94 Egregious Flock/ALPR Abuses and Misuse

Summary	Date	Source
Former Frazer Township, Pa., officer Michael McSherry pleads guilty to stalking and official oppression and is sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for using the department's license plate reader to track his estranged wife's and her mother's cars, alon	12/15/2021	WPXI
Former Kechi, Kan., police lieutenant Victor Heiar pleads guilty to misdemeanor stalking and computer crime for using the Flock license plate reader system to monitor his estranged wife's location; sentenced to 18 months' probation in lieu of 24 months in	04/05/2023	KWCH
Former Sedgwick, Kan., police chief Lee Nygaard stripped of his law enforcement certification after KSCPOST finds he used Flock license plate readers to run his ex-girlfriend's tags 164 times and her new boyfriend's 64 times and followed them in a police	08/18/2024	KAKE
Former Riverside County deputy Alexander Vanny, charged with stalking his ex-fiancée after photographing her friend's plate and running it through the department's Flock system, convicted on 10 counts and sentenced to six years in state prison	12/23/2024	Palm Springs Desert Sun
Matteson, Ill., officer Jaila Cole-Clark resigns rather than face an administrative hearing after a Flock audit finds roughly 400 searches in a month on the plates of her former long-term partner and that partner's new girlfriend, many while off duty	01/22/2025	Matteson Police Department internal investigation (FOIA via StopFlock.org)
Orange City, Fla., officer Jarmarus Brown arrested on charges of unauthorized computer access and misdemeanor stalking after an audit finds he ran his then-girlfriend's plate through license plate reader technology 108 times in seven months; department mo	02/05/2025	FOX 35 Orlando
Former LMPD officer Roberto Cedeno indicted on first-degree stalking, unlawful computer access and official misconduct after using the department's license plate reader system to keep tabs on his ex-partner's vehicle; he resigned eight days before the ind	04/16/2025	Louisville Public Media
A DEA agent uses a Palos Heights, Ill., police officer's Flock password to search for a suspected 'immigration violation' in late January 2025, a use barred by Illinois law, and the department changes the password after records obtained by Unraveled and 4	08/12/2025	404 Media
Braselton police chief Michael Steffman resigns and is arrested the same day on stalking, harassing communications, oath-violation and multiple counts of misusing automated license plate recognition systems after the GBI finds he used the cameras to track	11/19/2025	GBI
Milwaukee officer Josue Ayala charged with attempted misconduct in public office after 179 Flock searches of a partner's and the partner's ex's plates; he later pleads guilty and gets probation	02/24/2026	FOX6 Milwaukee
Monroe County, Fla., deputy Lamar Roman arrested and fired after running a TV extra's plate through state databases and placing it on a license-plate-reader hotlist so he could pull her over; avoids jail through a pretrial intervention deal	03/10/2026	Local 10
Former Bonner Springs detective Kyle Rector charged with stalking and official misconduct after using police license plate readers and databases to track his estranged wife and two men	03/18/2026	KSHB 41
Flock logs obtained by KMVT show Jerome County, Idaho, Sheriff George Oppedyk ran more than 700 'test' searches for his wife's vehicle between July and September 2025; Twin Falls police cut off his system access and he announces his retirement after the I	03/30/2026	KMVT
Former Costa Mesa officer Robert Josett pleads guilty to three misdemeanors after using the department's Flock license plate reader system and CLETS to locate his mistress, her romantic interests and his wife; sentenced to three years' probation and a 52-	04/14/2026	Orange County District Attorney
Naperville officer Oscar Maldonado retires before discipline after an internal investigation finds he ran the plate of his new girlfriend's ex-fiancé through Flock about 150 times over three months and admitted using Flock for personal reasons	05/01/2026	ABC7 Chicago
Gwinnett County officer Renee Downer charged with stalking and simple battery and later fired after an audit finds she used police databases to track an ex-partner's location; two colleagues charged with misuse of license plate data in the same Flock audi	05/04/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Former Katy, Texas, officer Sergio Rodriguez fired and indicted for stalking and misuse of official information after an investigation finds he ran his ex-wife's plate through Flock for five months and placed a tracking device on her vehicle	05/04/2026	FOX 26 Houston
Former Coffee County, Ga., deputy Chris Rozar indicted on eight counts, including stalking and prohibited use of captured license plate data, for using the sheriff's office Flock camera and tag reader system and GCIC to track a woman 'in a personal and un	05/05/2026	WALB
Brevard County's Deputy of the Year Michael Fultz resigns ahead of firing after an internal investigation into his ex-girlfriend's complaint finds he ran her tag through Flock off duty under an 'investigation' label, among other sustained misconduct	05/27/2026	News 6 (ClickOrlando)
Former Holiday Hills police chief William Copp indicted on 12 felony counts of official misconduct after prosecutors say he used Prairie Grove's Flock plate readers nearly 250 times and LEADS 31 times to track six people he knew personally, including thre	06/17/2026	Northwest Herald
Richmond County deputy Jaquarius Yarbrough fired and charged with violation of oath and unlawful use of license plate reader data after an audit finds he ran a woman's plate through Flock for personal reasons; The Augusta Press reports 1,639 searches on a	06/25/2026	WRDW
Greer police fire Cpl. Kareem Lynch after a Flock audit shows he used the cameras to search for a fellow officer he was in a relationship with, logging the searches as 'welfare checks' or 'city planning'	06/26/2026	FOX Carolina
Greer police fire Officer Sebastian Echeverry after a Flock audit found he searched several citizens' plates and logged the reason as 'alcohol offenses,' which the department says was untrue	06/29/2026	FOX Carolina
Reynoldsburg officer Mark Nichols resigns the day before his internal affairs interview after an audit finds 47 unauthorized Flock searches, 46 of them on a vehicle belonging to his former domestic partner; allegation sustained	07/01/2026	ABC 6 (WSYX)
Little Rock police fire an officer who searched his girlfriend's license plate in the department's Flock system 28 times in May after a July 3 quarterly audit flags the searches as misuse; three more officers are relieved of duty in October	07/03/2026	Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
GBI arrests five former Albany, Ga., police officers, Tytianna Davis, Jade Jackson, Nicholas Richardson, Brittney Smith and Issac Whitus, on 21 counts of misuse of license plate data plus one count each of violation of oath after a Flock audit found searc	07/06/2026	Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Milwaukee internal affairs detective Tehrangi Chapman charged with felony misconduct in public office and GPS misuse over 20 personal Flock searches and a tracker planted on a victim's car	07/08/2026	WPR
Springville, Ala., police officer resigns on July 8 after a June 23 Flock audit finds he ran checks on his own family member in a single day, and Chief Jason Mize refers the case to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency	07/08/2026	WBRC
Pasadena, Texas, police Sgt. Michael Palitz resigns during an internal investigation into allegations he used the city's Flock system to track a female fellow officer, then surrenders his peace officer license under a deal with the Harris County DA to avo	07/10/2026	KPRC 2
Stow, Mass., officer Jason Rogers resigns ahead of a termination hearing after an internal affairs probe finds he ran a former partner's vehicle through Flock and CJIS 'for no legitimate law enforcement reason'; department files a criminal complaint and c	07/17/2026	NBC Boston
Richmond County, Ga., Sheriff's Office fires and arrests Lt. John McKenzie, Investigator Curtis Hoskins and Deputy Joshua Johnson on charges of misusing license plate readers and violation of oath after finding they ran Flock searches for personal reasons	07/20/2026	WRDW
Conyers, Ga., police Real-Time Crime Center supervisor Paige Forte arrested by the GBI on a charge of misusing a license plate reader system after an audit finds she accessed Flock more than 30 times in four months to search for her domestic partner's car	07/22/2026	Atlanta News First
Apache Junction officer Joshua McDaniel resigns the day he is served a notice ordering his firing after investigators find he used Flock, and enlisted dispatchers, to track his wife's car and location	07/23/2026	FOX 10 Phoenix
Sumter County detective Brandy Almany arrested on official misconduct and computer-offense charges and fired after an audit finds she used Flock and state databases to track her husband's ex-wife, disguising the searches with unrelated case numbers	07/23/2026	WFTV
Former Ogeechee Circuit DA's investigator Andrae Wright charged by the GBI with stalking, misuse of a license plate reader system and computer invasion of privacy after using a lingering Effingham County sheriff's Flock login 66 times to locate his wife	07/27/2026	WTOC
SBI arrests Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Seth Elliott on a misdemeanor charge of illegally accessing a government computer after CMPD found he used the Flock and CJLEADS systems on June 16 for non-law-enforcement purposes, and the department place	07/29/2026	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Habersham County deputy Christian Brewer fired and charged with felony violation of oath and two misdemeanor counts of misuse of license plate data after a Flock audit finds searches tied to someone he was in a personal relationship with	07/31/2026	Atlanta News First
Kingsville detective Gabriel Garcia resigns the day supervisors confront him over roughly 5,300 Flock searches made for personal reasons, nearly all tagged 'City Planning/Traffic Analysis'; policy violation sustained and reported to TCOLE	07/31/2026	KRIS 6 News
Mauldin police officer Ellie Hammond fired after separation papers show she ran a former significant other's vehicle through the department's Flock cameras 166 times, logging the searches as warrant checks, traffic infractions and welfare checks	08/03/2026	The Post and Courier
Mooresville police officer Elizabeth Snowman arrested on duty and charged with unlawfully accessing computers after logging into Flock 31 times to track her boyfriend's ex-wife; department later fires her	08/05/2026	WBTV
Alpharetta patrolman Dustin Bozzo resigns after an internal investigation finds he used Flock 56 times to track a fellow officer he had an affair with, 18 times for her uncle's car and 29 times for another officer whose vehicle kept appearing near hers	08/05/2026	WIRED
Savannah, Ga., police fire officer Amber Harpe for giving her Flock login to her husband, an ICE agent, who used it to run plate searches, most of them on South Carolina plates; the GBI declines to charge her and ICE says it is investigating its agent	08/07/2026	WTOC
Bibb County K-9 deputy Joseph Callaway charged with three counts of stalking, violation of oath and unlawful retention of license plate data, and resigns, after a Flock-flagged audit finds he ran plate data on someone he had a personal relationship with	08/10/2026	WSB-TV
Bibb County deputy Coznavian Stubbs charged with stalking, violation of oath and unlawful retention of license plate data, and resigns, after a Flock-flagged audit finds he ran plate data on someone he had a personal relationship with	08/10/2026	WSB-TV
Bibb County deputy Toni Lewis charged with stalking, violation of oath and unlawful retention of license plate data, and resigns, after a Flock-flagged audit finds she ran plate data on someone she had a personal relationship with	08/10/2026	WSB-TV
Haines City officer Christopher Goodson arrested on computer-offense and official misconduct charges after an affidavit shows he ran his estranged wife's car through Flock 717 times over 21 months, saying he was tracking his children	08/11/2026	FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Chandler, Ariz., police officer Maurisio Miranda resigns after a routine Flock audit flags his account and he admits using the system to try to locate an older family member with health concerns	08/13/2026	FOX 10 Phoenix
Former Menasha officer Cristian Morales sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest to misconduct in office for using Flock to track his ex-girlfriend's vehicle; judge rejects a plea deal that called for half that time	08/17/2026	FOX 11 (WLUK)
Jefferson Parish deputy Nathan Rome fired after admitting he ran his former fiancée's plate through Flock more than 3,200 times over several years	08/18/2026	FOX 8 New Orleans
Former Kenosha County deputy Frank McGrath charged with two felony counts of misconduct in office for running a coworker's plate through Flock 16 to 17 times and tracking the coworker's squad GPS while off duty	08/19/2026	FOX6 Milwaukee
Colleton County sheriff fires Lt. Ruben Carter after an internal audit finds more than 2,700 unauthorized Flock searches on 14 people; SLED investigating	08/20/2026	Live 5 News
A St. Charles County, Mo., police civilian employee resigns after a termination notice when a Flock audit finds an abnormal pattern of searches the employee admits were for personal, non-law enforcement reasons, and the department drops its 28 Flock camer	08/20/2026	St. Louis Public Radio (via KCUR)
GBI arrests four fired Savannah, Ga., police employees, Cpl. Marquis Dillard, Officer Donald Phillips, Cpl. Matthew Rich and community service specialist Calandic Thomas, on charges of misusing the Flock system to run searches on personal acquaintances an	08/21/2026	WTOC
Habersham County deputy Jonathan Thomas fired and charged with felony violation of oath and misdemeanor misuse of license plate data after a Flock audit finds he pulled plate data on someone he was in a personal relationship with	08/24/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Revere police suspend Officer Michael Tiso for three days without pay after an internal affairs investigation finds he used the city's Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and her family and misused the state criminal records database	08/24/2026	The Boston Globe
Shively officer Asad Zahir arrested, charged with official misconduct and unlawful computer access, and suspended without pay after Flock's audit tool flags more than 2,000 searches on plates belonging to the mother of his child, including more than 200 w	08/25/2026	Louisville Public Media
Hall County, Ga., jail deputy Taylor McArthur resigns after being notified she is under investigation for asking Deputy Jason Orellana to run Flock searches for details about people she knew; Orellana, who ran 10 unauthorized searches, also resigns	08/27/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Athens-Clarke County police fire intelligence analyst supervisor Nick Barker for repeatedly searching his ex-wife's tag in Flock; GBI opens criminal investigation	08/28/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Richmond County sheriff's investigator Sean Morrow charged with misuse of license plate readers and violation of oath and fired after investigators find he accessed Flock to run plates for personal reasons unconnected to any investigation	08/31/2026	WRDW
Richmond County deputy Jose Ferrer charged with misuse of license plate readers and violation of oath and fired after investigators find he accessed Flock to run plates for personal reasons unconnected to any investigation	08/31/2026	WRDW
Colleton County sheriff fires Lt. Kevin Smalls after an internal audit finds 62 unauthorized Flock searches, including vehicles registered to his spouse and other acquaintances; SLED asked to investigate	08/31/2026	Live 5 News
Former Amarillo officer Christian Eder charged with 78 counts of tampering with a government record for entering false reasons while running the plate of a man who had dated a colleague he wanted to date 76 times through Flock; fired July 17	08/31/2026	ABC 7 Amarillo
Former Jackson County, Ind., deputy Skylar Thompson charged with felony official misconduct and misdemeanor fraud after a routine audit finds he searched the same license plate 2,055 times through Flock under the label 'city planning/traffic analysis'	08/31/2026	WDRB+WAVE
Former Hahira police officer Daniel Lindsay is booked into the Lowndes County jail on six counts of misuse of license plate data and six counts of violation of oath by a public officer after a Flock audit found non-work-related searches	08/31/2026	WALB (via WCTV)
GBI charges Clayton County sheriff's deputy Errol Farrell Jr., 40, with misuse of a license plate reader system after he turned himself in over non-law-enforcement Flock searches the sheriff's office asked the GBI to investigate	09/01/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Hall County, Ga., Sheriff's Office fires property crimes investigator Melissa Wood after an internal audit finds she used the Flock system multiple times to find the whereabouts of a person she knew	09/02/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
New Bedford police chief recommends firing Sgt. James Marinelli after internal affairs finds he logged bogus reasons such as trespass and welfare check to run Flock searches on a woman he was dating and on her ex; case referred to the Bristol County DA	09/03/2026	The New Bedford Light
Former Fort Pierce officer Josepher Crutchfield arrested on four felony counts of unauthorized computer access after investigators find he searched his ex-girlfriend's plate 382 times through Flock, mostly off duty; he had resigned before the investigatio	09/08/2026	CBS12
Albany County, N.Y., sheriff's senior investigator Laurie Moore charged with official misconduct and falsifying business records and suspended after an audit finds more than 4,000 Flock searches without a law enforcement purpose, about 3,000 of them on he	09/09/2026	WSHU
SBI arrests former Wrightsville Beach police officer Tonya Baker after a New Hanover County grand jury indicts her on one misdemeanor count of misusing a license plate reader system, following an internal Flock audit the chief and district attorney referr	09/09/2026	WECT
San Jose police fire an officer who used his personal phone to pull a vehicle's location from the Flock system and pass it to his cousin, a domestic-violence suspect who used it to track down his accuser; neither man is charged	09/13/2026	KGO-TV (ABC7 News), citing Bay Area News Group
GBI charges former Emerson police officer Anthony Trapani, 32, with two counts of misuse of a license plate reader system and violation of oath of office for using Flock for non-law-enforcement purposes at the Acworth and Emerson police departments	09/14/2026	Atlanta News First
Two Anderson County sheriff's deputies resign amid internal affairs investigations into Flock misuse, Eric Center after the 10th Circuit Solicitor found a policy violation but no crime, and Caleb Dixon on Sept. 14	09/14/2026	FOX Carolina
Retired Braintree detective Mark Sherrick charged with criminal harassment after a Flock audit shows he searched his ex-girlfriend's plate 1,049 times following their 2024 breakup and allegedly put a GPS tracker on her car	09/17/2026	Boston 25 News
Marion County prosecutor charges five IMPD officers with fraud and official misconduct over thousands of improper Flock searches of partners, exes and women they met in public; one officer also charged with stalking	09/23/2026	Axios Indianapolis
Hancock County deputy James Heneghan charged with 441 felony counts of intimidation, official misconduct and fraud after Indiana State Police find he ran more than 6,190 Flock searches on his wife, ex-girlfriends and family members, only 40 of them on dut	09/24/2026	FOX59
Federal jury finds Bexar County liable for violating Houston businessman Alek Schott's 4th Amendment rights in a 2022 I-35 stop that deputies initiated from license plate reader data, awarding $76, a dollar for each of the 76 minutes he was held	09/28/2026	KSAT
Former James City County police officer Androu A. Eskandar is charged with five felony and three misdemeanor counts of computer invasion of privacy plus five misdemeanor counts of improper ALPR use after allegedly running Flock searches over 'an internal	09/28/2026	WTKR
DuPage County grand jury indicts former Itasca officer Marisa Ciccola on 21 counts and former West Chicago officer Gerardo Solis on two counts of official misconduct and computer tampering for unauthorized Flock and LEADS plate searches	09/29/2026	DuPage County State's Attorney
Former Lufkin officer Zachary Klein pleads guilty to 100 counts of misuse of official information and gets five years in prison after running his ex-girlfriend and her circle through Flock more than 10,000 times	09/30/2026	KTRE
Pinellas deputy Karl Gwynne arrested on four counts of unlawful computer access and one of official misconduct after running a woman's plate 300 times through license plate readers, including Flock	09/30/2026	Tampa Bay 28
GBI arrests former Hall County, Ga., sheriff's investigator Justin Brown, 42, on two counts of misuse of a license plate reader system and two counts of violation of oath after the agency fired him on Aug. 19 over unauthorized Flock searches	09/30/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Cheektowaga, N.Y., police suspend Officer Robert Dombrowski and dispatchers Anthony Filipski Jr. and Lauren Seibr for using Flock camera data over several months to track a fellow employee, and the Erie County DA declines to charge them	09/30/2026	WKBW
Federal judge suppresses evidence after a Tulsa County deputy searched a month of a woman's Flock and VehicleManager plate history without a warrant, ruling the search violated the 4th Amendment	10/01/2026	U.S. District Court, N.D. Okla.
Chesterfield County police charge civilian intelligence investigator Rebekkah Robinson with two misdemeanor counts of computer invasion of privacy and two counts of violating Virginia's ALPR law after co-workers reported her Flock and VCIN/NCIC use in Aug	10/02/2026	WWBT 12 On Your Side (via WDBJ)
Former Brunswick County deputy Daniel Heith Little indicted on 18 counts, including six of misusing a license plate reader, for pulling plates from Flock with no law enforcement purpose	10/05/2026	WECT
Whiteside County sheriff's sergeant resigns ahead of termination after a Washington Post-prompted probe finds personal use of Flock data; case referred to Illinois State Police	10/05/2026	Rockford News First
Joliet police Lt. Jeremy Harrison indicted on felony computer tampering and official misconduct for running a female officer's license plate through Flock with no investigation, after the chief moved to fire him in December 2025	10/06/2026	The Herald-News
Kokomo officer Jeffery Alan Bornes Jr. charged with felony official misconduct and two counts of fraud after 18 Flock searches of an acquaintance's vehicle logged as "welfare check"	10/07/2026	WISH-TV
Athens-Clarke County police fire officer Tyler Vaughn for running his ex-girlfriend's plate through Flock numerous times; GBI asked to investigate	10/07/2026	FOX 5 Atlanta
Baldwin County, Ga., sheriff's training officer Kevin Steinmeyer, a 25-year veteran, and former deputy Daniel Edward L. Peavey, by then a Twiggs County sergeant, are arrested on felony violation-of-oath and misdemeanor Flock-misuse charges for searches ru	10/09/2026	The Union-Recorder (Milledgeville, Ga.)
Shelton police audit of 2.67 million Flock log entries finds 943 outside-agency searches with a 'strong immigration-related connection' between April and October 2025 under the department's former nationwide-sharing settings, with none attributed to Shelt	10/11/2026	KIRO 7
Hamilton County, Ohio, grand jury indicts Sharonville police Lt. Walter Cordes, 48, on a felony count of unauthorized use of a computer after he admits running 29 Flock searches between December 2024 and April 2026 to track the whereabouts of a person he	10/13/2026	Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office
Little Rock police relieve three officers of duty for improperly using the department's Flock license plate reader system after a July 3 audit found one officer searched the same plate 28 times in 10 days, and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. moves the department fr	10/13/2026	KATV