Tulsa County, Oklahoma, May 2026. A sheriff's deputy runs a California rental car's plate through Flock and Motorola's Vigilant license plate reader systems, pulls about 30 days of its travel history, then stops the driver, citing a lane change with no signal. She refuses a search, a drug dog alerts, and deputies say they found 91 pounds of meth. In early October 2026, U.S. District Judge Sara Hill granted the motion to suppress in United States v. Kyle: the plate history search was a Fourth Amendment search with no warrant and no probable cause, the court found the only reason for it was the California plates, and the evidence from the search and the car cannot be used. The ruling binds that court only; a federal judge in Virginia upheld Norfolk's plate reader system in January. Sources: - 404 Media, 8 Oct 2026, the court footage and the ruling: https://www.404media.co/watch-footage-of-the-flock-search-a-judge-ruled-unconstitutional/ - WLUK Fox 11 / CBS12, 3 Oct 2026, the ruling and its limits: https://fox11online.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-rules-warrantless-license-plate-reader-search-violated-fourth-amendment-flock-license-plate-reader-alpr-database-melisa-susan-kyle-oklahoma-vehicle-data-judge-sara-hill - Footage as published by 404 Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLPsuhk98Ow The drug charge is an allegation; no verdict has been reported. All charges are allegations. Credit: Tulsa County Sheriff's Office body worn and in-car camera footage entered as court evidence, obtained and published by 404 Media on 8 October 2026. Commentary. AI narration.

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