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Louis Rossmann's sourced Consumer Rights Wiki tables of 25 US jurisdictions that bought Flock license plate reader cameras through contracts priced just under council-approval or bidding limits, or through donations, free trials, sole-source letters, and budget lines that never name Flock. Each entry quotes the local procurement law and records what happened, from canceled contracts to new approval mandates.
Louis Rossmann walks through Flock Safety camera deals priced just under the dollar limits that require a council vote, such as Denver's $498,500 extension under a $500,000 limit and Fort Lauderdale's $99,999.20 a year under $100,000, and reads the anti-splitting rules each one appears to break. He argues the pattern amounts to racketeering and calls for prosecution of the officials involved and of Flock.
Louis Rossmann argues that pushback against local surveillance overreach (like Flock ALPR cameras) depends on having local friends willing to show up together, and that rising social isolation is quietly weakening resistance to issues like this.