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Tulsa County

Using license-plate readers · 5 agencies documented

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Tulsa Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
108
Flock cameras the department owns, as stated at an October 2026 forum. It also has access to 160 privately owned cameras. Other counts: 107 Flock cameras (September 2026 town hall); 102 plate readers plus 151 live video cameras on the Flock portal (updated Dec. 7, 2025).
Contract
Flock Safety: about $377,000 per year (Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 20, 2026)
Contract
Flock Safety: nearly $700,000 per year (The Frontier, April 2, 2025)
Sources
The Frontier, April 2, 2025; Flock Safety, Dec. 7, 2025; Tulsa Flyer, March 13, 2026; Public Radio Tulsa, Sept. 9, 2026; Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 20, 2026; Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 28, 2025
  1. April 2, 2025 The Frontier reported that Tulsa's Flock payments run through a contract awarded without bids and renewed by the mayor annually, and that police turned down a records request for a list of the agencies that get Tulsa data. (The Frontier, April 2, 2025)
  2. Dec. 7, 2025 The department's Flock portal, updated this date, listed 30-day retention, NCIC and NCMEC Amber Alert hotlists, and 848,159 vehicles detected and 4,082 searches over the prior 30 days. It listed immigration enforcement among prohibited uses. (Flock Safety, Dec. 7, 2025)
  3. March 13, 2026 Tulsa Flyer reported that an Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis found at least 38 department Flock searches in 2025 that lined up with protests; the paper did not say how the 38 were identified. Capt. Shane Tuell said the searches were police looking into suspected crimes at protests, and that he was not aware of the department arresting anyone at a protest that year. (Tulsa Flyer, March 13, 2026)
  4. Sept. 8, 2026 About 30 people attended a town hall called by Councilor Karen Gilbert. Capt. Shane Tuell said, "Our policies are very transparent." (Public Radio Tulsa, Sept. 9, 2026)
  5. Oct. 19, 2026 At a police forum, officials said new Chief Jonathan Brooks had set a 250-mile Flock sharing radius, within which 319 agencies have potential open sharing. They said data is kept 30 days although Flock lowered its recommended retention to seven days in August 2026, and that ICE does not have access to the department's system. (Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 20, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Sources disagree on annual cost: Tulsa Flyer (Oct. 2026) reports about $377,000; The Frontier (April 2025) reports nearly $700,000, and Tulsa Flyer (Oct. 2025), citing The Frontier, more than $696,000. Maj. Mark Ohnesorge said Flock is only one brand of plate reader the department uses; no others were named. The Sept. 8 town hall date comes from an article dated Sept. 9 saying 'last evening'.

From agency records.

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
Count not documented
Current count unknown. A 25-camera free trial was reported in March 2022.
Sources
The Oklahoma Eagle (from News On 6), June 22, 2022; KTUL, June 11, 2023; Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 28, 2025; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma (via CourtListener), Oct. 1, 2026; Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 20, 2026; News On 6, Oct. 19, 2026; News On 6, March 14, 2022; News On 6, Aug. 12, 2026
  1. March 14, 2022 News On 6 reporting, carried later by The Oklahoma Eagle, said county commissioners approved a free trial of 25 Flock cameras for the sheriff's office, with an option to contract afterward. Undersheriff George Brown said the county "won't be issuing citations based on tags identified with this." (News On 6, March 14, 2022; The Oklahoma Eagle (from News On 6), June 22, 2022)
  2. June 11, 2023 KTUL reported the sheriff's office had installed Flock cameras; no count was given. (KTUL, June 11, 2023)
  3. Oct. 28, 2025 Tulsa Flyer reported that an attorney told a legislative interim study the sheriff's office had testified in federal court that plate readers were often used for more than insurance checks, including in criminal investigations. The Flyer did not name the case or independently confirm the testimony. (Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 28, 2025)
  4. Aug. 12, 2026 Maj. Travis Jones called the Flock cameras a valuable investigative tool and said the office issues no citations based on them, News On 6 reported. (News On 6, Aug. 12, 2026)
  5. Oct. 1, 2026 A federal judge granted a motion to suppress evidence from a sheriff's deputy's traffic stop. She found that he prolonged the stop without reasonable suspicion and, separately, that his warrantless search of the vehicle's plate-reader history violated the Fourth Amendment. The order says his patrol car carries plate-reading cameras and that he has access to at least two systems, Flock and VehicleManager. It also says nearly every court to take up the question so far, including other Oklahoma federal courts, has found such use is not a search. (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma (via CourtListener), Oct. 1, 2026)
  6. Oct. 19, 2026 Tulsa Flyer, citing News On 6, reported that Sheriff Vic Regalado disagrees with the ruling and that his office will keep using plate readers while awaiting an appeal he expects. News On 6 quoted him saying use would continue until the 10th Circuit addresses the question. Neither report says who would appeal or that an appeal has been filed. (News On 6, Oct. 19, 2026; Tulsa Flyer, Oct. 20, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Sources differ on the 2022 installation: News On 6 ties the 25 cameras to the sheriff's office; Tulsa Flyer (Oct. 2025) describes them as the Tulsa police department's original installation approved by county commissioners. No current contract was found.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Broken Arrow Police Department

Status
Program documented, current use unconfirmed
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
5
Five plate reader cameras approved in September 2023; no later count found.
Contract
Flock Safety: $18,000 term (Broken Arrow Sentinel, Sept. 20, 2023)
Sources
Broken Arrow Sentinel, Sept. 20, 2023; KJRH, Sept. 21, 2023
  1. Sept. 19, 2023 The City Council voted 4-1 to approve a five-camera Flock lease that would follow a 60-day pilot; Ward 3 Councilwoman Christi Gillespie voted no. Chief Brandon Berryhill said data is purged after 30 days. (Broken Arrow Sentinel, Sept. 20, 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
  • No evidence of current use found after 2023. The article does not state the lease length. KJRH describes the cameras as a trial period.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Sand Springs Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
8
Two approved in August 2026, which takes the city's total from six to eight.
Sources
News On 6, Aug. 24, 2026; News On 6, March 1, 2024
  1. Aug. 24, 2026 The City Council approved a policing plan adding plate reader cameras at 51st Street and Highway 97 and on Seventh Street. Council members asked Chief Todd Enzbrenner to review the contract to confirm driver data is not shared beyond law enforcement. Data is deleted after 30 days. (News On 6, Aug. 24, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • News On 6 gives no vote tally.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Sapulpa Police Department

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Flock Safety
Cameras
6
Six cameras at main entry points to the city, facing inbound traffic only.
Contract
Flock Safety: about $18,000 per year (Sapulpa Times, April 15, 2026)
Sources
Sapulpa Times, April 15, 2026
  1. Dec. 2024 The cameras went live, according to the Sapulpa Times. (Sapulpa Times, April 15, 2026)
  2. April 15, 2026 Chief Mike Reed told the Sapulpa Times the cameras had logged more than 4.3 million vehicle passes so far in 2026 and that data is deleted after 30 days. He said, "We would love to have more cameras." (Sapulpa Times, April 15, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • The Sapulpa Times also reports about $18,000 upfront plus installation, paid with city funds. Article date used for the April 2026 interview.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.

Statewide

  1. 2016 Lawmakers passed SB 359, the measure behind Title 47 section 7-606.1, allowing cameras to find uninsured motorists. The statute bars using plate data collected or kept through these systems for anything other than enforcing the Compulsory Insurance Law "or as otherwise permitted by law," bars selling the data and exempts it from the Open Records Act, except data kept as evidence of a violation. (Justia, 2025; Oklahoma House of Representatives, 2024)
  2. 2016 SB 1056 required a subpoena, court order or search warrant before the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority could share plate-reader data with police, Rep. Tom Gann told News 9. (News 9, July 20, 2026)
  3. Nov. 17, 2017 KGOU and Oklahoma Watch reported that the state had approved a contract with Gatso USA for the District Attorneys Council's Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion program. It set a $184 fine, with an $80 share per citation going to Gatso at first. The story projected about 26 cameras in the two metro areas in the first year and nearly 40 statewide. (KGOU / Oklahoma Watch, Nov. 17, 2017)
  4. Nov. 1, 2018 The District Attorneys Council says UVED camera units have photographed plates across the state since this date and compared them with the Oklahoma Insurance Verification System. (Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, June 23, 2026)
  5. Aug. 22, 2020 Sensys Gatso announced that it and the District Attorneys Council were ending their UVED partnership after nearly two years. Its president said the state had not prosecuted owners who ignored requests, leaving payment rates too low. The company said it had identified about 22,000 owners as uninsured. (Sensys Gatso, Aug. 22, 2020)
  6. March 14, 2024 SB 1620, which would have allowed plate readers on state highway rights-of-way, failed in the state Senate 13-28. A separate House measure, HB 3570, never reached the floor, News 9 reported. (NonDoc, April 8, 2024; News 9, July 20, 2026)
  7. Sept. 2024 A McClain County judge suppressed plate-reader evidence from a felony traffic stop, finding the use violated state law, according to News On 6 and a statement from Rep. Tom Gann. Only the month was reported. (News On 6, Oct. 2, 2024; Walters Herald, Oct. 3, 2024)
  8. Jan. 1, 2025 KJRH reported that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation had begun telling cities to take plate readers out of state highway rights-of-way. Pryor's police chief said his city's readers sit on city-owned poles and called the matter a "gray area." (KJRH, Jan. 1, 2025)
  9. Feb. 4, 2025 HB 1626, a bill defining terms and authorizing certain uses of plate-reader systems, was introduced. News 9 reported that HB 1626 and SB 857 were never heard in committee. (LegiScan, Feb. 4, 2025; News 9, July 20, 2026)
  10. Aug. 2025 Responding to KFOR, ODOT said it has no plate-reader cameras of its own in highway rights-of-way and neither installs nor enforces with them, and that UVED works with it on where cameras go; the Turnpike Authority said state law authorizes its cameras for toll collection; and the Highway Patrol said it doesn't use these cameras. KFOR's follow-up places its interview with the lawmaker behind the study in August. (KFOR (via Yahoo), Aug. 2025)
  11. Oct. 16, 2025 Rep. Tom Gann led a House interim study on plate readers, telling the panel that statute limits them to checking auto insurance. Presenters suggested consequences for agencies that use the data illegally, KGOU reported. (KGOU, Oct. 20, 2025; Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oct. 16, 2025)
  12. May 4, 2026 Rekor Systems announced a preliminary agreement, with final contract terms still to be negotiated, to stay on as UVED's technology partner under a multi-year deal worth $16.8 million. Rekor says it has worked on the program since 2020. (Rekor Systems, May 4, 2026)
  13. Oct. 1, 2026 U.S. District Judge Sara Hill of the Northern District of Oklahoma suppressed evidence from a traffic stop on two grounds: a Tulsa County deputy prolonged the stop without reasonable suspicion, and his warrantless check of a month of the car's plate-reader history in Flock and VehicleManager was a Fourth Amendment search without probable cause. The order notes that neither the Supreme Court nor the Tenth Circuit has decided the question and that nearly every court to take it up, including other Oklahoma federal courts, has found such use is not a search. (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma (via CourtListener), Oct. 1, 2026)
  14. Oct. 21, 2026 Sen. Mary Boren led a Senate interim study on plate readers at the Capitol. The Village's police chief defended the cameras, and an NSU professor and attorney testified that recent court decisions limit Oklahoma's use of the readers to finding uninsured motorists. Lawmakers could take up the issue when the session begins in February. (News 9, Oct. 14, 2026; News 9, Oct. 21, 2026; KOKH FOX25, Oct. 23, 2026)

State agencies

Oklahoma District Attorneys Council (UVED program)

Status
Using license-plate readers
Vendors
Rekor Systems
Cameras
Count not documented
Statewide insurance-enforcement sensors; neither the council nor Rekor gives a count. KGOU reported a projection of nearly 40 in 2017, before Gatso's contract ended.
Contract
Rekor Systems: $16.8 million term (Rekor Systems, May 4, 2026)
Contract
Sensys Gatso: $80 per citation at first, falling to $74 after two years and $68 after five term · from 2017 · to 2020 (KGOU / Oklahoma Watch, Nov. 17, 2017; Sensys Gatso, Aug. 22, 2020)
Sources
Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, June 23, 2026; Sensys Gatso, Aug. 22, 2020; Oklahoma Senate / District Attorneys Council, Jan. 7, 2026; Rekor Systems, May 4, 2026; KGOU / Oklahoma Watch, Nov. 17, 2017
  1. Nov. 1, 2018 Camera units began photographing plates statewide for comparison with the insurance verification system. (Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, June 23, 2026)
  2. Aug. 22, 2020 Sensys Gatso announced the partnership was ending. (Sensys Gatso, Aug. 22, 2020)
  3. Jan. 7, 2026 A budget presentation said UVED had enrolled more than 140,000 people; the FY 2025 actual was listed as 140,000 against a 120,000 target. (Oklahoma Senate / District Attorneys Council, Jan. 7, 2026)
  4. May 4, 2026 Rekor announced the $16.8 million agreement in principle. (Rekor Systems, May 4, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
  • Rekor's deal was announced as an agreement in principle; a signed contract was not found. The council's page does not name a vendor and says data is kept by the program only while it serves as evidence of a violation. It does not describe sharing with police. Page last modified June 23, 2026.

From agency records.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Status
Checked: no program found
Vendors
Cameras
Count not documented
The patrol told KFOR it doesn't use these cameras.
Sources
KFOR (via Yahoo), Aug. 2025; Oklahoma Senate, Sept. 10, 2024
  1. Aug. 2025 The patrol told KFOR it doesn't use these cameras. (KFOR (via Yahoo), Aug. 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
  • A 2024 Flock presentation to a Senate committee includes a case study in which the patrol located and arrested a kidnapping suspect, told in the vendor's own words. It does not say the patrol has its own Flock contract.

Reported by news outlets; agency records not yet obtained.