AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 -- The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued the following news release:
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today signed an executive order banning the use of state grant money to buy or contract for Flock cameras, automated license plate readers, and other vehicle-identification systems that convert license plate images into computer-readable data.
"The government has no business tracking where law-abiding Texans drive. Doing it without a warrant is a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution," Huffines said. "Texans should be able to drive to work, to church, or to the grocery store without a government camera logging it in a database.
"I am humbled and honored to do my part to restore liberty...