⭐️Sheriff Defends Flock Cameras After Federal Judge Throws Out 91 Pounds of Meth: “We’ll Keep Using Them” "We’re Not Stopping Until the Supreme Court Says Otherwise" Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado held a press conference addressing the federal ruling that suppressed evidence in a major meth case over the use of Flock/ALPR cameras. On October 1, U.S. District Judge Sara Hill ruled in United States v. Kyle that a Tulsa County deputy’s warrantless query of historical vehicle location data through Flock and VehicleManager systems violated the Fourth Amendment. She described the technology as “indiscriminate mass surveillance” and suppressed all evidence obtained afterward, including roughly 91 pounds of methamphetamine seized during a May traffic stop on I-44. The government is appealing to the 10th Circuit. At the press conference, Sheriff Regalado stated that the deputy followed department policy and the legal standards understood at the time of the stop. He said the office will continue using automated license plate readers until higher courts resolve the issue, calling it reckless to treat the action as unconstitutional based on one district court ruling. He expressed hope that the case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court for a definitive decision on the constitutionality of the technology. Regalado highlighted the system’s value for investigating crime, deterring criminal activity, and locating missing children. He also noted internal safeguards, including requirements for an investigative purpose and case number, a roughly 30-day data limit, monitoring of searches, and the fact that no misuse by Tulsa County users has been identified. The ruling is limited to this case and does not ban the technology, but it is among the first federal decisions to hold that a warrantless historical ALPR search can violate the Fourth Amendment. Video of the sheriff’s full remarks below. ❓Should police be able to pull 30 days of your vehicle’s location history on a minor traffic stop without a warrant just because you have an out-of-state plate? ❓Are we heading toward a future where every highway drive is permanently logged? ❓Why should anyone have to justify where they’ve been for the past 30 days to a deputy on the side of the highway?