He Ran a California Plate Through Flock, Then Stopped the Car for Following Too Closely. A Federal Judge Called the Lookup a Search
A deputy ran a California plate through Flock before a traffic stop. A federal judge ruled the Flock license plate…
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A 9-6 Los Angeles Council Vote Fell One Short of Blocking LAPD’s Axon Plate Readers. The $235 Million Contract Is Next
Los Angeles council voted 9-6 to veto LAPD's Axon streetlight plate readers but needed 10. The $235 million Axon contract…
Two Federal Judges Ruled on Flock 3 Weeks Apart. One Says Eight Photos Aren’t a Search, but a Month of Tracking Is
Is a police search of a license plate reader database a Fourth Amendment “search”? Two...
A Minnesota City Canceled Flock, Got No Reply and Had Its Police Chief Unplug the Cameras. Dayton Says Flock Put Two Back Up Anyway
Canceling a Flock Safety contract and getting the cameras taken down turn out to be...
A Texas City Votes Today on 55 Flock Cameras. If Voters Say No, the Mayor Says They Go Dark in 72 Hours
League City, Texas, is asking its voters a question most cities never put on a...
Opry Mills’ Security Chief Tells Nashville Regulators Repo Companies Can See Cars Enter the Mall, Then Says No Car Was Stolen There in About Two Years
Opry Mills’ security chief told Nashville regulators repo companies can see cars enter the lot. Tennessee’s 90-day plate-data limit covers…
Virginia Driver Says an Officer Claiming To Be FBI Pulled Her Over for the Left Lane, Then Showed Her a Map of Her Plate’s Travels
A woman in her 20s from northern Virginia was driving from New Orleans toward Florida...
Vidalia, Georgia, Police Audited Their Own Flock Cameras, Flagged a Sergeant, Then Called the GBI — Now He Faces Two Misuse Counts
Vidalia police audited their own Flock cameras, flagged a sergeant and called the GBI. He now faces two plate-reader misuse…
A Texas Deputy Held a Houston Man 76 Minutes on I-35 Over a Claimed Fog Line Drift, Then a Federal Jury Awarded Him $76
A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy held Alek Schott, an oilfield equipment salesman from the Houston...
Rhode Island’s Flock Camera Rules Allow 30 Days of Plate Data. Flock Itself Now Recommends Seven.
McKee kept his pause on new plate readers and handed police a model policy. Its 30-day retention limit is looser…
Kenosha Dropped Flock for a $14.6 Million Axon Deal. Now Four Wisconsin Cities Face a Warrant Fight at the State Supreme Court
A church council asks Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to rule that searching plate-reader data is a search under the state constitution,…
Fairfax’s Flock Camera Showdown: What Drivers Need to Know
If you drive in Fairfax County, a camera has almost certainly read your plate this...
A Fuzzy Blue Steering-Wheel Cover Is Now at the Heart of a Fifth Circuit Fight Over Searching Flock Cameras Without a Warrant
Prosecutors tied one SUV to five Dallas-Fort Worth robberies by its fuzzy blue steering-wheel cover. The appeal asks whether police…
Savannah Police Swear ICE Isn’t on Their Flock Network. They Just Fired an Officer for Sharing Her Login With Her ICE-Agent Husband
Savannah police say ICE has no Flock access. WTOC reports an officer was fired for giving her ICE-agent husband her…
MapQuest Added a Layer of Eyeballs for Plate Readers. Its Help Page Doesn’t Say Where They Came From
MapQuest's help center shows how to switch on a map layer of eye icons for surveillance cameras. It doesn't say…