.
What Louisiana residents can check today: whether your parish or city holds a Flock contract, what it costs, and when it renews. Search your council or police jury agendas for “ALPR” or “Flock,” and if you find the record, send it to us.
Read the original reporting: shreveporttimes.com.