# The Police's Terrifying Surveillance Network

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Podcast: [Naomi Brockwell on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470)
Published: 2025-10-24T13:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://odysee.com/Flock:3e83169a8063b918693985c26e8d41d7ad6507f3
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## Resource

They’re on street corners, utility poles, even garbage trucks... and they’re tracking everywhere you go. Welcome to the world of Automatic license plate readers. These aren't just cameras. They're part of a cloud-based surveillance network logging your movements in real time, and creating a warrantless database for law enforcement. In this video, I explain: - How ALPRs work - Why this system almost surely violates the Fourth Amendment - How we allowed this dragnet surveillance grid to take root - And what we can do to push back 00:00 A Growing Network of Surveillance 02:30 What are ALPRs 07:39 Dangers 11:39 How Did This Happen 16:01 What Can We Do 21:38 Benefits vs Costs 23:28 SECRET Origin Story Time! This isn’t just about your car. It’s about whether privacy and freedom can still exist outside your front door. Freedom of movement isn’t really free if you’re being tracked every step of the way. I’m not ready to give that up. Are you? NBTV is a project of the Ludlow Institute, a 501c3 non profit whose mission is to advance freedom through technology. To support NBTV, visit: https://LudlowInstitute.org/donate (As a 501(c)(3) non profit, all donations are tax-deductible in the USA as permitted by law.) Special thanks to: Jonathan Hofer from The Independent Institute ( https://www.independent.org/person/jonathan-hofer/ ) Jen Barber from The Jen and Friends Podcast ( https://jenandfriends.buzzsprout.com/ ) Watch this great video from Benn Jordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ Watch this great video from the Institute for Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mc3MTpkZEQ Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee, Derek Porter, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell. Visit our shop! https://Shop.NBTV.media Our eBook "Beginner's Introduction To…

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