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Police misuse of Flock cameras
Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:53 am
Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:53 am
Back the blue!
Another in Atlanta
Here’s one in Albany, GA
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 2021: Officer Michael McSherry pleaded guilty to stalking charges after using readers to track his estranged wife and other family members.
Kechi, Kansas, 2023: Kechi Lieutenant Victor Heiar pleaded guilty to computer crime and stalking after using Flock cameras to track his estranged wife.
Sedgwick, Kansas, 2023: Police Chief Lee Nygaard resigned after using Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend more than 200 times over several months.
Costa Mesa, California, 2023: Officer Robert Josett used a Flock camera system to track his mistress and her other romantic interests. Josett pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges in April 2026.
Riverside County, California, 2024: After being arrested for kidnapping his ex-fianc e, Deputy Alexander Vanny allegedly used the department's Flock system to track one of her friends. In December 2025 he was convicted of multiple charges in a jury trial.
Orange City, Florida, 2024: Officer Jarmarus Brown allegedly used ALPRs to stalk his girlfriend and her family members more than 100 times over seven months. Brown was arrested and charged in 2025.
Shelby County, Tennessee, 2024: Deputy Thadius Gordon was relieved of duty after allegedly using an ALPR database to track his ex-wife's location more than 100 times.
Matteson, Illinois, 2024: According to internal documents obtained by stopflock.org, Officer Jaila Cole-Clark ran hundreds of Flock searches for her former domestic partner and that individual's new partner. Cole-Clark resigned from department in the middle of the investigation.
Louisville, Kentucky, 2025: Officer Roberto Cedeno was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly using the city's ALPR system to track an ex-partner and her friends hundreds of times over two months.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025: Officer Josue Ayala allegedly used the department's network of Flock ALPRs to track a woman he was dating and her ex-partner nearly 180 times over a two-month period. Ayala resigned in 2026 after being charged with misconduct in public office.
Jerome County, Idaho, 2025: Sheriff George Oppedyk used a Flock system to search for his wife's vehicle hundreds of times. Idaho's Attorney General concluded that no crime was committed, but Oppedyk retired in April 2026, two years before his term of office ended.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 2025: Sheriff's Deputy Frank McGrath resigned with severance pay after internal investigators found he used the department's Flock system to keep tabs on another deputy with whom he was romantically involved.
Menasha, Wisconsin, 2025: Officer Cristian Morales was placed on leave and charged with misconduct in office after his ex-girlfriend filed a complaint alleging that he used a Flock system to track her.
Braselton, Georgia, 2025: Police Chief Michael Steffman was arrested after allegedly using license plate readers to stalk and harass multiple people, including a former romantic partner. Steffman resigned shortly before his arrest.
Bonner Springs, Kansas, 2025: Detective Kyle Rector allegedly used license plate readers to track his estranged wife and two men he suspected were her new romantic partners. He was charged with multiple crimes in March 2026.
Monroe County, Florida, 2026: Sheriff's Deputy Lamar Roman allegedly used an ALPR system to track and eventually pull over a woman he had met while providing security on a TV set. Roman was arrested and charged with accessing a computer or electronic device without authorization.
Coffee County, Georgia, 2026: Former Coffee County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Rozar was charged with multiple criminal offenses after allegedly using the department's Flock system to stalk a woman he was romantically interested in. Rozar was fired from the department at the beginning of the investigation.
Niceville, Florida, 2026: Former Niceville Officer Coty Hall pleaded no contest to several charges after using the department's Flock system to track another officer and that officer's spouse. Hall's misconduct was discovered via an internal audit; Hall was fired following his arrest in October 2025.
Winnebago County, Illinois, 2026: Former Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Bryan was charged with stalking and official misconduct after allegedly using the department's ALPR system to monitor the locations of an ex-girlfriend and her new partner. The misconduct came to light after the victims filed for an order of protection against Bryan.
Prairie Grove, Illinois, 2026: Officer William C. Copp, who also served as the police chief of nearby Holiday Hills, was arrested after searching Flock for several former romantic partners and at least one of their new partners. Copp has been fired from his Prairie Grove position and his employment with Holiday Hills is under review.
Gwinnett County, Georgia, 2026: Officer Renee Downer was arrested and relieved of duty after allegedly using law enforcement databases, including a license plate reader system, to monitor the location of an ex-romantic partner.
Another in Atlanta
Here’s one in Albany, GA
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 2021: Officer Michael McSherry pleaded guilty to stalking charges after using readers to track his estranged wife and other family members.
Kechi, Kansas, 2023: Kechi Lieutenant Victor Heiar pleaded guilty to computer crime and stalking after using Flock cameras to track his estranged wife.
Sedgwick, Kansas, 2023: Police Chief Lee Nygaard resigned after using Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend more than 200 times over several months.
Costa Mesa, California, 2023: Officer Robert Josett used a Flock camera system to track his mistress and her other romantic interests. Josett pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges in April 2026.
Riverside County, California, 2024: After being arrested for kidnapping his ex-fianc e, Deputy Alexander Vanny allegedly used the department's Flock system to track one of her friends. In December 2025 he was convicted of multiple charges in a jury trial.
Orange City, Florida, 2024: Officer Jarmarus Brown allegedly used ALPRs to stalk his girlfriend and her family members more than 100 times over seven months. Brown was arrested and charged in 2025.
Shelby County, Tennessee, 2024: Deputy Thadius Gordon was relieved of duty after allegedly using an ALPR database to track his ex-wife's location more than 100 times.
Matteson, Illinois, 2024: According to internal documents obtained by stopflock.org, Officer Jaila Cole-Clark ran hundreds of Flock searches for her former domestic partner and that individual's new partner. Cole-Clark resigned from department in the middle of the investigation.
Louisville, Kentucky, 2025: Officer Roberto Cedeno was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly using the city's ALPR system to track an ex-partner and her friends hundreds of times over two months.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025: Officer Josue Ayala allegedly used the department's network of Flock ALPRs to track a woman he was dating and her ex-partner nearly 180 times over a two-month period. Ayala resigned in 2026 after being charged with misconduct in public office.
Jerome County, Idaho, 2025: Sheriff George Oppedyk used a Flock system to search for his wife's vehicle hundreds of times. Idaho's Attorney General concluded that no crime was committed, but Oppedyk retired in April 2026, two years before his term of office ended.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 2025: Sheriff's Deputy Frank McGrath resigned with severance pay after internal investigators found he used the department's Flock system to keep tabs on another deputy with whom he was romantically involved.
Menasha, Wisconsin, 2025: Officer Cristian Morales was placed on leave and charged with misconduct in office after his ex-girlfriend filed a complaint alleging that he used a Flock system to track her.
Braselton, Georgia, 2025: Police Chief Michael Steffman was arrested after allegedly using license plate readers to stalk and harass multiple people, including a former romantic partner. Steffman resigned shortly before his arrest.
Bonner Springs, Kansas, 2025: Detective Kyle Rector allegedly used license plate readers to track his estranged wife and two men he suspected were her new romantic partners. He was charged with multiple crimes in March 2026.
Monroe County, Florida, 2026: Sheriff's Deputy Lamar Roman allegedly used an ALPR system to track and eventually pull over a woman he had met while providing security on a TV set. Roman was arrested and charged with accessing a computer or electronic device without authorization.
Coffee County, Georgia, 2026: Former Coffee County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Rozar was charged with multiple criminal offenses after allegedly using the department's Flock system to stalk a woman he was romantically interested in. Rozar was fired from the department at the beginning of the investigation.
Niceville, Florida, 2026: Former Niceville Officer Coty Hall pleaded no contest to several charges after using the department's Flock system to track another officer and that officer's spouse. Hall's misconduct was discovered via an internal audit; Hall was fired following his arrest in October 2025.
Winnebago County, Illinois, 2026: Former Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Bryan was charged with stalking and official misconduct after allegedly using the department's ALPR system to monitor the locations of an ex-girlfriend and her new partner. The misconduct came to light after the victims filed for an order of protection against Bryan.
Prairie Grove, Illinois, 2026: Officer William C. Copp, who also served as the police chief of nearby Holiday Hills, was arrested after searching Flock for several former romantic partners and at least one of their new partners. Copp has been fired from his Prairie Grove position and his employment with Holiday Hills is under review.
Gwinnett County, Georgia, 2026: Officer Renee Downer was arrested and relieved of duty after allegedly using law enforcement databases, including a license plate reader system, to monitor the location of an ex-romantic partner.
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 6:35 am
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:56 am to weagle1999
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:00 am to weagle1999
Flock cameras and AI facial detection has enabled some really lazy policing.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:05 am to weagle1999
They are all cops tracking their love interests. I guess the lesson is don’t date cops.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:06 am to weagle1999
I'm sure she had a good reason, right?
Right?
Right?
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:22 am to weagle1999
It’s petty games unless one is a victim of a serious crime. Or unless or until the Government employs said technology for political advantage against their adversaries. Insurrectionists or Communists or whatever.
I think all the Right Wingers who were here before Jan 6 well remember what went down on this Forum when people in DC were thrown into prison for minor ‘offenses’. And the governments’s ‘cameras’ began to look for offenders.
No matter, the surveillance state is like AI, it will become exponentially more powerful because of the good that it can do.
I think all the Right Wingers who were here before Jan 6 well remember what went down on this Forum when people in DC were thrown into prison for minor ‘offenses’. And the governments’s ‘cameras’ began to look for offenders.
No matter, the surveillance state is like AI, it will become exponentially more powerful because of the good that it can do.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:38 am to weagle1999
The police are no friends of liberty and must be policed themselves.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:47 am to theballguy
quote:
The police are no friends of liberty and must be policed themselves.
They are policed.....by themselves, DA's, and courts. This is the real problem.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:55 am to weagle1999
I'm sure everyone railing about this is doing so staring at the screen of their iPhone or Android.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:59 am to dakarx
quote:
They are policed.....by themselves, DA's, and courts. This is the real problem.
Unfortunately almost all of the municipalities do it like this. Many fed law enforcement groups have contractors (hired by the top brass) that help with it. I feel like this model would be useful for your local cops.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:38 am to weagle1999
One of many reasons I retired. Dumbasses attempting to do adult jobs and cant be trusted.
You have police officers that have no clue whats in The Constitution of the United States of America and its embarassing.
You have police officers that have no clue whats in The Constitution of the United States of America and its embarassing.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:55 am to IndianPower
Im sure there are thousands of instances of lovers stalking exes, using Apple tracking devices, etc.
But it flock cameras.....lions tigers and bears oh my.
Its a piece of tech that is like any other. What would you guys prefer, we take away their phones, cars, guns and computers? Then bitch about poor policing.
Invasion of privacy while you chat on a cell phone, priceless.
But it flock cameras.....lions tigers and bears oh my.
Its a piece of tech that is like any other. What would you guys prefer, we take away their phones, cars, guns and computers? Then bitch about poor policing.
Invasion of privacy while you chat on a cell phone, priceless.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:56 am to weagle1999
People are greedy. Give them some power and woohlah!!
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:07 am to trinidadtiger
Go be a police officer for 30+ years and then answer back.
I can bitch about the police because I played the game with character and treated people with respect unless they gave me a reason not to.
The cameras are a violation of the 4th amendment to the constitution of the united states. Go read up on the mosaic theory. Read the case law Carter vs United States.
I can bitch about the police because I played the game with character and treated people with respect unless they gave me a reason not to.
The cameras are a violation of the 4th amendment to the constitution of the united states. Go read up on the mosaic theory. Read the case law Carter vs United States.
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:09 am to weagle1999
Police are criminals that dont want to be caught doing crime. So they get a badge
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:12 am to BigAL Golesh
Dont paint with a broad brush.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:14 am to IndianPower
quote:why not? Countless examples of shite cops all over this country. When the issue is broad, you use a broad brush.
Dont paint with a broad brush.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:15 am to weagle1999
Gulf shores, prob the safest town in America, used $500k worth of civil asset forfeiture money to install flock cameras. They did this the week after the vast majority of the city council got re-elected.
The root cause of this practice is civil asset forfeiture.
The root cause of this practice is civil asset forfeiture.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:18 am to BigAL Golesh
When you read about a target employee stealing a bunch of merchandise and getting arrested does that automatically tell you that every target employee is a thief and a sorry piece of shite?
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:24 am to weagle1999
Any data or technology is always misused.
Police have been doing this shite for decades, with whatever the technology was at the time: toll tag readers, video cameras, license plate databases, etc.
You can watch a cop show from the 70s and there will be a guy who calls his buddy at the police department and asks him to run a license plate for him, which is a felony.
Police have been doing this shite for decades, with whatever the technology was at the time: toll tag readers, video cameras, license plate databases, etc.
You can watch a cop show from the 70s and there will be a guy who calls his buddy at the police department and asks him to run a license plate for him, which is a felony.
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