Primary documents
- FY2026 COPS Tribal Resources Grant Program Allowable and Unallowable Costs
Government Record · 2026
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Justice Department COPS Office cost list for 2026 tribal grants listing license plate readers as allowable equipment.
- FY25 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program Allowable and Unallowable Costs
Government Record · 2025
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Justice Department COPS Office cost list for 2025 mental health and wellness grants, where license plate readers are listed as NOT allowable. Eligibility depends on the…
- GBI Arrests Five Former Albany Police Department Officers for Misuse of License Plate Data
Government Record · 2026
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, July 2026: five former Albany police officers arrested for misuse of license plate data, after the department's own audit.
- General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury proposed annual gross-flow reporting for business and personal accounts, with a de minimis $600 gross-flow or fair-market-value threshold.
- General Order 2023-05
Government Record · 2023
California Department of Justice
California Department of Justice general order applying the same rule: federal, out-of-state and private entities are not "public agencies" that can receive the data.
- Get The Flock Out
Document · 2026
American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU's "Get The Flock Out" campaign, including its model plate reader legislation released in February 2026.
- Get to know — Axon Lightpost product guide
Document
Axon
Axon's guide to its Lightpost camera, which mounts on standard streetlight fixtures and reads plates and vehicle details while livestreaming.
- Giannoulias accuses Texas of illegally accessing Mount Prospect license plate data in abortion case
News Report · 2025
CBS News Chicago
CBS Chicago, June 2025: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said a Texas search of more than 83,000 cameras reached Mount Prospect, and that there were…
- Giannoulias Demands Immediate Action After Texas Authorities Use Illinois License Plate Reader Data to Track Woman Seeking Abortion Care
Government Record · 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias
Illinois Secretary of State, June 2025: Texas authorities searched more than 83,000 cameras, including Mount Prospect's, to find a woman over a self-administered abortion, and Mount…
- Giannoulias’ Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law
Government Record · 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias
Illinois Secretary of State's August 2025 audit announcement: Flock allowed Customs and Border Protection to access Illinois cameras, in violation of state law. The office ordered…
- Giannoulias’ Audit Uncovers Forest Park Police Department Sharing License Plate Reader Data with Customs and Border Protection a Violation of State Law
Government Record · 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias
Illinois Secretary of State, September 2025: a separate audit found Forest Park's Motorola plate reader data was accessible to Customs and Border Protection.
- Girardi v. Emotiv, Supreme Court of Chile (2023)
Court Filing · 2023
Supreme Court of Chile
Chile's Supreme Court ordered a brain-data device company to delete a user's stored brain data and required express consent for other uses.
- Gunshot sound detector pilot program coming to Rock Island
News Report · 2026
KWQC
KWQC, April 2026: Rock Island approved a one-year Flock Raven gunshot detection pilot, paid with grant money.
- H.R. 10221 — Flock-Off Act
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Thomas Massie and cosponsors
H.R. 10221, Rep. Thomas Massie's Flock-Off Act (2026), which would ban federal money for these camera systems and require federally funded systems to be removed within…
- H.R. 4639 — Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, engrossed House text
Government Record · 2024
U.S. House of Representatives
Text of the House-passed Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act. It specifically excludes plate reader data from its ban on buying data.
- H.R. 7816 — Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Eli Crane, and Rep. Andrew Clyde
H.R. 7816 (2026), a surveillance reform bill that includes a new Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale title. Introduced, not passed.
- H.R. 8470 — Surveillance Accountability Act
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Lauren Boebert
H.R. 8470, the Massie-Boebert Surveillance Accountability Act (2026), which would require warrants for plate reader data and let people sue. Introduced, not passed.
- H.R. 9800 — Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act
Government Record · 2026
Rep. Tim Burchett
H.R. 9800, Rep. Tim Burchett's Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act (2026), which names Flock cameras and would bar federal use and federal funding of them. Introduced,…
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
News Report · 2026
Dhruv Mehrotra; Joseph Cox
WIRED and 404 Media, September 2026: hackers who took a Flock camera off a pole recovered its logs. In about 21 days of activity it photographed…
- Hampton v. Hanrahan, 600 F.2d 600 (7th Cir. 1979)
Court Filing · 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
The federal appeals court decision in the civil rights suit over the December 4, 1969 Chicago police raid that killed Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and…
- Have I Been Flocked? — Audit Logs
Document · 2026
HaveIBeenFlocked
Have I Been Flocked's explanation of what Flock audit logs show: records of searches run in the system.
- Have I Been Flocked? — Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
Document · 2026
HaveIBeenFlocked
Have I Been Flocked, a public tool for checking your plate against Flock search audit logs obtained through public records. It covered about 280 million known…
- HB5151 — Automated License Plate Recognition System Act, Synopsis As Introduced
Government Record · 2026
Illinois General Assembly / Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Illinois HB5151 (2026), the proposed Automated License Plate Recognition System Act, covering use limits, retention, contracts, penalties and a right to sue. Introduced; passed committee but…
- Health Advisory on Social Media Use in Adolescence
Document · 2023
American Psychological Association
The advisory recommends attention to sleep, social comparison, cyberhate, problematic use, developmentally appropriate limits, and further research. It is not a clinical practice guideline.