Adam Woodruff
Role at the time: Sheriff of Latimer County, Oklahoma, interviewed by News On 6
Statement summary
In a News On 6 report published the evening of August 12, 2026 (Central time), Latimer County Sheriff Adam Woodruff said people have no right to privacy in public, then asked whether law enforcement and the government have a right to keep a diary of everywhere a person went, has been and is going. He called the technology great and said that when officers need to find a missing person and have information, they should run it through the system, get a warrant from a judge and find the vehicle. The report says in its own words, not as a quotation from him, that he believes the cameras violate the Fourth Amendment. In a July 21, 2026 social media post, as reported by News 9 and FOX23, Woodruff said his office will not use Flock camera systems. The statement predates the October 1, 2026 ruling in United States v. Kyle and is not a response to it.
“You don’t have a right to privacy in public. I understand that, but does law enforcement, the government, have a right to keep a diary of everywhere you went and where you’ve been and where you’re going? ... This technology’s great. If we need, like, a missing person or something like that, and we have information, then let’s run it through that system, get a warrant from a judge and find that vehicle”