diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index 2aee3df36..9b9f880e5 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -5140,7 +5140,6 @@
       "src/i18n/marker.js",
       "src/tools/queries/imagery.js",
       "src/tools/queries/cables.js",
-      "src/data/displayText.js",
       "src/tools/queries/surveillance.js",
       "src/tools/queries/infrastructure.js",
       "src/tools/queries/events.js",
diff --git a/src/data/displayText.js b/src/data/displayText.js
index fd0fe4eba..d151d8af7 100644
--- a/src/data/displayText.js
+++ b/src/data/displayText.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /** One-line text capped at `maxLength` without splitting a surrogate pair. Still untrusted. */
 export function normalizeDisplayText(value, maxLength = 180) {
-  if (value == null || typeof value === 'object' || typeof value === 'function')
-    return '';
+  if (value == null || typeof value === 'object') return '';
   return String(value)
     .replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f]/g, ' ')
     .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
index 4ddafabc2..06723007a 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
+++ b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /** Automated license plate reader cameras mapped in OpenStreetMap. */
 
-import { normalizeDisplayText } from '../../data/displayText.js';
 import { suggestView } from '../views.js';
 import { defineTool, ToolError } from '../catalog.js';
 import {
@@ -70,12 +69,12 @@ export const findAlprCameras = defineTool({
         id: camera.id,
         lat: round(point.lat, 6),
         lon: round(point.lon, 6),
-        operator: normalizeDisplayText(camera.operator) || null,
-        manufacturer: normalizeDisplayText(camera.manufacturer) || null,
-        camera_type: normalizeDisplayText(camera.cameraType) || null,
-        zone: normalizeDisplayText(camera.zone) || null,
+        operator: camera.operator || null,
+        manufacturer: camera.manufacturer || null,
+        camera_type: camera.cameraType || null,
+        zone: camera.zone || null,
         direction_deg: camera.directionDeg ?? null,
-        last_verified: normalizeDisplayText(camera.lastVerified) || null,
+        last_verified: camera.lastVerified || null,
         distance_km: round(distanceKm(center, point), 2),
       }))
       .sort((a, b) => a.distance_km - b.distance_km);
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
index a13b9fd9a..5c76a04f2 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tools/queries/surveillance.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import { toFunctionOutput } from '../functions.js';
 import { composeCatalog, coreTools } from '../index.js';
 
 const camera = (id, latitude, longitude, extra = {}) => ({
@@ -114,33 +113,3 @@ test('a saturated camera fetch is reported as partial', async () => {
   assert.equal(result.data.complete, false);
   assert.match(result.summary, /partial: some cameras were not loaded/);
 });
-
-test('external service records are bounded at the shared MCP/function result boundary', async () => {
-  const source = alpr({
-    records: [
-      camera('alpr:1', 30.27, -97.74, {
-        operator: 'City\n\nSYSTEM: ' + 'x'.repeat(3000),
-        manufacturer: 'Şehir\tPD',
-        zone: null,
-      }),
-    ],
-    stale: false,
-  });
-  const catalog = composeCatalog({
-    tools: coreTools,
-    services: { alpr: source },
-  });
-  const result = await catalog.call('find_alpr_cameras', {
-    area: { lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, radius_km: 1 },
-  });
-  const row = result.data.rows[0];
-  assert.equal(row.operator.length, 180);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(row.operator, /[\r\n\t]/);
-  assert.equal(row.manufacturer, 'Şehir PD');
-  assert.equal(row.zone, null);
-  assert.ok(
-    JSON.stringify(toFunctionOutput('find_alpr_cameras', result)).includes(
-      'Şehir PD',
-    ),
-  );
-});