A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules

A federal judge in Oklahoma said Thursday that a police search of the license-plate-reader system Flock amounted to “indiscriminate mass surveillance,” adding fuel to a growing debate over whether the controversial policing technology conflicts with Americans’ constitutional rights. Democracy Dies in Darkness A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.