Crime Radar Pulse

Flock's ALPR and surveillance data flows into AWS GovCloud servers in Virginia and Ohio that demand SCI clearance, polygraph tests, and U.S....

Oakley Police illegally shared license plate reader data with border control and another federal agency due to an incomplete 2024 audit that missed...

Enid PD is moving to full encryption specifically because of CrimeRadar, extending the pattern of police departments blocking scanner feeds that apps...

App False Alert Incident

• 🔥 Waco Training Mix-Up: Waco police clarified a false officer shooting alert generated by Crime Radar after the app...

ALPR systems in Park City and Summit County feed local plate data into national networks accessible to ICE and 4,000 agencies, with no public vote or...

Waco police publicly cautioned residents about CrimeRadar after the app falsely reported an officer shooting from a routine training exercise, forcing...

No significant updates today.

California's new DMV law enables interstate sharing of names, SSNs and DOBs via the State-by-State system for REAL ID checks, but includes a monitoring plan and advisory committee with privacy advocates after activist pushback.

Waco police had to publicly correct a false officer shooting report from CrimeRadar and other AI apps after the system mixed a training exercise with...

Byron Donalds, Florida Republican and gubernatorial candidate, demands a “full pause” on Flock ALPR cameras, warning government should not track people’s every movement. The push adds bipartisan weight to privacy concerns over routine driving data.

Columbus Mayor Ginther ordered an immediate halt to statewide Flock data sharing after an audit uncovered 15,577 possible immigration enforcement...

The Chatrie decision could affect law enforcement purchases of commercial location data from brokers, while experts say it strengthens Fourth Amendment challenges to warrantless ALPR collection due to its retrospective and indiscriminate nature.

Flock's rapid expansion without public votes has sparked DeFlock model legislation making unauthorized ALPR installs a felony with up to 10 years...

A Milwaukee internal affairs detective was charged with misconduct for misusing the Flock ALPR system to improperly search license plates 20 times and...

The old 'nothing to hide' line has flipped: now citizens must supply their own dashcam or Ring footage to disprove proximity-based accusations from...

Oregon's new data privacy law seeks to block public bodies from selling residents' personal information to data brokers, responding to immigration...

Connecticut's expanded CTDPA now classifies driver's license numbers and other government identifiers as sensitive data, requiring separate consent...

The FTC seeks public comment on a policy barring AI companies from distorting outputs for undisclosed ideological goals under Section 5 of the FTC...

New Mexico's Driver Privacy and Safety Act now restricts ALPR data sharing to cases with explicit city permission, barring third-party sales or...