Five Indianapolis Cops Charged With Misusing Flock Cameras, Including One Case of Stalking
Five Indianapolis police officers were charged with fraud and official misconduct for misusing the Flock Safety license plate reader system to track individuals not suspected of crimes. One officer, Jonathan Schultz, faced additional stalking charges for following a woman while falsely claiming to be an FBI agent. The incident has intensified public and political scrutiny of Flock Safety, leading to new internal policies and legislative investigations into surveillance technology.
- ▪Prosecutors in Marion County, Indiana, charged five IMPD officers with fraud and official misconduct for using Flock cameras to track non-suspects.
- ▪Officer Jonathan Schultz was charged with two counts of stalking after following a woman to various locations while impersonating an FBI agent.
- ▪The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department suspended four officers and recommended their termination, while the fifth officer resigned.
- ▪A Washington Post investigation revealed that at least fifty police officers nationwide have been charged with illegally using ALPRs for personal purposes.
- ▪Senator Josh Hawley launched an investigation into Flock Safety, describing it as an unprecedented national surveillance network.
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It’s been a tumultuous year for Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based technology company best known for the automated license plate readers (ALPRs) it builds for police departments. Prosecutors in Marion County, Indiana, on Wednesday charged five Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers with fraud and official misconduct, following investigations that found they had been using the Department’s Flock camera system to track people who were not suspected of any crime, including former romantic partners and women met while on patrol.
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