Footage of the Flock search that a judge ruled was uncosntitutional

Body‑camera and in‑car video show Tulsa County deputy Freddie Alaniz using Flock and Motorola/Vigilant automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) databases while pulling over Melissa Kyle, whose rental car had California plates. Alaniz began searching the plate before the stop was complete, then compared Kyle’s account to a mapped history of 79 ALPR “hits” (about 50 during her short rental), documenting travel through Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and into California. He told Kyle he would issue only a warning for an alleged lane change but proceeded to question and detain her, saying short trips to California can indicate drug trafficking. Officers searched the vehicle and found 91 pounds of meth; the footage was not posted online by the court but was obtained from court records.

U.S. District Judge Sara Hill ruled the warrantless ALPR search unconstitutional, calling it “indiscriminate mass surveillance” that intruded on a reasonable expectation of privacy and lacked probable cause. The judge ordered all evidence suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree, noting everyday travel patterns and imperfect memory do not justify a nationwide historical‑location search. Court filings show the ALPR data stitched together dozens of agency and private cameras, illustrating how Flock and Motorola create a near‑dragnet of movements and how routine stops can become invasive, constitutionally deficient interrogations without a warrant.