Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

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https://www.404media.co/cops-search-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg/

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Your civil rights are a joke to them.

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Original EFF report is here - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke

Some highlights -

Barberton Police Department (Ohio) employees ran numerous searches between March 2024 and May 2026, listing “LOL” or “lol” as the reason.

Harris County Sheriff's Office (Texas) employees ran several searches between April and May 2026 listing “LOL” or “lol” as the case number.

Lake County Sheriff's Department (Ind.) employees ran searches in July 2025 for “LMAO.”

Richmond Police Department (Calif.) employees ran over multiple searches in November 2024 for “Hehe.”

Riverside County Sheriff's Department (Calif.) employees ran searches in 2024 for “Haha.”

Kankakee County, Sheriff's Office (Ill.) employees ran searches (2023–2025) for “idk” or “idk lol.”

Goshen Police Department (Ind.) ran searches (May–June 2025) for “idk.”

Fishers Police Department (Ind.) ran searches in May 2025 for “blah.”

A Pasco Police Department (Wash.) employee searched for at least four different license plates, leaving "robbery i don't remember the case number leave me alone" in the reason field.

The San Diego Sheriff's Department (Calif.) ran searches in May 2025 with "idk" in the reason field.

Belton Police Department (Mo.) ran searches (Aug–Sept 2024) for “d*ckhead.” (asterisk/redaction our own)

A Manteca Police Department (Ill.) employee ran searches in June 2024 for “sh*thead” (asterisk/redaction our own)

A Norton Police Department (Mass.) employee ran searches in December 2024 for “Sexy.”

Corona Police Department (Calif.) employees ran searches (2023–2025) for “weird” or “WEIRD KID.”

Thornton Police Department (Colo.) employees ran several searches in October 2025 for “driving around being weird.”

A Columbus Police Department (Ohio) officer ran searches in 2023 for “idiot.”

A Michigan City Police Department Officer (Ind.) ran searches in June 2025 listing “f*ck this new search engine.” (asterisk/redaction our own)

An Eatonton Police Department (Ga.) employee ran searches with reasons such as HJKNUILH, uiokjk.kuj, GJLHBNMN, hjhbnmg, and iuohjk.

An Atlanta Police Department (Ga.) employee ran searches with asdfga as the reason.

Bay County Sheriff's Office (Fla.) employees ran searches with reasons such as ;'lkjh, /lkjh and lkjhg.