Amarillo Police Department

Agency-level case history and misuse patterns.

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Documented cases
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People arrested
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People fired

//Agency profile

Agency
Amarillo Police Department
City
Amarillo
County
Potter
State
Texas

//Discovery methods

Victim complaint; internal investigation; court records · 1

//Associated cases

Christian Slade Eder

Amarillo Police Department · Amarillo, Potter, Texas · September 1, 2026
Criminally charged; pleaded not guilty Fired Records / Intelligence DatabaseAutomated License Plate Reader Personal trackingfalse search justificationsunauthorized database use

Court records allege former Amarillo Officer Christian Slade Eder searched a man's license plate 76 times in Flock between February and June 2026 and searched a law-enforcement database twice. The man had previously dated a fellow officer in whom Eder had expressed romantic interest. Prosecutors allege Eder entered false investigative reasons for the searches.