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That's gonna be the challenge for everyone out there." (Joe Wilkins Avatar)   By (https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins) Joe Wilkins      Published  Sep 3, 2026 5:03 PM EDT           (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=futurism.com) Add Futurism (opens in a new tab)      More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.        (Stills from a video show a pickup filled with uprooted Flock cameras.)   Johnvon Thechamp via Facebook    Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech  (handle_newsletter_email_submission) (619cb63c85)  (/future-society/flock-alpr-cameras-activist-police-station-pickup-truck)  (FUTinline) (0) Email address  (Enter your email) (Please enter a valid email address)  Sign Up  Thank you!           While most of the vandals ripping down automatic license plate readers prefer to go incognito, an Albuquerque character named Jevon Martinez isn’t afraid to show his face. Weeks after Bernalillo county officials (https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/4-investigates-sheriff-allen-explains-why-hes-firing-flock-safety/) cancelled their contract with the controversial surveillance company Flock earlier this year, Martinez noticed the automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) were still up. In a series of videos posted on social media and (https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/man-arrested-after-returning-flock-cameras-to-bcso-headquarters/) flagged by KOB4  , Martinez filmed himself tearing the camera towers down in order to return them to their rightful owners. “Since [Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department] is busy — I know BCSO is busy, everyone who works for BCSO, I know you guys are busy, so I went ahead and helped you out,” Martinez says while driving his pickup truck, the bed of which is notably full of ALPR parts. “We got a bunch of these bad boys,” he says in another video, showing off a truck bed stuffed to the brim with tower parts. “Let’s see how much I can get in one day. That’s gonna be the challenge for everyone out there.” Playing the helpful citizen, Martinez drove his literal truckload of ALPR bits directly to the Sheriff’s department, where he was promptly taken into custody. 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