Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Dave Maass & Rindala Alajaji
“New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety’s surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and the Johnson County Sheriff that she was ‘being searched for as a missing person,’ and that ‘it was about her safety.’ The new information shows that deputies had initiated a ‘death investigation’ of a ‘non-viable fetus’ …. Johnson County Sheriff Adam King repeatedly denied the automated license plate reader (ALPR) search was related to enforcing Texas’s abortion ban, and Flock Safety called media accounts ‘false,’ ‘misleading’ and ‘clickbait.’ However, according to a sworn affidavit by the lead detective, the case was in fact a death investigation in response to a report of an abortion, and deputies collected documentation of the abortion from the ‘reporting person,’ her alleged romantic partner.” (10/07/25)