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Indiana police officers charged with misusing Flock cameras to track romantic partners
Prosecutors say 7,000 searches were flagged after audits found officers used license plate readers to monitor partners, exes and other people for personal reasons.
- On Wednesday, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced felony charges against five Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for misusing Flock license plate reader cameras to track romantic partners and citizens.
- Internal audits conducted throughout August and September uncovered 'irregular usage' of the technology, prompting IMPD to require officers to link every search to specific case numbers.
- Officer Jonathan Schultz faces 26 counts including stalking and fraud, while Michael Rogers, Cassandra Crawley, Matthew Binford, and Abigail Cramer face multiple official misconduct and fraud charges for hundreds of unauthorized searches.
- IMPD Chief Tanya Terry called it a "deeply disheartening and disappointing day," emphasizing the agency will not let these actions define the department, while Mears noted the investigation is "just the beginning."
- Lawmakers raised concerns over similar misuse nationwide, prompting Flock to implement new privacy rules flagging unusual search activity and shortening data retention for its more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states.
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Five Indianapolis police officers accused of abusing Flock license plate readers
An Indiana county prosecutor has charged five current and former Indianapolis police officers with fraud and misconduct for abusing the city’s Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced Wednesday that an internal audit of the department’s ALPRs found that five officers misused the technology. After launching investigations into the incident […]
·Washington, United States
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Five officers face charges after Indiana police department finds ALPR technology misuse
In August and September, internal audits at the the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found potential misuse of the license plate reader technology, police say.
·South Bend, United States
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