Can the cops in this state tell from a license plate that a car’s insurance is lapsed?

I just got pulled over for having expired tabs (it’s ok, they haven’t come in the mail yet, and I had the receipt, so no ticket there). The cop then said “and don’t worry, I’m not going to hassle you about the insurance thing. Have a good day.” And then he left.

I didn’t ask him what he meant, but I did check in my Progressive app and sure enough my payment didn’t process because my old credit card expired. Easy enough to fix, but how did he know? Do the cops here have a database that gives them info about who is and who is not insured based on the license plate or something? If so is this new? If so, does this make the Flock stuff even more fucked up? I don’t like the idea of being pulled over because a credit card expired and I forgot to change it. That seems even more dystopian.