A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

Texas police used license plate reader to track woman who had self-managed abortion

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says use of tool called Flock was to protect health of mother

Texas cops search license plate cameras across US to find woman who had abortion

An officer from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas reportedly used a nationwide database to search for a woman who gave herself an abortion.According to 404 Media, the officer conducted the search earlier this month using a database of license plate readers created by a company called Floc...

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state where abortion is illegal can search cameras in others where it's a human right.

She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.

In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data… Read more → The post She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down. appeared first on IT Security News.

Texas cops use dystopian surveillance method to track down woman trying to leave state for abortion

Texas cops use dystopian surveillance method to track down woman trying to leave state for abortion A dystopian scene unraveled in Texas when police officers were caught using software for a nationwide license plate reader to track a woman who had a self-administered abortion in a state where the…

Texas Uses 83,000 Surveillance Cameras Nationwide to Track Woman’s Abortion: ‘Ah Yes, the Freedom State Strikes Again'

As if banning abortion wasn’t enough, now the police want to track you down if you dare to seek one in a state where it’s still legal. That’s exactly what happened to one woman in Texas. People found out about the incident when it was revealed that police ran a search through over 83,000 automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras across the country just to find her. The sheriff claimed they were simply responding to the woman’s family, who we…