Are Flock cameras unconstitutional? Judge rules some camera uses may violate 4th Amendment
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(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Automated license plate reader cameras are facing increased scrutiny nationwide after a federal judge ruled that certain uses of the technology could violate a person's Fourth Amendment rights.
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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.
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.
The ruling does not establish a nationwide legal precedent, but it could increase momentum to growing concerns about how police departments use automated license-plate databases to track people's movements.
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Automated license plate reader cameras are facing increased scrutiny nationwide after a federal judge ruled that certain uses of the technology could violate a person's Fourth Amendment rights.
A ruling that plate reader searches trigger the Fourth Amendment could hamper investigations into violent crimes and missing people, and could “call into question countless criminal convictions” built partly on […]
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