Mastodawn

#Cops Keep Getting #Arrested for Using Flock's #Cameras to #Stalk People
#privacy #flock #security #surveillance

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/21/1939214/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flocks-cameras-to-stalk-people?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock's Cameras to Stalk People - Slashdot

404 Media remembers how a Florida police office looked up his ex-girlfriend's license plate in the Flock automated license plate reader system at least 69 times in 2024 — even searching for her mom's license plate at least 24 times. The police office was charged with stalking and hacking-rela...

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 18

#Police Have Reportedly Used #LicensePlate Readers to #Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 14 Times in Recent Years
Police #surveillance has led to repeated abuse. One shockingly common form: police officers using #ALPR networks to keep tabs on romantic interests, partners, exes, and even strangers who caught their eye in public. Most incidents came to light only after victims reported officers’ behavior to police, typically in the context of a broader #stalking allegation.
https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/

Police Have Reportedly Used License Plate Readers to Stalk Romantic Interests at Least 18 Times in Recent Years - Institute for Justice

This article was updated on May 28, 2026 Across the United States, communities are rethinking their use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate […]

Institute for Justice

PrivacyDigest Jun 11

#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk People
#alpr #privacy #security

https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

404 Media

Script Kiddie Jun 10

#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk #People

source: 404media.co/cops-keep-getting-…

The known cases of #police #stalking are almost certainly a vast underreporting of the overall #abuse, because they largely include only cases in which the behavior was so egregious that it led to police officers being fired, arrested, or both.

#news #crime #surveillance #cctv #licenseplate #location #search #technology #software #ethics #policestate #politics #justice #fail #system #matrix #tracking #authority #power #problem #society #privacy #surveillance #bigbrother #orwell #dystopia #freedom #cop #economy #video #camera
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 10

#Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using #Flock to #Stalk People
There have been over a dozen cases around #US where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk
Cases highlight fact that Flock can be used to track whereabouts of individual people, #police do not get a #warrant in order to use system, and that, if they have access to the system, they have technical ability to look up any #licenseplate they want for any reason they want
https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-getting-arrested-for-using-flock-to-stalk-people/
https://archive.ph/l5KcH #privacy

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

404 Media

PrivacyDigest May 8

To The Surprise Of No One, #Cops Are Using #ALPR #Cameras To #Stalk Their Exes | Techdirt

That’s the upshot of this report from the Institute for #Justice, which has been #tracking what cops have been tracking now that they have always-on access to massive networks of #security cameras, including #Flock Safety’s controversial offerings, which also include automatic license plate readers (ALPR)
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/07/to-the-surprise-of-no-one-cops-are-using-alpr-cameras-to-stalk-their-exes/

To The Surprise Of No One, Cops Are Using ALPR Cameras To Stalk Their Exes

The cops never change. Only the tech toys do. That’s the upshot of this report from the Institute for Justice, which has been tracking what cops have been tracking now that they have always-o…

Techdirt

LilMikeSF Mar 1

#SFPD cop investigated for posting Flock #licenseplate reader images of wife's car on social media.

This week, a different #Milwaukee cop is facing misconduct allegations for using #Flock cameras hundreds of times to surveil & #stalk whereabouts of a woman and the car of her ex.

In the Milwaukee case the #victim discovered her license plate on the site www.haveibeenflocked.com and then complained to local #police who found the subject had been looked up hundreds of times by a 6 year veteran #police officer who dept says is reportedly resigning, but was still employed currently...

https://sfstandard.com/2026/02/27/san-francisco-cop-flock-wife-stolen-car/

https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-police-officer-charged-flock-camera-misuse-case

#CopWatch #PoliceState #Surveillance

PrivacyDigest Nov 13, 2025

#ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on #BountyHunters to #Stalk #Immigrants https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-spend-180-million-on-bounty-hunters-to-stalk-immigrants/

ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants

Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

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