ALPR ABUSE ARCHIVE

South Carolina

State-level aggregate case statistics and published cases.

8
Documented cases
7
Agencies
1
People arrested
7
People fired

//Cases

Ruben Carter

Colleton County Sheriff's Office · Colleton, South Carolina
Substantiated Internal Misconduct Fired OtherAutomated License Plate Reader CoworkersNon-law-enforcement useRepeated personal search

Carter was fired after allegedly making approximately 2,700 unauthorized Flock searches involving himself, fellow deputies and other people he knew.

Ellie Hammond

Mauldin Police Department · Mauldin, Greenville, South Carolina
Substantiated Internal Misconduct Fired Hammond was fired after an investigation found she used Flock to track a former romantic partner 166 times.Automated License Plate Reader Former romantic partnerRepeated personal searchStalking / tracking

Hammond was fired after an investigation found she used Flock to track a former romantic partner 166 times.

Richard Mann

Greenville County Sheriff's Office · Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina
Substantiated Misuse Fired Mann was fired for misuse of the Flock system.Automated License Plate Reader Non-law-enforcement use

Mann was fired for misuse of the Flock system.

Agency/system incident

Greenville-area law enforcement · Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina
Documented ALPR Error / Wrongful Stop Police failed to remove a recovered rental vehicle from a hotlist and later detained two innocent women. Stale hotlist dataWrongful detention

Police failed to remove a recovered rental vehicle from a hotlist and later detained two innocent women.

Sebastian Echeverry

Greer Police Department · Greer, Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina
Substantiated Misuse Fired Echeverry was fired after allegedly using Flock for personal searches, including at least one search targeting an ex-girlfriend.Automated License Plate Reader Ex-girlfriendNon-law-enforcement usePersonal searchTracking

Echeverry was fired after allegedly using Flock for personal searches, including at least one search targeting an ex-girlfriend.

Kareem Lynch

Greer Police Department · Greer, Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina
Substantiated Misuse Fired An internal audit found Lynch allegedly used Flock to monitor a subordinate with whom he had a previous relationship.Automated License Plate Reader Coworker/subordinateFormer relationshipNon-law-enforcement useTracking

An internal audit found Lynch allegedly used Flock to monitor a subordinate with whom he had a previous relationship.

Russell Kenton II

Richland County Sheriff's Department · Columbia, Richland, South Carolina · July 29, 2026
Arrested / Charged Fired Richland County authorities said a routine audit found Kenton used the Flock system for a non-law-enforcement purpose.Automated License Plate Reader Non-law-enforcement use

Richland County authorities said a routine audit found Kenton used the Flock system for a non-law-enforcement purpose.