ALPR ABUSE ARCHIVE

Multi-agency incident

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OK-TULSA-PROTEST-SEARCHES-2024-12

Multi-agency incident

An Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation found police agencies logged hundreds of ALPR searches related to political protests between December 2024 and October 2025.

1 linked source Last verified August 25, 2026

//Person

Name
Multi-agency incident
Role title
Law-enforcement users
Role type
Institutional / multi-agency misuse
Agency
Multiple U.S. law-enforcement agencies
City
Tulsa
County
Tulsa
State
Oklahoma

//Current status

Status
Investigative Finding
Employment outcome
Unknown
Arrest date
Unknown
Jail
Unknown
Case-status notes
Unknown

//Alleged conduct and technology

Why this case is in the database
An Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation found police agencies logged hundreds of ALPR searches related to political protests between December 2024 and October 2025.
Technology type
Automated License Plate Reader
Reported vendor
Flock Safety
Reported product
Unknown
Misuse start
Unknown
Misuse end
Unknown
Known alleged search count
Hundreds
Known duration
Unknown
Other misusePolitical protest monitoring

//Discovery and investigation

Discovery method
EFF investigation / Public records
Investigating agency
Unknown
ALPR vendor
Flock Safety
Known charge count
Unknown
Charges
Unknown

//Timeline

August 12, 2026
EFF investigation / Public records
August 12, 2026
Investigated
August 12, 2026
Arrested / Charged

//Sources

Secondary research database citing original reporting/public records

The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse

Institute for Justice · August 12, 2026
Last verified August 25, 2026