Flock’s Massive License-Plate Database Just Hit a Fourth Amendment Wall
Nobody has to squint very hard to understand why law enforcement wanted the drugs off the highway.The harder question is how police got there. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); A Tulsa County sheriff's deputy saw Kyle driving a Mazda SUV with California plates in Oklahoma. He later searched automated license-plate-reader databases, including Flock Safety's network, and pulled up more than 50 records showing where the vehicle had been during roughly a month of travel.
- ▪Nobody has to squint very hard to understand why law enforcement wanted the drugs off the highway.The harder question is how police got there.
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); A Tulsa County sheriff's deputy saw Kyle driving a Mazda SUV with California plates in
- ▪He later searched automated license-plate-reader databases, including Flock Safety's network, and pulled up more than 50 records showing where the vehicle had been during roughly a month of travel.
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Flock’s Massive License-Plate Database Just Hit a Fourth Amendment Wall David Manney Follow @DavidManne22612 Oct 03, 2026 2:20 PM October 03, 2026 2:20 PM Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-728x90_1"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-728x90_1"]]) }); AP Photo/David Goldman, File Police found 91 pounds of meth in Melisa Kyle's vehicle. Nobody has to squint very hard to understand why law enforcement wanted the drugs off the highway.The harder question is how police got there. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); A Tulsa County sheriff's deputy saw Kyle driving a Mazda SUV with California plates in Oklahoma.
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