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Surveillance coverage from The Crooked Cop Report. 5 stories, newest first.
Officers Searched 83,000 Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Ended Her Own Pregnancy
404 Media found Texas authorities running a nationwide licence plate search for a woman who had self-administered an abortion, reaching into states where what she did was legal.
Police Said the Search Was for Her Safety. Court Records Showed a Death Investigation.
The follow-up reporting found the public explanation and the paperwork did not match.
Search Logs Showed Officers Nationwide Typing 'ICE' Into the Reason Field
A public records request to one Illinois police department produced Flock search logs from agencies across the country, and the stated reasons were immigration enforcement.
Officers Keep Getting Arrested for Using the Cameras to Follow People They Know
The most common documented abuse of the national plate reader network is not political. It is personal.
More Than Fifty Officers Accused, and the Departments Were Rarely the Ones Who Noticed
CNN's survey of licence plate reader misuse found the detection gap is the systemic issue.