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Texas Police Are Running Constitutionally Questionable AI License Plate Searches for ICE
Data first reported by 404 Media shows Texas law enforcement agencies conducted at least 180 immigration-related searches this year using an AI-powered license plate reader network.
The Flock database lookups are typically done without a warrant or court order, a practice that an ongoing federal lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice argues is unconstitutional and violates the Fourth Amendment. The rise of privately run surveillance camera networks like Flock, and the data sharing practices they facilitate between law enforcement agencies, has raised concerns among lawmakers regarding lack of oversight. The aforementioned federal lawsuit filed in Virginia argues that Flock’s license plate reader technology, which is used by the city of Norfolk, violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures because the cameras indiscriminately record every vehicle that passes by and store that information for thirty days without a warrant.
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