Flock surveillance spreads across the South as red-state lawmakers seek to axe ‘1984’-style tracking tools | 28 July 2026 | State lawmakers in West Virginia’s Freedom Caucus are seeking to ban AI-powered Flock surveillance cameras statewide, arguing the technology violates citizens’ Fourth Amendment right to privacy. “The West Virginia Freedom Caucus strongly opposes the unchecked expansion of automated surveillance technologies, including Flock Safety [sic] camera systems, automated license plate readers (ALPRs), AI-powered facial recognition, multimodal vehicle recognition, and emerging “gun detection” software that claims to identify armed citizens based on body shape or movement,” West Virginia Delegate Chris Anders, the Chairman of West Virginia’s Freedom Caucus, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “These technologies represent a dramatic expansion of government surveillance that is fundamentally at odds with the Fourth Amendment,” Anders added. The caucus is calling on all state municipalities to immediately remove automated license plate readers such as the ones run by the security company Flock Safety. The caucus plans on combatting the cameras and surveillance technologies by reintroducing a previously failed legislative measure called the Fourth Amendment Restoration Act.