Three more police officers have been arrested after using Automatic License Plate Readers supplied by the surveillance company Flock for non-law enforcement purposes.
https://futurism.com/future-society/mayor-livid-police-flock-alpr-abuse-savannah
In July, five former Albany police officers were arrested after investigators said an internal audit found they had accessed retained Flock license plate data on multiple occasions for non-law enforcement purposes. Other reported cases across Georgia and the country have included allegations that officers used law enforcement databases to track romantic partners or people they knew personally.According to the Washington Post's review of police and court records, at least 50 officers nationwide have been accused of or charged with misusing license-plate reader systems, often to track women in their personal lives. In 46 of those cases, Flock's system was involved.
https://www.techspot.com/news/113325-dozens-police-officers-accused-using-license-plate-cameras.html
Investigations are underway in at least two Chicagoland police departments regarding officers accused of abusing Flock automated license plate reader technology.
“This is a massive surveillance system that is set up across the state of Illinois and across the country in a way that is, for the most part, unregulated and doesn’t have any accountability that it’s serving the purpose that was intended.”
This week, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) launched an investigation into Flock, saying it’s an “unprecedented national surveillance network” with more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states that conducts 20 billion vehicle scans every month.
