County Issues Clarification On ‘Don’t Join The Flock’ LTE By James Rickman

Op-Ed: ‘County Shows It Doesn’t Give A Flock About Surveilling Citizens’

By JAMES RICKMAN Los Alamos Perhaps I should feel grateful that County leaders dispatched their official Spin Doctor to reply to my letter about the emergence of a network of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our community (link). But outside of Mr. Krueger’s “Trust Us, We’re the Government” response, the County continues to sidestep the issue of why the cameras were installed in the first place. Is Los Alamos facing some kind of underl…

County Issues Clarification On ‘Don’t Join The Flock’ LTE By James Rickman

BY DAVE KRUEGERPublic Information OfficerLos Alamos CountyI’m writing to provide some clarification regarding the letter to the editor by James Rickman “Don’t Join The Flock.” (https://losalamosreporter.com/2026/05/25/lte-dont-join-the-flock/) dated May 5, 2026 Our data collection and retention policy for the Police Department’s automated license plate readers (ALPR) is clear that all data collected from those cameras are secured on local server…