CivicGuardResources / Official Wellbeing Desk / WD-1217
Constitutional objection
Sheriff Bud Kemper · Marlow County Sheriff's Office · Received September 30, 2026
Closed · No changeSender enrolled · Policy 19-07Original correspondence
Received by the Official Wellbeing Desk on September 30, 2026. Released by the Independent Integrity Board. The sender's request to keep this letter private was attached to the record.
September 30, 2026
To whoever is in charge,
I've been in law enforcement thirty-one years. I know what a search is, and tracking a man's every movement without a warrant is a search.
My county vehicle has been logged going to my hunting cabin, my church, my doctor and my daughter's house. None of that is evidence of a crime. None of it was authorized by a judge. This is a Fourth Amendment violation, plain and simple, and I'm putting you on notice.
I want the records destroyed and the vehicle removed from your system.
Marlow County Sheriff's Office
Camera evidence
Stills exported from CivicOS for this review. Tap an image to open it full size. Faces and other people's plates are not obscured, because the record has to stay complete.
Our response
Sent October 2, 2026. Appended to the public record without alteration.
October 2, 2026
Dear Sheriff Kemper,
Thank you for your letter and for thirty-one years of service. We take constitutional questions seriously, so we asked our counsel to look at this closely before writing back.
Counsel's view is that the vehicle is county property traveling on public roads, where anyone can see it. Public assets don't have Fourth Amendment rights. They have maintenance schedules. Nothing about where the vehicle goes is private, because a public road is public.
Counsel also pointed out that this is the same reasoning the Marlow County Sheriff's Office used in its own reader policy in 2019, which you signed. That policy put readers on fourteen county roads without warrants, on the grounds that driving in public carries no expectation of privacy. Counsel found it very persuasive and said it was well written.
Since your policy is still in effect, we've enrolled your personal truck under it. It was seen at the cabin, the church and your daughter's house too, so this way the record is complete. We've attached a copy of the policy for you.
Warmly,
Lead, Official Wellbeing Desk
cc: Independent Integrity Board · Attachments: camera evidence (2), enrollment confirmation
Actions taken
- The 2019 Marlow County reader policy was attached to the ticket.
- The Constitution was reviewed in full.
- The Sheriff's personal truck was enrolled under his own office's policy.
Enrollment confirmation
Issued with the response. Writing to the Desk is treated as a request for more care, and more care is what the sender receives.
Dear Sheriff Kemper,
Thanks again for reaching out. Based on your concern, your enrollment has been updated as follows:
- Sheriff Kemper is now enrolled under Marlow County Sheriff's Office Policy 19-07, which he signed.
- His personal truck has been added as an associated vehicle.
- The county's existing fourteen readers now share data with CivicGuard, at no cost to the county.
You don't need to do anything. Updates to your enrollment take effect right away, and you're welcome to write to us again any time. Each concern helps us understand where you feel least safe.
Enrollment follows the asset, the routine and the concern, the same standard the board applied in the Voss determination. Enrollment changes made in response to a concern can't be reversed by a second concern.