Source: https://www.13abc.com/2026/07/07/toledo-looks-expand-flock-camera-network-area-schools/
Publisher: 13abc (WTVG)
Date Published: July 7, 2026
Relevant To: School-to-municipal ALPR network integration; comparative case for BPA school tech privacy work
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Confirmed. City Councilman Adam Martinez is asking area schools (Toledo Public Schools and private schools including St. Joan of Arc, St. Patrick’s of Heatherdowns, St. John’s Jesuit High School, Trinity Lutheran, Toledo Christian, and Maumee Valley Country Day) to voluntarily connect exterior cameras to the city’s existing Flock ALPR network, with additional cameras at major intersections near participating schools. Each school signs a separate data-use agreement; city covers first-year subscription costs, after which schools decide individually whether to continue. Access is framed as restricted to “real-time crime situations” (e.g. a shooting near a school), not routine surveillance — a 2022 Whitmer High School football game shooting is cited as the motivating example. Useful comparative context: Toledo already operates 107+ Flock cameras citywide (per companion 13abc reporting) and has faced public pushback at council meetings over the technology and comparisons to Dayton, which suspended its Flock program over immigration-policy violations. Directly relevant to BPA’s school-tech-privacy work — illustrates a voluntary school-to-municipal-ALPR-network integration model that could be a template (or cautionary example) for Deschutes County schools.