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Tell the Celina City Council to start the public process for ending the ALPR program.

Ask the City to publish the missing results, hear from residents, and put ending the program on the table. You do not need to master every contract or policy detail before speaking up.

Removal campaign request

The main action

Tell the mayor and Council to review the program and move toward removal.

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Message asking Council to review the program and move toward removal

Mayor and Council,

I am asking the Celina City Council to begin a public review of the automated license plate reader program and use that process to move toward ending the program and removing all 47 city-operated readers.

Please publish the information residents still need: the search-level audit behind the portal's total search count, including dates, stated reasons or offense types, network scope, and outside-agency involvement; confirmed alerts and false positives; stops, arrests, recoveries, and missing people located; complaints and policy violations; outside-agency sharing; the DPS transfer, retention and analytics settings; the complete camera inventory; and executed contracts, renewal terms, and the full current cost.

Then hold a public discussion where residents can ask why routine collection from ordinary drivers is necessary and whether the program should continue.

I support ending the program and removing all 47 city-operated readers. A review should build the public record for that decision. It should not become a substitute for action or a reason to expand the system.

Please respond with what the City will disclose, how residents can participate, and the next public step.

Current elected officials

Email one member or the full Council.

Names, roles, and addresses were checked against the City's official Council page on August 2, 2026. If the group email does not open correctly in your email app, use the individual links below.

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Ryan TubbsMayorrtubbs@celina-tx.gov Philip FergusonPlace 1pferguson@celina-tx.gov Eddie CawlfieldPlace 2ecawlfield@celina-tx.gov Andy HopkinsDeputy Mayor Pro Tem, Place 3ahopkins@celina-tx.gov Shea ScottPlace 4sbscott@celina-tx.gov Shane LambertPlace 5rlambert@celina-tx.gov Brandon GrumblesMayor Pro Tem, Place 6bgrumbles@celina-tx.gov

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Three ways to be heard

Contact CouncilBegin the process toward removal Speak at a meetingCheck the current agenda and Open Forum rules Share the fact sheetPrint it or send the social card

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If you speak at Open Forum

A plain three-minute comment

Current-year Council materials say speakers should submit a speaker card before the meeting. Remarks are limited to three minutes. Use this draft as a starting point and make it sound like you.

Open the council comment draftA resident-focused version you can copy and personalize

Council comment draft

Mayor and Council, my name is [name], and I am a Celina resident. The city's public Flock portal now reports 47 cameras, more than 400,000 plate reads in 30 days, and access granted to over 1,000 organization entries. The dashboard does not tell residents how many alerts were verified, how many vehicles were recovered, how many false positives occurred, or how often outside agencies searched Celina data. It reports a total search count but does not publish the search-level audit that the same Flock portal makes available for other agencies.

Celina's policy includes important protections, but it also says reasonable suspicion or probable cause is not required before a search. The newest order form lists a $123,000 annual recurring charge and a 36-month renewal term after the first year. Those terms create continuing cost and tracking exposure that residents can ask the City to end.

I support ending Celina's ALPR program and removing all city-operated readers. As the first public step, I ask the Council to publish the missing local outcomes and complete cost, explain why routine collection from ordinary drivers should continue, and open a public review where residents can be heard. Please tell residents how they can participate and what records the City will release.

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