Samuel Trapp examines a newly filed Georgia lawsuit alleging that Coweta County deputies searched Tyler Murkerson’s vehicle through the Flock network while his civil-rights lawsuit against the sheriff’s office was pending. Samuel connects those allegations to Chrisanna Elser’s Colorado lawsuit after she was wrongly accused of stealing a $25 package, an Oklahoma federal ruling suppressing evidence from a warrantless month-long Flock search, and recent criminal charges involving alleged misuse of license-plate data by law-enforcement personnel in Georgia and Ohio.

The discussion turns to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s Executive Order 26-18, including its 30-day deletion requirement, restrictions on commercialization, prohibition against combining ALPR systems with facial recognition and promised accountability measures. Samuel’s question is direct: one month after the order, where are the required audits, who examines them, and can a citizen learn whether police searched his or her vehicle without a legitimate case?

In Government Employees Behaving Badly, Samuel discusses the criminal charge against Riverview Police Officer Torre Dyson. Prosecutors allege that Dyson sexually assaulted a handcuffed woman after taking her to the police station without properly notifying dispatch or supervisors. The case raises additional questions because Dyson’s peace-officer license was reportedly already on probation.