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A Colorado driver was repeatedly pulled over after police mistakenly put her plate on a Flock hotlist. A driver was repeatedly pulled over after police mistakenly put the driver's plate on a Flock hotlist. A Flock camera failed to distinguish temporary and permanent plates, and deputies detained an innocent couple at gunpoint. A Flock camera misread a 7 as a 2 A Flock camera misread a plate digit and officers detained two innocent sisters at gunpoint. A Flock camera misread an O as a 0, leading officers to detain two grandparents at gunpoint with their three-year-old granddaughter in the car. A lieutenant used Flock to monitor multiple people dozens of times, including someone in a contentious familial relationship with the lieutenant. A Louisville detective was disciplined after sharing a Flock login with a DEA agent in violation of city policy. A part-time dispatcher resigned amid allegations that the Flock system was improperly used thousands of times over several years. A woman sued after police relied on a Flock image to identify a pursued driver and arrested the wrong person. After a reporter's inquiry, the sheriff's office determined Rome had searched his ex-fiancée's license plate thousands of times over several years. ALPR An analyst and officer tracked a prominent police critic using Flock and entered 'activist recording' as the search reason, violating department policy. An arrest affidavit alleges Klein used Flock to track an ex-girlfriend, her family members and people with whom she had relationships. Reporting based on the affidavit says the ex-girlfriend's plate alone was searched more than 10,000 times. An audit found the officer used Flock to look up a family member's vehicle. An Illinois Secretary of State audit found Customs and Border Protection gained access to Illinois license-plate camera data in violation of state law. An internal audit found Lynch allegedly used Flock to monitor a subordinate with whom he had a previous relationship. An internal audit identified improper Flock use by Carroll. Public reporting said potential criminal charges were under review. An investigation described as uncovering egregious misconduct included Fultz looking up his ex-girlfriend's license plate in Flock. An investigation found Nichols searched license plates associated with a former domestic partner. An officer ran a nationwide Flock search for a woman suspected of having an abortion. An officer violated conflict-of-interest policy by obtaining Flock images of a relative's stolen car and posting them to Instagram. Andersen resigned and was placed under investigation after allegedly improperly searching for a license plate hundreds of times. Audit flagged concerning Flock activity involving a potential department policy violation. Audit found an irregularly high pattern of technology use Audit revealed an anomaly in Flock use serious enough that the department suspended use of the camera system. Authorities alleged Morales used Flock while off duty to monitor his former girlfriend after their relationship ended. Authorities found a Flock camera on city property and removed it after they could not determine who installed it or who had access to its data. Authorities found Heiar used Flock cameras to monitor his estranged wife's location for personal reasons. Authorities said a multi-year GBI investigation alleged Rozar used law-enforcement systems, including license plate data, in connection with stalking allegations involving a woman. Civilian employee resigned during an investigation into allegedly egregious personal misuse of Flock. CMPD said Elliott allegedly accessed Flock and CJLEADS for a non-law-enforcement purpose, including looking up an undercover investigator's vehicle at the request of a person who was a target in a drug investigation. Documents reviewed by InvestigateTV showed an officer was forced to resign following an investigation into Flock misuse. Echeverry was fired after allegedly using Flock for personal searches, including at least one search targeting an ex-girlfriend. Esposito was fired after transferring Flock data to a private company for which he also worked. Flock data incorrectly linked a suspect vehicle to the suspect's innocent father, who was then detained. GBI said Altobello accessed the sheriff's office Flock Safety account multiple times for non-law-enforcement purposes and searched tag information for two people she knew personally. GBI said an internal audit found the officer accessed the Flock system and used retained license plate data for non-law-enforcement purposes. GBI said an internal audit of the Flock Safety system led to allegations that the employee accessed the system for non-law-enforcement purposes. GBI said Forte accessed the Flock system more than 30 times between April and July 2026 for non-law-enforcement purposes. GBI said its preliminary investigation found Canty accessed Flock for non-law-enforcement purposes. GBI said Royston accessed the Cedartown Police Department Flock Safety system multiple times between 2024 and 2025 for non-law-enforcement purposes. GBI said Taylor accessed the Dallas Police Department Flock Safety system between 2024 and 2025 for non-law-enforcement purposes while serving as 911 Director. GBI said Wright, a former Effingham County Sheriff's Office employee who retained access to its Flock account, accessed the system more than 60 times for non-law-enforcement purposes. Hall County Sheriff's Office said an audit and internal investigation found Atkins accessed the Flock Safety system on at least four occasions for personal reasons unrelated to legitimate law-enforcement purposes. Hall County Sheriff's Office said an internal audit found Brown used Flock to conduct unauthorized searches involving at least two license plate numbers for purposes unrelated to legitimate law enforcement. Hammond was fired after an investigation found she used Flock to track a former romantic partner 166 times. Harrison was fired after using Flock cameras to track the location of a female police officer. Henrico County revoked fire marshals' access to Flock after an internal review concluded state law prohibited that use. IJ reports Flock sent 1,427 stolen/felony alerts over two years and that 71% involved incorrect plate reads. IJ reports that Birkhimer resigned during an investigation into possible Flock misuse. Internal documents reportedly showed Cole-Clark ran hundreds of Flock searches for a former domestic partner and that person's new partner. Internal investigation found Mastrino used Flock in 2025 to search the plate of a former employer. The plate owner later contacted the police chief, prompting an audit. Investigators alleged Goodson repeatedly searched his estranged wife's vehicle in Flock for personal reasons while entering terms that made the searches appear connected to criminal cases. Mann was fired for misuse of the Flock system. More than 140 law-enforcement agencies accessed Dayton's Flock system for immigration-related searches over several years despite city policy prohibiting such searches. Nygaard used Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend more than 200 times over several months. Officer admitted using Flock to locate a family member for personal reasons. Officer resigned during an investigation into allegedly unauthorized Flock use. Officer resigned while internal-affairs and criminal investigations into alleged Flock misuse remained active. Officers mistook an innocent driver's car for one involved in a deadly crash based on a Flock capture Officers stopped an innocent person at gunpoint after a Flock alert was generated for a vehicle that should not have remained in the system. Officials said Palitz was under investigation for allegedly using Flock cameras to track and stalk a female police officer. One of three officers fired after an audit found Flock searches involving themselves, friends or family members One of three sheriff's office employees who resigned during an audit/investigation into their use of Flock. Ortiz was disciplined after improperly using Flock to assist his girlfriend in a dispute with her former boyfriend. Other Out-of-state agencies were able to search suburban Twin Cities license-plate data for civil immigration enforcement despite Minnesota law limiting such data to criminal cases. Out-of-state authorities ran more than 1.6 million searches of San Francisco license-plate data, including immigration-enforcement searches prohibited under California law. Outside investigation found sustained policy violations involving use of Flock to track the officer's ex-wife during divorce proceedings. Pacheco's former girlfriend sought an abuse-prevention order and alleged Pacheco used Flock cameras to stalk her. Pacheco testified that she had used the system to search for her ex-girlfriend's vehicle as part of an investigation. Police alleged Waiters improperly accessed law-enforcement-only databases, including Flock, and queried the same license plate hundreds of times without authorization. Police and court reporting said McSherry used law-enforcement license-plate-reader technology to track his estranged wife and members of her family for personal purposes. Investigators found hundreds of plate-reader reports, including repeated searches while he was off duty. The Washington Post later confirmed the system was a competitor to Flock, but the exact vendor was not identified in the public sources reviewed. Police chief said an officer was fired for misusing Flock even though there was no identified victim. police detained an innocent driver at gunpoint, deployed a dog on him and jailed him for hours. Police failed to remove a recovered rental vehicle from a hotlist and later detained two innocent women. Police failed to update a hotlist after a stolen rental vehicle was recovered Police said an internal inquiry found Sellers used his assigned Flock Safety account for purposes unrelated to his law-enforcement work. Police said Snowman accessed Flock 31 times for personal reasons to obtain information about and track her boyfriend's ex-wife, while allegedly entering law-enforcement justifications for the searches. Police used Flock to locate a shooting suspect but arrested the wrong man. Preston was fired after allegedly using Flock to look up the license plate of a man a colleague was romantically involved with, at the colleague's request. Prosecutors alleged Ayala used his authorized Flock access 179 times for personal reasons to search a person he was dating and that person's former partner. Prosecutors alleged Berling improperly altered or handled Flock camera information during a death investigation Prosecutors alleged Chapman used the Flock system to track two people for non-law-enforcement purposes over roughly a year. Prosecutors alleged Moore used law-enforcement camera/database access, including Flock, to search a license plate connected to a personal relationship for a non-law-enforcement purpose. Prosecutors and later reporting said Vanny used law-enforcement resources including Flock in a broader stalking and harassment campaign connected to his former fiancee and people associated with her. Records / Intelligence Database reporting also describes an alleged tracking device on her vehicle. Richland County authorities said a routine audit found Kenton used the Flock system for a non-law-enforcement purpose. Richmond Police shared Flock data with the FBI despite a departmental policy banning data sharing with federal authorities. Sheriff's office said a routine audit found Yarbrough made personal, non-law-enforcement inquiries in the Flock system despite having no authorized need to use it as part of his assignment. Sheriff's office said an internal audit found Brewer used Flock license plate data for non-law-enforcement purposes involving a person with whom he had a personal relationship. Sheriff's office said an internal audit found Thomas used retained Flock license plate data for personal, non-law-enforcement purposes involving a person with whom he had a personal relationship. Sheriff's office said an internal investigation found Salawu made unauthorized use of the agency's Flock Safety technology. Sheriff's office said Goss used the Flock system for personal reasons and tracked at least one license plate for about three months. Sheriff's officials said Callaway was one of three deputies whose separate cases involved alleged personal use of the Flock system to monitor someone with whom the deputy had a personal relationship. Sheriff's officials said Lewis was one of three deputies whose separate cases involved alleged personal use of the Flock system to monitor someone with whom the deputy had a personal relationship. Sheriff's officials said Stubbs was one of three deputies whose separate cases involved alleged personal use of the Flock system to monitor someone with whom the deputy had a personal relationship. Stow's internal investigation found Rogers ran vehicle information through Flock Safety and CJIS on multiple dates without a legitimate law-enforcement reason and unlawfully accessed CORI through CJIS on at least five occasions while seeking information about a person known to him. the department said an internal investigation found personal use and recommended termination. the driver was jailed for 13 days. the matters were referred for criminal investigation. the police chief described it as a one-off incident. The Washington Post identified searches of vehicles used by the officer's wife and two close personal acquaintances Wilkinson was fired for misuse of the Flock system.
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Civilian public-safety employee Institutional / agency misuse Institutional / multi-agency misuse Institutional / unknown actor Law-enforcement agency employee Law-enforcement investigator Law-enforcement personnel Law-enforcement/public-safety employee Sworn law enforcement System / investigative misuse or error
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Access Revoked After Internal Review Administrative Leave / Investigation Arrested / Charged Arrested / Charged / Pending Arrested / Indicted Arrested / Indicted / Pending Camera Removed Convicted / Sentenced Criminally Charged / Pending Disciplined for Misuse Disciplined for Policy Violation Documented ALPR Error / Wrongful Stop Documented Misuse / Controversial Search Improper Access Documented Improper Searches Documented Indicted / Pending Investigation / Resigned Investigative Finding Misuse Alleged / Resigned No Contest Plea / Probation No Contest Plea / Sentenced Pleaded Guilty / Sentenced Policy Violation Identified Policy-Violating Access Documented Pretrial Intervention / Charges Pending Dismissal Upon Completion Relieved of Duty / Misuse Alleged Resigned / Criminal Complaint Filed Resigned / Under Investigation Resigned During Audit / Misuse Investigation Resigned During Internal and Criminal Investigations Resigned During Misuse Investigation Resigned after admission State Audit Found Violation Substantiated Internal Misconduct Substantiated Internal Misconduct / Criminal Investigation Substantiated Internal Misconduct / Criminal Investigation Requested Substantiated Internal Misconduct / Investigation Ongoing Substantiated Internal Misconduct / Referred for Criminal Review Substantiated Misuse Substantiated Misuse / Resigned Substantiated Personal Misuse Substantiated Policy Violation Substantiated Unauthorized Use / Discipline Review Suspended / Criminal Review Pending Sustained Policy Violations Unauthorized Access Discovered Under Internal Investigation
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10-day suspension / Reassigned 2-day suspension 3-day suspension Administrative leave Administrative status pending Demoted / Suspended Disciplined Employed pending HR decision at last report Employment outcome not specified Fired Fired / Former employee Fired from Prairie Grove Flock access revoked Forced resignation Former employee Former employee / certification revoked No longer employed Paid administrative leave / stated intent to resign Placed on administrative leave Placed on leave Relieved of duty Resigned Resigned / Former employee Separated from Frazer Township / Suspended from Kiskiminetas Township Suspended Suspended without pay Suspended without pay / Termination recommended Terminated Unknown Unpaid administrative leave
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ALPR data misinterpretation Acquaintances / family Computer misuse Conflict of interest Continued access from former agency Coworker Coworker request Coworker/subordinate Coworkers Credential sharing Cross-agency access Cross-agency sharing Data association error Data disclosure Database misuse Estranged spouse Ex-girlfriend Ex-wife False search justification Family member Family members Family relationship Former domestic partner Former employer Former fiancée Former relationship Former romantic partner Former romantic partner / co-parent Former romantic partners Former romantic relationship Former spouse Friends / family Harassment / stalking alleged High false/misread alert rate Hotlist misuse Immigration enforcement Incorrect hotlist entry Incorrect officer data entry Information disclosure alleged License plate data misuse Misidentification Misuse of official information Misuse of official system Multi-system surveillance Nationwide search Non-law-enforcement use Non-law-enforcement use alleged Other misuse Personal acquaintances Personal relationship Personal search Plate classification error Plate misread Policy violation Political protest monitoring Political/activist monitoring Potential non-law-enforcement use Private-company use Protective-order period Records / computer misuse alleged Repeated non-law-enforcement use Repeated personal search Repeated wrongful stops Reproductive-health investigation Retained license plate data Romantic partner Romantic relationship Romantic rival Romantic rival / former partner Self-search Social-media sharing Spouse Spouse / former partner Stale hotlist data Stale/incorrect hotlist data Stalking Stalking / harassment Stalking / tracking Stalking / tracking alleged Stalking alleged Statutory violation System reliability Tampering with records/evidence Tracking Tracking alleged Unauthorized / unlawful use Unauthorized agency access Unauthorized computer/property use Unauthorized data access Unauthorized data sharing Unauthorized electronic data use Unauthorized federal access Unauthorized installation Unauthorized investigation Unauthorized search Unauthorized stop Unauthorized use Unknown data access Wrongful armed detention Wrongful armed stop Wrongful arrest Wrongful arrest / detention Wrongful arrest / use of force Wrongful detention Wrongful stop
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Agency review Anomaly review / Internal investigation Citizen discovery / victim complaint Complaint from ex-wife / internal investigation Criminal / internal investigation Criminal investigation Criminal investigation / review of system records Dallas Police Department request / GBI investigation Data analysis / Investigative reporting Department / records review Department audit / internal investigation Department review Department review / audit Dispatcher concern / Internal affairs investigation EFF investigation / Public records External complaint / department audit / internal investigation External inquiry / internal affairs and criminal investigation Flock AI audit assistance / internal investigation Flock Audit Assistance / Internal review Follow-up internal investigation GBI investigation requested by Jackson County Sheriff's Office Information reported to sheriff; GBI investigation Internal / criminal investigation Internal / self-initiated audit Internal affairs / Criminal investigation Internal audit Internal audit / Flock audit assistance Internal audit / follow-up investigation Internal audit / internal investigation Internal criminal investigation / North Carolina SBI investigation Internal criminal investigation / Review of databases and vehicle video Internal inquiry Internal investigation Internal investigation / Kansas Bureau of Investigation Internal investigation / Public-records reporting Internal review Internal review / Public reporting Investigation / Public reporting Investigative reporting Journalist inquiry / Internal investigation Journalist records request / Department review Media inquiry followed by internal and criminal investigation Monthly internal audit Municipal discovery Outside investigation Polk County Police Department request / GBI investigation Public complaint / Internal investigation Public information request / internal audit / Texas Rangers investigation Public reporting / records / litigation Public-records investigation Public-records reporting Records review / Department confirmation Records review / Public reporting Routine internal audit Series of self-initiated internal audits Sheriff's office investigation following allegation; agency audit/safeguard program State audit Victim complaint / Domestic disturbance investigation / Police audit Victim complaint / GBI investigation Victim complaint / internal affairs investigation Victim complaint / internal and criminal investigation Victim complaint / investigation Victim court filing / Department investigation Victim report / criminal investigation Washington Post analysis / Department investigation
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Allegheny Township Police Department / Westmoreland County authorities Alpharetta Police Department / Criminal investigation referred Apache Junction Police Department Baytown Police Department Bibb County Sheriff's Office Brentwood Police Department Brevard County Sheriff's Office Butler County Prosecutor's Office Chandler Police Department Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Colleton County Sheriff's Office Coweta County Sheriff's Office Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Deer Park Police Department District Attorney / local law enforcement Dunwoody Police Department East Point Police Department Fayetteville Police Department / Criminal referral Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office Fort Bend County authorities Georgia Bureau of Investigation Goodyear Police Department Greene County Sheriff's Office Greenville County Sheriff's Office Greenville County authorities Greer Police Department Habersham County Sheriff's Office Haines City Police Department Hall County Sheriff's Office Henry County Police Department Highland Heights Police Department Houston County Sheriff's Office Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Itasca Police Department Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Joliet Police Department Joplin Police Department Kansas Bureau of Investigation / Wyandotte County District Attorney Local / state law enforcement Local authorities Local prosecutors / law enforcement Louisville Metro Police Department Public Integrity Unit / Jefferson County prosecutors Matteson Police Department Mauldin Police Department McHenry County authorities Milledgeville Police Department Milwaukee Police Department / Milwaukee County District Attorney Monroe County Sheriff's Office Moody Police Department Mooresville Police Department New Bedford Police Department Niceville Police Department / local prosecutors North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Oklahoma City Police Department Orange County prosecutors / Costa Mesa Police Department Pasadena Police Department Racine County Sheriff's Office Racine County Sheriff's Office / Kenosha County District Attorney Reynoldsburg Police Department Richland County Sheriff's Department Richmond County Sheriff's Office Riverside County authorities Sandy Springs Police Department Sarasota Police Department Savannah Police Department / Georgia Bureau of Investigation referral Shelby County authorities Shively Police Department Springville Police Department St. Charles County law-enforcement/public-safety agency Stow Police Department / Local prosecutors / Massachusetts POST referral Sumter County Sheriff's Office / Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Surprise Police Department Temple Police Department Texas Rangers / Texas Department of Public Safety Union City Police Department Wichita Police Department / Sedgwick County authorities
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Flock Safety Flock Safety / ALPR Leonardo ELSAG NDI Non-Flock ALPR competitor — exact vendor not verified Not specified in source Rekor Turing Guardian Unspecified Unspecified ALPR Vigilant
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