Moore County Flock Committee holds first meeting

The Moore County Commissioners, the sheriff’s department and members of DeFlock Moore County conducted the first committee meeting Oct. 19, and scheduled the second for Nov. 4 at 4 p.m.

DeFlock shared copies of the Moore County ALPR Subcommittee Report about Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) with the commissioners and Chief Deputy Eric Galloway.

Chairman Nick Picerno said they will all read the “book” before the next meeting.

Ellis Domenech of DeFlock said the book “shows how we feel” and “cited facts.” He said the sheriff’s department could not guarantee anything. He said the Flock company was completely unregulated and said that the county used taxpayers’ money to fund the unconstitutional surveillance system.

Galloway explained that Flock has independent assessments on security. He asked Dominic for evidence that Flock was not properly regulated, and Dominic referred him to the book.

Attorney Misty Leland will investigate Flock’s oversight and regulation and report to the commissioners.

Arguments against ALPR included Amanda Toyota’s perspective that even though Moore County’s Sheriff’s Department did not purchase the bumper sticker and people identification software, other counties and municipalities did, and they can track individuals from Moore County.

Galloway pointed out that other governments must ask permission to access their data, and only when they cancel permissions does the access die.

The recurring concern was that Flock camera data can be accessed by individuals with ill intent.

Commissioner Kurt Cook, retired from the military, explained that a computer worm can extract data. He exemplified the security breach at Bank of America. “Our service people don’t need more tracking.”

Moore County is home to service members of the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, Special Operations, Delta Force, the 82^nd Airborne and more elite troops.

“I’m fifty-fifty,” Cook said. “It’s a tool for safety,” he said but added that a “bad actor may sell information.”

The Moore County ALPR Subcommittee Report’s purpose statement reads:

The authors recommend that the Board of Commissioners end all county funding and county contracts for automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems from any vendor, including Flock Safety, direct the certified deletion of all county-funded ALPR data, and remove all county-funded ALPR equipment.

Picerno clarified that the courts have ruled that because license plates are out in the public all the time that they are not private information.

Galloway said the cameras are a protection tool and have been doing their job successfully. “We have wins on this.”

When Galloway said, “An individual could put up a camera and we couldn’t stop them…”

DeFlock member Kimberly Webber said the group was talking about elected officials approving the use of unconstitutional cameras.

Picerno said the commissioners do not read all contracts before they approve them.

The next Moore County Flock Committee meeting is Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. at the Rick Rhyne Public Safety Center in Carthage.

Read the full Moore County ALPR Subcommittee Report.

Oct. 19, 2026

Stephanie M. Sellers

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