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· San Antonio, TX

Jury rules Bexar County deputies unconstitutionally used license plate readers on Houston man

A federal jury found Bexar County liable for violating a Houston man’s Fourth Amendment rights after a 2022 traffic stop initiated using license plate reader data. The jury awarded Alek Schott $76 on Sept 28 — one dollar per minute he was detained. Court records show deputies used ALPR to flag Schott’s vehicle, and a dashcam showed he never left his lane. BCSO’s Criminal Interdiction Unit held him 76 minutes and searched his truck with a dog alert that was allegedly unreliable. No contraband was found. Schott’s attorneys plan to seek a court order preventing similar stops. At the time, only four BCSO vehicles had ALPR; now every patrol car has one built into its dashcam.

$76Court judgmentreportedon THE TABJury award for 76-minute detention; $1 per minute.

Also in San Antonio, TX

2 entries over 27 days, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

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  2. +27 daysJury rules Bexar County deputies unconstitutionally used license plate readers on Houston man this entry

Sources

  1. Jury rules Bexar County deputies unconstitutionally used license plate readers on Houston man — KSAT, Oct 5, 2026 (ksat.com)

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