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How to take action

Change here does not require a lawsuit or a protest. It requires residents on record. Start with the petition, then work down the list. Every step takes minutes, and the officials involved answer to you.

Step 01

Sign the petition

For residents of any city in Volusia County. Add your name to keep the current shutdown in place, require a public accounting of cameras, contracts, costs and stored data, and demand a noticed public hearing and recorded vote before any ALPR system returns or is replaced.

We ask for only your name and email; your city is optional. Submissions are stored in the campaign's Google Sheet, and a notification containing the submitted details is sent to the campaign's Proton Mail inbox. The campaign does not sell petition details. If the petition is later submitted to public officials, the submitted information may become a public record under Florida law. Before that submission, you may request correction or deletion by emailing deflocknsb@proton.me.

It just helps us show turnout by city. Leave it on private and we record nothing about where you live.

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Your email app should have opened with your signature ready. Press send to make it official. If nothing opened, email us directly at deflocknsb@proton.me.

Next, keep the pressure on by emailing your commissioners in Step 2 below.

  1. Email your representatives

    Written comments create a record of public concern. Copy the message below, then open an email to all five New Smyrna Beach commissioners or write your own. Under Florida law, messages sent to public officials may be public records.

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    NSB City Commission

    Contact: 210 Sams Ave · 386-410-2630 · next regular meeting: Sept. 22, 2026 at 5:30 pm, Commission Chambers, 214 Sams Ave

    Email all commissioners

    Volusia County Council

    123 W. Indiana Ave, DeLand · 386-736-5920 · next meeting Tues., Sept. 22, 2026 at 4 pm

    Email the County Council

  2. Show up to a meeting

    Public meetings provide a direct way to address elected officials on the record. You do not need to be an expert, only a neighbor who wants answers.

    NSB City Commission

    Commission Chambers, 214 Sams Ave. Next regular meeting: Tues., Sept. 22 at 5:30 pm. Ask to speak during public participation.

    Volusia County Council

    Frank T. Bruno, Jr. County Council Chambers, rooms 204 and 207, 123 W. Indiana Ave, DeLand. Next: Tues., Sept. 22 at 4 pm. Check the county site for the agenda and sign-in details.

  3. File a public records request

    This is the most reliable way to seek the underlying records. Florida's Public Records Act generally allows you to request contracts, camera counts, retention policies, and data-sharing agreements, though statutory exemptions or redactions may apply.

    Send this to the City Clerk

    Under Florida's Public Records Act (Ch. 119), I request copies of: (1) all current contracts, invoices, purchase orders, termination notices, and removal charges involving ALPR technology; (2) the number, locations, ownership, and current disposition of every reader; (3) records showing when each reader and agency account was deactivated; (4) policies and records governing retention, deletion, export, and outside sharing of data collected before deactivation; and (5) any plans, proposals, or communications about restarting or replacing the system. Please advise of any cost before fulfilling. Thank you.

    Send to clerk@cityofnsb.com · or NSB PD Records Division, 386-424-2220.

  4. Map a camera you have spotted

    Readers sit high on poles and sign posts, usually near town entrances and busy intersections, often with a small solar panel. Even deactivated equipment belongs in the public inventory. If you safely observe a reader from public space, add it to the map; never damage, cover, or tamper with equipment.

    Open the DeFlock map

  5. Tell your neighbors

    Many residents do not know that New Smyrna Beach and the Sheriff’s Office deactivated their readers, or that the decisions could be revisited. Share this site, forward the petition, and bring a neighbor to the next meeting so the temporary shutdown becomes transparent, durable policy.

Questions before you act?

Read straight answers to the objections you will hear and to the ones you may hold yourself.

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