Ohio

Mark Nichols

Reynoldsburg Police Department · Reynoldsburg, Franklin/Fairfield/Licking, Ohio

Substantiated Internal Misconduct Resigned An investigation found Nichols searched license plates associated with a former domestic partner.Automated License Plate Reader Former domestic partnerPersonal searchTracking

An investigation found Nichols searched license plates associated with a former domestic partner.

Agency/system incident

Toledo Police Department · Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

Documented ALPR Error / Wrongful Stop A Flock camera misread a 7 as a 2police detained an innocent driver at gunpoint, deployed a dog on him and jailed him for hours.Automated License Plate Reader Plate misreadWrongful arrest / use of force

A Flock camera misread a 7 as a 2; police detained an innocent driver at gunpoint, deployed a dog on him and jailed him for hours.

Multi-agency incident

Dayton Police Department ALPR network · Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio

Policy-Violating Access Documented More than 140 law-enforcement agencies accessed Dayton's Flock system for immigration-related searches over several years despite city policy prohibiting such searches.Automated License Plate Reader Immigration enforcementPolicy violationUnauthorized data sharing

More than 140 law-enforcement agencies accessed Dayton's Flock system for immigration-related searches over several years despite city policy prohibiting such searches.

Unnamed Akron analyst and officer

Akron Police Department · Akron, Summit, Ohio

Policy Violation Identified An analyst and officer tracked a prominent police critic using Flock and entered 'activist recording' as the search reason, violating department policy.Automated License Plate Reader Policy violationPolitical/activist monitoringTracking

An analyst and officer tracked a prominent police critic using Flock and entered 'activist recording' as the search reason, violating department policy.

Unnamed Highland Heights dispatcher

Highland Heights Police Department · Highland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Misuse Alleged / Resigned Resigned A part-time dispatcher resigned amid allegations that the Flock system was improperly used thousands of times over several years.Automated License Plate Reader Repeated non-law-enforcement use

A part-time dispatcher resigned amid allegations that the Flock system was improperly used thousands of times over several years.

Alissa Birkhimer

Reynoldsburg Police Department · Reynoldsburg, Franklin/Fairfield/Licking, Ohio

Investigation / Resigned Resigned IJ reports that Birkhimer resigned during an investigation into possible Flock misuse.Automated License Plate Reader Potential non-law-enforcement use

IJ reports that Birkhimer resigned during an investigation into possible Flock misuse.

Latasha Moore

East Cleveland Police Department · East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Indicted / Pending Unpaid administrative leave 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.Automated License Plate Reader Non-law-enforcement usePersonal relationshipRecords / computer misuse alleged

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.

Michelle Berling

West Chester Township Police Department · West Chester Township, Butler, Ohio

Convicted / Sentenced Resigned Prosecutors alleged Berling improperly altered or handled Flock camera information during a death investigationOtherAutomated License Plate Reader Other misuseTampering with records/evidenceUnauthorized computer/property use

Prosecutors alleged Berling improperly altered or handled Flock camera information during a death investigation; the broader case also involved other law-enforcement database allegations.

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