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Unnamed Racine Police officer #2
Under investigation for alleged Flock misuse
Not publicly disclosed; investigation pending
Racine Police confirmed that two officers are under investigation for alleged misuse of Flock license-plate-reader cameras. The department has not disclosed the officers' identities or the specific searches at issue because the investigations remain active.Automated License Plate Reader
Alleged improper ALPR useinvestigation pending
Racine Police confirmed that two officers are under investigation for alleged misuse of Flock license-plate-reader cameras. The department has not disclosed the officers' identities or the specific searches at issue because the investigations remain active.
Unnamed Racine Police officer #1
Under investigation for alleged Flock misuse
Not publicly disclosed; investigation pending
Racine Police confirmed that two officers are under investigation for alleged misuse of Flock license-plate-reader cameras. The department has not disclosed the officers' identities or the specific searches at issue because the investigations remain active.Automated License Plate Reader
Alleged improper ALPR useinvestigation pending
Racine Police confirmed that two officers are under investigation for alleged misuse of Flock license-plate-reader cameras. The department has not disclosed the officers' identities or the specific searches at issue because the investigations remain active.
Brandon Shayhorn / Waukesha County Sheriff's personnel
Civil Litigation / Alleged Government Misuse
No discipline publicly reported
Records / Intelligence DatabaseAutomated License Plate Reader
Alleged retaliatory surveillanceFirst Amendment activityPersonal tracking
According to reporting on Napoleon Jones's pending federal lawsuit and records reviewed in that litigation, Waukesha County Sheriff's personnel searched for Jones's BMW in Flock more than 100 times after Jones recorded a traffic stop and filed a complaint. Jones alleges the searches were retaliatory and lacked a legitimate law-enforcement purpose.
Emil Ortiz
Disciplined for Misuse
Demoted / Suspended
Ortiz was disciplined after improperly using Flock to assist his girlfriend in a dispute with her former boyfriend.Automated License Plate Reader
Non-law-enforcement usePersonal relationship
Ortiz was disciplined after improperly using Flock to assist his girlfriend in a dispute with her former boyfriend.
Agency/system incident
Documented ALPR Error / Wrongful Stop
Officers stopped an innocent person at gunpoint after a Flock alert was generated for a vehicle that should not have remained in the system.Automated License Plate Reader
Stale/incorrect hotlist dataWrongful armed stop
Officers stopped an innocent person at gunpoint after a Flock alert was generated for a vehicle that should not have remained in the system.
Frank McGrath
Criminally Charged / Pending
Resigned
OtherAutomated License Plate Reader
Non-law-enforcement useRomantic partnerTracking
County investigators alleged McGrath used the sheriff's office Flock system to monitor another deputy with whom he had a romantic relationship while off duty.
Josue Ayala
Convicted / Sentenced
Resigned
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.Automated License Plate Reader
Non-law-enforcement useRomantic partnerRomantic rival / former partnerTracking
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.
Tehrangi Chapman
Criminally Charged / Pending
Suspended
Prosecutors alleged Chapman used the Flock system to track two people for non-law-enforcement purposes over roughly a year.Automated License Plate Reader
Non-law-enforcement useTracking
Prosecutors alleged Chapman used the Flock system to track two people for non-law-enforcement purposes over roughly a year.
Cristian Morales
Convicted / Sentenced
Resigned / Former employee
Authorities alleged Morales used Flock while off duty to monitor his former girlfriend after their relationship ended.Automated License Plate Reader
Former romantic partnerNon-law-enforcement useStalking / tracking alleged
Authorities alleged Morales used Flock while off duty to monitor his former girlfriend after their relationship ended.