Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment

Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as what Flock Safety’s hallmark technology collects, may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation that society…

Oct 3, 2026

Judge rules Flock cameras violate the Fourth Amendment

A federal judge has ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he used Flock license plate reader technology to access weeks of a driver’s travel history, warning that the system risks creating a nationwide “dragnet” of mass surveillance. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill, a Biden appointee, ordered evidence obtained […]

Oct 3, 2026