The first post-Chatrie ruling on the question.
— Read on reason.com/volokh/2026/09/16/use-of-flock-cameras-is-not-a-fourth-amendment-search-district-court-rules/
Tag: Policy
California’s Shadow Welfare System for Illegal Immigrants
The state spends billions on housing, health care, and other benefits.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/california-illegal-immigrants-shadow-welfare
Automatic License Plate Readers: Benefits, Risks, and Sensible Regulation
Executive Summary
Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are a popular policing technology that uses cameras and integrated software to identify cars by their license plates (and, in some cases, other identifying characteristics). ALPRs have become the subject of sustained online and offline furor in recent months, prompting calls to ban or physically destroy them.
These calls are mistaken. ALPRs are not a new technology—police have used them for decades. While the research is still developing, the best available evidence supports the proposition that ALPRs help reduce crime. And while doctrine is still evolving, there is a strong argument that their use does not contravene the Fourth Amendment as the courts today understand it.
Read on HERE
Blacklisted – How Brady lists give prosecutors unchecked power to end cops’ careers and how to fix it.
America and Public Disorder – Chris Arnade Walks the World
Our biggest social flaw should be addressed
— Read on walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/america-and-public-disorder
Evidence-based approach shows de-escalation is a learnable police skill
A three-year research collaboration between Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has produced one of the most comprehensive real-world studies …
— Read on phys.org/news/2026-09-evidence-based-approach-de-escalation.html
Flock Favors: Police Across New York Search Flock on Behalf of ICE
In this report, S.T.O.P. and LatinoJustice PRLDEF detail how state and local police across New York have searched Flock’s nationwide license plate database on behalf of ICE, including to locate drivers suspected of no crime. The report documents explicit ICE-related searches by police in Nassau County, Beacon, Glen Cove, and Cheektowaga, as well as search patterns involving the New York State Intelligence Center, State Police, and Lancaster police that suggest additional immigration searches may have been hidden behind generic labels.
Get a .PDF of the report HERE
I the report is a link to an interesting website Have I Been Flocked check it out!
Don’t Ban Automated License Plate Readers—Regulate Them
ALPRs can improve policing and public safety, but we need stronger safeguards to prevent abuse and protect privacy.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/automated-license-plate-readers-flock-ban
Inside Subway Mania, the Underground Wrestling League Riding NYC
For a decade, Tim Hann Rivera’s Subway Mania has staged WWE-style wrestling matches on NYC subway trains, drawing global fans and pro wrestlers alike.
— Read on hoodline.com/2026/08/inside-subway-mania-the-underground-wrestling-league-riding-nyc-trains-for-10-years/
A cop’s case for Flock – Works in Progress Magazine
People are right to want less police intrusion in their lives. The way to get there is more precision, not less.
A car is a difficult thing to steal. It is large, cherished by its owner, difficult to hide and required by law to have identifying metal plates that everyone can see. A good thief changes the plates, and an excellent thief steals a common car in a boring color and hopes to blend in among the crowd. But eventually, no matter what techniques they use, they must drive that car on the road, and roads are public places.
— Read on worksinprogress.co/issue/a-cops-case-for-flock/
