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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Dave Maass and Rindala Alajaji · October 7, 2025

Court documents revealed Johnson County Sheriff's Office used Flock to track a woman who self-managed an abortion, despite publicly characterizing the search as a missing person case. Deputies logged evidence of the woman's abortion and consulted prosecutors about possible charges.

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