# Trump says he likes Flock license-plate cameras amid growing backlash

**By:** Aoife Walsh  
**Published:** 2026-09-14T12:15:27.375Z  
**Source:** [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/14/trump-expresses-support-flock-license-plate-surveillance-technology)

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The president, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement,” said he supports it “because of law enforcement.”

A Flock camera monitors traffic in Quincy, Massachusetts. (Greg Derr/Patriot Ledger/USA Today Network/Reuters Connect)

President Donald Trump expressed his support for a fast-growing surveillance tool opposed by many Americans, saying he likes Flock cameras “because of law enforcement.” 

“I sort of like them because of that, because of law enforcement, but some people don’t,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday in his first public comments endorsing the technology. “They think it’s an infringement. I like them.”