Skamania County, Washington, has disabled its entire network of six Flock Safety automated license plate readers (ALPRs) following a court ruling that the images they collect are public records. The decision forces the county to release the data upon request under state law, creating a significant privacy dilemma. By shutting down the cameras, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office acknowledged the inherent risk of exposing the public’s location data en masse. This case demonstrates a critical failure mode of private surveillance partnerships: law enforcement agencies adopt powerful data collection tools without fully anticipating how existing transparency laws will apply. The result pits the purported crime-fighting benefits of ALPRs directly against the fundamental privacy of every driver whose movements were logged by the system.