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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 Cops Charged After Using Flock Cameras to Allegedly Track Wives, Exes, and Women They Met in Public
Indianapolis charges five officers accused of misusing Flock licence-plate cameras to track women, former partners and associates; one also faces a stalking charge.
·United Kingdom
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Cops Charged With Misusing License Plate Database
Five Indianapolis police officers now face criminal charges held to their use of a powerful license-plate tracking system that's already under national vote. Marion County advocates on Wednesday charged officers Michael Rogers, Jonathan Schultz, Cassandra Crawley, and Matthew Binford, as well as trained officer Abigail Cramer, with fraud and official...
·Miami, United States
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