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Commonwealth v. Bell: First Court Ruling to Suppress Flock ALPR Evidence

Norfolk Circuit Court / EFF · Staff · May 16, 2024

In the first ruling of its kind, a Norfolk judge ruled police should have obtained a warrant before accessing Flock data, suppressing evidence in a robbery case. The court analogized Flock's 172-camera system to GPS tracking under Carpenter v. United States.

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