Learn about ALPRs
What the cameras collect, how the data is used, and why people are concerned.
Learn more →Want to sign the petition?
Because Village Council has not agreed to cancel or pause the Flock contract, a Fairfax resident is organizing an effort to put the issue on the 2027 ballot. The form collects local addresses so petition visits can be arranged.
I’m interested in signing
This form is not the official petition and submitting it does not count as a signature. Information submitted here will be used only to contact you and arrange an in person visit from a petition circulator. It will not be published or sold, and access will be limited to the people coordinating petition visits. The information will be deleted after the petition drive ends. Please do not submit another person’s information without their permission.
Read the contract
Contract produced by the Village of Fairfax in response to a public-records request.
Listed on September 23, 20263,212
organizations granted access to Fairfax Police Department data
Flock’s portal listed 3,212 organizations on September 23, 2026. The list changes over time. It included an entry named “Flock Safety - Machine Learning Test.” The portal does not explain what that access is used for, and questions about it have not been answered.
Check the current list on Flock’s portal →Featured video
Watch the Senate hearing on Flock cameras
September 23, 2026. The hearing was held two days after the September 21 Fairfax Council meeting.
The CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada were invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. None of them appeared at the hearing.
This C-SPAN video covers the hearing so you can watch the questions and testimony directly.
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Reported cameras around Fairfax
Use this community-built DeFlock map to explore reported camera locations. It is helpful, but it is not an official Fairfax camera list.
Map not loading? Open DeFlock Maps directly.
Worth reading
1 typical passing vehicle produced about 28 images
WIRED and 404 Media examined files copied from a physically removed Flock camera. The camera’s software detected people as well as vehicles and bicycles, sometimes treated bumper stickers and other graphics like license plates, and stored an encryption key that was used to unlock videos of thousands of vehicle detections.
A typical passing vehicle produced about 28 images. Some produced more than 100.
These findings came from one camera examined for the article. They are not Fairfax camera counts.
Read the WIRED and 404 Media investigation1.6 million images in recovered logs50,200 vehicles photographed28 images from a typical vehiclePeople detected by the camera software
Useful links
Links and updates
Follow ALPR news
Recent local, regional, and national reporting about Flock and other automated license plate reader systems.
Read the news →See what other towns did
The News page includes DeFlock’s list of communities that removed, paused, limited, or rejected similar systems.
View community actions →Check Fairfax’s portal
See the camera count, retention period, policies, and sharing information published by Flock.
Open the portal →Interested in signing?
Leave your Fairfax address so an in person visit from a petition circulator can be arranged.
This form is not the official petition and submitting it does not count as a signature. Information submitted here will be used only to contact you and arrange an in person visit from a petition circulator. It will not be published or sold, and access will be limited to the people coordinating petition visits. The information will be deleted after the petition drive ends. Please do not submit another person’s information without their permission.
Ask Fairfax officials
Send your questions directly.
These are public work addresses listed by the Village of Fairfax. Keep your message respectful and ask specific questions.
Be prepared to follow up. Questions about Flock have been sent to Fairfax elected officials for months. As of September 24, 2026, no direct responses to those questions had been received. Information obtained so far came through public-records requests.
Mayor
Sharon Lally
slally@fairfaxoh.orgPolice chief
Jeffrey W. Bronson
jbronson@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Tracy Naticchioni
tnatch@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Jeanne Perkins
jperkins@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Christy Resnik
cresnik@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Hunter Boschert
jhboschert@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Don Kessel, Vice Mayor
dkessel@fairfaxoh.orgCouncil member
Jennifer Wilner
jwilner@fairfaxoh.orgContact information can change. Check the Village’s Council page, Mayor page, or Police Department page for the latest official listing.