A federal judge in Oklahoma just threw out a drug case after ruling that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they used Flock Safety’s automated license-plate cameras to pull a driver’s travel history for roughly a month, without a warrant, and without probable cause.
U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill of the Northern District of Oklahoma ruled that Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy Freddie Alaniz conducted an “Unconstitutional Warrantless Search” when he queried Flock and other automated license plate reader systems on a Mazda SUV simply because it had a California plate.
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Atkinson becomes the first town to ban Flock and all ALPR cameras in North Carolina
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On October 1, 2026, the Town of Atkinson adopted an ordinance banning automated license-plate-reader cameras, including Flock, inside its limits.
It is the first outright ALPR ban in North Carolina.
The rule is one sentence: “No automated license plate reader cameras shall be installed and located within the corporate limits of the Town of Atkinson.”
The Board rested it on N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-174 and Article I, Section 19 of the state constitution, saying residents should not be “subjugated to an unreasonable search” by any level of government.
Atkinson decided its residents would not live under a network of cameras that logs every passing car, every day, with no warrant and no suspicion, treating the innocent as suspects.
Now we just need to get the rest of the state to do the same.
Sign the petition to ban Flock cameras in your state at
https://t.co/A29acF9nyE