Chief: Mooresville Officer Used Flock Cameras to Track Boyfriend's Ex-Wife
Elizabeth Anne Snowman faces a felony charge after warrants said she used a Flock camera database for non-law-enforcement purposes.
- On Wednesday, Mooresville Police Department officer Elizabeth Anne Snowman was arrested and charged with misdemeanor accessing computers after allegedly misusing the Flock license plate reader database to track her boyfriend's ex-wife.
- Mooresville Police Chief Ron Campurciani revealed the department uncovered the misuse during an internal audit, noting Snowman accessed the system 31 times, 29 of which occurred while she was on duty.
- Snowman was released on a $5,000 bond following her arrest, with a court appearance scheduled for August 27, marking the second similar charge against a local officer in recent weeks.
- Campurciani stated at least 10 other officers are under investigation for potential Flock misuse; the department now requires officers to input a case number for every database search to prevent future incidents.
- While police view license plate readers as essential tools, Ivy Johnson with the ACLU of North Carolina warned the technology poses constitutional concerns by allowing law enforcement to indiscriminately track individuals without a warrant.
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NEWS HEADLINES: Five Police Officers Fired and Arrested After Internal Audit Uncovers What They Were Doing With Flock Cameras – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Isaac
Five police officers in Georgia have been fired and arrested after an internal audit exposed repeated searches inside one of the country’s most powerful license-plate surveillance networks. The officers were not following stolen vehicles. They were not looking for a kidnapping suspect or trying to find someone connected to an active criminal investigation. According to the police chief, they were allegedly searching for people they personally kn…
Mooresville officer accused of using Flock cameras to spy on boyfriend's ex-wife
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Mooresville police say an officer illegally accessed the Flock Camera system at least 31 times to track her boyfriend’s ex-wife. The Mooresville Police Chief says monthly Flock audits revealed 36-year-old Elizabeth Snowman misused the system. “She accessed these cameras while she was off duty, which means she either sat in her cruiser in her parking lot and...
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